This week’s winning picture, above, was snapped by Mykola Kulish from Ukraine at Häljarp’s mill in Skåne, southern Sweden.
“I had summer vacation a few weeks ago and dedicated some of my free time to go there as I saw Häljarp’s mill many times passing it on the train,” Mykola writes. “One day when there were nice white clouds in the blue sky I could not resist the chance to take some photos.”
The mill was built in 1784 by captain Samuel Rudolf von Quillfeldt, who owned a farm in Häljarp. Thanks to the support of local farmers, he managed to get his application for planning permission granted in the court, despite protests from other mill owners.
In the Skåne and Blekinge regions, the word for a mill is mölla (from the German mühle). In standard Swedish, it’s kvarn.
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