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Olaus Petrigatan in Örgryte in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 306 Olaus Petrigatan is a street in the Örgryte area in Göteborg, Sweden. On this street, you will find some exclusive houses with an amazing panoramic view over Göteborg. Houses in this area in Örgryte were built in the 1940s and 1950s. The street was named after Olof Persson, sometimes Petersson […]

Swedish Cyprus Expedition with Volvo ÖV4 (1927 – 1931)

The Swedish Cyprus Expedition was a project to systematically investigate the archaeology of the early history of Cyprus. It took place between September 1927 and March 1931 and was led by three archaeologists Einar Gjerstad, Erik Sjöqvist, Alfred Westholm and architect / photographer John Lindros. Archaeological excavations were made at various locations in Cyprus including […]

A week in Marrakesh, Morocco

Between februari 28 and march 7th in 2018, Malin and I spent a week in Marrakesh or Marrakech, the capital of Morocco. We stayed a week in an old Riad in the Medina, the old city of Marrakesh. From there we visited the known and unknown spots in the center and outside. We also made […]

Maasvlakteboulevard in Rotterdam – NL 🇳🇱

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 302 Maasvlakteboulevard is a road at the North sea coast on the Maasvlakte 2 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dutch artist collective Observatorium has created a concrete installation that takes cues from the surrounding sand dunes on a Rotterdam beach. The huge sculpture made of wood is called De Zandwacht. A […]

Beach in Løkken – DK 🇩🇰

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 294 The beach in Løkken is one of the rare beaches in Europe where it is possible and legitimate to drive on the beach with your car. This beach is very unique with its relics from the 2nd World War. Many bunkers have appeared as the ocean has removed some […]

Wall Street in New York – USA 🇺🇸

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 277 Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.[1] Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a […]

A week in Athens, Greece

Between februari 23 and march 1st, Malin and I spent a week in Athens, Greece. We enjoyed the wonderful weather, the great people we have met, the delicious greek food, a lot of old and new culture, modern and classic arts and some advanced modern architecture. Here a some of the highlights that we have […]

Under Cambie Street Bridge in Vancouver – CAN 🇨🇦

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 270 Under and close to the Cambie Bridge in Vancouver, there is an old parking place where this photo has been taken. It is enclosed by 1st Ave & Crowe Street in Vancouver, BC. The Cambie Bridge is a six-lane symmetric, precast, varying-depth-post tension-box girder bridge spanning False Creek in […]

West 57th St in New York – USA 🇺🇸

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 260 Stack’s Rare Coins is located on 123 West 57th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue, just south of the Central Park. 57th Street is one of New York City’s major thoroughfares, which runs as a two-way street east-west in the Midtown section of the borough of Manhattan, from the […]

Kungsportsavenyen in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 107 Avenyn or formally known as Kungsportsavenyen, is the main boulevard of Göteborg, Sweden. Designed in the mid 19th century as the first middle-class residential district outside the bastions of the fortified heart of the city, the design of Avenyn was inspired by established formal European streets like the Champs-Élysées in […]