Locations: The offices of Millennium magazine
Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Erika Berger looked up quizzically when an apparently freezing Blomkvist came into the editorial office. Millennium’s offices were in the centre of the trendy section of Götgatan, above the offices of Greenpeace. The rent was actually a bit too steep for the magazine, but they had all agreed to keep the space.
She glanced at the clock. It was 5:10, and darkness had fallen over Stockholm long before. She had been expecting him around lunchtime.
“I’m sorry,” he said before she managed to say anything. “But I was feeling the weight of the verdict and didn’t feel like talking. I went for a long walk to think things over.”
“I heard the verdict on the radio. She from TV4 called and wanted a comment.”
“What’d you say?”
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“Something to the effect that we were going to read the judgement carefully before we make any statements. So I said nothing. And my opinion still holds: it’s the wrong strategy. We come off looking weak with the media. They will run something on TV this evening.”
Blomkvist looked glum.
“How are you doing?”
Blomkvist shrugged and plopped down in his favourite armchair next to the window in Erika’s office. The decor was spartan, with a desk and functional bookcases and cheap office furniture. All of it was from IKEA apart from the two comfortable and extravagant armchairs and a small end table—a concession to my upbringing, she liked to say. She would sit reading in one of the armchairs with her feet tucked underneath her when she wanted to get away from the desk. Blomkvist looked down on Götgatan, where people were hurrying by in the dark. Christmas shopping was in full swing.
“I suppose it’ll pass,” he said. “But right now it feels as if I’ve got myself a very raw deal.”
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Image guide
1) The corner of Götgatan and Hökensgatan above the Greenpeace office is the location of the Millennium office. In reality, these floors are residential apartments. In the movie, nearby Götgatan 11 is filmed for the Millennium office site.
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All location images (c) by Kirsty Komuso @ Flickr. Creative Commons License.
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Excerpt from Stieg Larsson: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (c) Nordstedts Forlag and screencaps from the film of the same name, produced by Yellow Bird. All for the pleasure of fans and with the intention of promoting the book and the film.
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More stuff
Mikael Blomkvist’s apartment in Belmannsgatan
Miriam Wu’s apartment in Tomtebogatan
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