On the first of May we went to see one of the Walpurgis/Valborg bonfires. This was on Riddarholmen, a small island adjacent to Gamla Stan, just to the north of where we now live. The bonfires are held to welcome spring, and date back to pagan times when they had more to do with witches than just getting drunk and looking at a big fire. At least it wasn't snowing, as it did at our first Valborg party two years ago.