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Volvo Photo Locations Part 51 Smögen is mentioned for the first time towards the end of the 16th Century. The name of the community has varied over the years; amongst other names, from “Smögit”, “Smöenn”, “Smöget” and “Smygesund”. The name has probably come from the Swedish word “smyghål”, which translates as “sneak-hole” or “nook”, referring […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 50 Svinö is an island and a nature reserve in Kalmar municipality in Småland. The area has been protected since 1974 and is 120 hectares in size, of which 70 hectares are water areas. It is located east of the city ​​of Kalmar at the western stronghold of the Öland Bridge. […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 49 Lotsutkiken is situated high on a desert hill in the northwestern part of Smögen. The ship look-out point is based on a high concrete structure and is connected by a covered staircase connected to a small wooden house at ground level. The placement gave a clear view of the fairway, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 48 Maskinkajen is located in Eriksberg at Hisingen near the water, west of the Hotel 11. Here new houses and offices are created in recent years. Designed by Arkitekturkompaniet in 1998. Eriksberg is an area on Hisingen where Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB had their shipyard until bankruptcy in 1979. For over […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 47 Kastellholmen is a small island in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden, connected to the adjacent Skeppsholmen through the bridge Kastellholmsbron. On the island there is a small castle, Kastellet, which was built by Fredrik Blom. Kastellholmen has previously been known as Notholmen, Lilla Beckholmen and Skansholmen. Kastellholmen is part of […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 46 The Øresundsbroen (Danish) or Öresundsbron (Swedish) or Öresund Bridge (English) is a combined twin-track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel across the Øresund strait. The bridge connects Sweden and Denmark, and it is the longest road and rail bridge in Europe. The Øresund Bridge also connects two major Metropolitan Areas: Copenhagen […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 45 The Gothenburg Opera, Swedish: Göteborgsoperan, is the opera house in Göteborg. The Gothenburg Opera house is relatively new: construction started in September 1989 after significant local commitment in the late 1980s (with as many as 6,000 contributors to the new house) and it was completed with great speed. The building […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 44 Mölle Utsikten is located on Italienska vägen at Kullaberg in Mölle, Skåne in Sweden. Kullaberg is a nature reserve situated on a peninsula of land protruding into the Kattegat in Höganäs Kommun near the town of Mölle in southwest Sweden. Kullen lighthouse, designed by architect Magnus Dahlander in 1898, is […]