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Sjöbodsgatan on Smögen 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 184 Sjöbodsgatan is a little street on the island Smögen, north of Göteborg. The area is also known as Sunnepinan on Hasselösund. Smögen is a locality situated in Sotenäs Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,329 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of the liveliest “summer towns” of the Swedish west […]

Rybackie Pobrzeże in Gdańsk, P 🇵🇱

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 175 Rybackie Pobrzeże (or Fishing Embankment in English) is a street in Gdańsk – Poland where the fishmarket of this historic city was located. With stylish, elegant cafes, art galleries and souvenirs shops on the streets: The Long Seashore (Długie Pobrzeże) and Fishing Seashore (Rybackie Pobrzeże) encourage tourists to come […]

Brandenburger Tor in Berlin – D 🇩🇪

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 174 The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is an 18th-century neoclassical triumphal arch in Berlin, and one of the best-known landmarks of Germany. It is built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der […]

Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul – TR

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 173 Ortaköy (literally Middle Village in Turkish) is a neighbourhood, formerly a small village, within the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, located in the middle of the European bank of the Bosphorus. Ortaköy was a cosmopolitan area during the Ottoman era and the first decades of the Turkish Republic, with […]

Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 183 Torslanda Airport in Swedish also known as Torslanda Flygplats, Torslanda Flygfält or Gamla flygfältet served the city of Göteborg, Sweden, as its main airport from 1923 to 1977, when the Göteborg-Landvetter Airport was opened. The airport closed soon afterwards. Torslanda is an area in the western part of the island […]

Pont de l’Alma in Paris – F 🇫🇷

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 172 Pont de l’Alma (Alma Bridge in English) is an arch bridge in Paris across the Seine. It was named to commemorate the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War, in which the Franco-British alliance achieved victory over the Russian army on 20 September 1854. Construction took place between 1854 […]

Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris – F 🇫🇷

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 171 The pont de Bir-Hakeim, formerly the pont de Passy, is a bridge that crosses the Seine River in Paris, France. It connects the city’s 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the île aux Cygnes. The bridge, made of steel, is the second to have stood at the site. […]

Singel in Amsterdam – NL 🇳🇱

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 169 The Torensluis is a bridge at the Singel in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It was built in 1648, an arched and exceptionally wide bridge across the Singel. Now covered by cosy café terraces and a bust of Dutch writer Multatuli, the Torensluis is the oldest remaining bridge in Amsterdam, and […]

Siegestor in Munich – D 🇩🇪

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 169 The Siegestor (English: Victory Gate) in Munich, is a three-arched triumphal arch crowned with a statue of Bavaria with a lion-quadriga. The Siegestor is 21 meters high, 24 m wide, and 12 m deep. It is located between the Ludwig Maximilian University and the Ohmstraße, where the Ludwigstraße (south) […]

Slotskroen on Slotsgade in Hillerød – DK 🇩🇰

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 168 Slotskroen on Slotsgade 67 in Hillerød, Danmark is a historic restaurant which was taken over by Jensen’s Bøfhus in 2011, changing its exterior a lot. The new outside of the historic building has been discussed a lot within Hillerød community. Frederiksborg Group has acquired and developed Slotskroen in Hillerod […]