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Sörhallskajen in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 193 Sörhallskajen is located in Eriksberg on Hisingen in Göteborg. From the Sörhallskajen you have a great view on the river Götaälven and Sjöfartsmuseet Akvariet and Masthuggskyrkan on the other side of the river. The river Göta älv (River of the Geats) is a river that drains lake Vänern into the […]

Fotöbron and Bustadvägen on Hönö-Fotö in Öckerö 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 192 Bustadvägen in Hönö is a road that leads from the island Hönö towards Fotö, another island. These islands are connected by the Fotöbron or Fotö bridge. Hönö is an island and a locality situated in Öckerö Municipality in the northern archipelago of Gothenburg. The island, which has the largest population […]

Strömsborgsbron in Stockholm 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 191 Strömsborgsbron (or in English: “Bridge of Strömsborg”) is a three-way bridge in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. It connects the islet Strömsborg to the bridge Vasabron. The present bridge is from 1992-1993. Strömsborg (or in English: Stream’s castle) is a small islet in central Stockholm, Sweden, […]

Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam – NL 🇳🇱

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 177 Reguliersgracht is a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The photo is taken on the Prinsengracht. During World War II the “nerve center” of the illegal paper Het Parool was housed there, in a house (no. 111) occupied by Simon Carmiggelt, Max Nord, Wim van Norden, and their families. Amsterdam’s prettiest […]

Museet for Søfart in Helsingør – DK 🇩🇰

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 176 The M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark (Danish: M/S Museet for Søfart), operated by a private foundation since 1915, was for the first 97 years located at Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, Denmark. Its collections cover Danish trade and shipping from 1400 to the present day. In 2013, the museum moved […]

Stora Vägen on Hönö-Fotö in Öckerö 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 190 Fotö is an island and a locality situated in Öckerö Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 620 inhabitants in 2010. It is connected to the island of Hönö with bridge. In the middle of Gothenburgs archipelago lies Fotö. The island is busy during the summer and a visit to the […]

Summerhouse Lagnö on Ljusterö 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 189 Summerhouse Lagnö is located at Solbacksvägen at Västra Lagnö on Ljusterö in the Stockholm archipelago. The summerhouse is built under architecture by architects Tham & Videgård Arkitekter from Stockholm. The house was completed in 2012. It is privately owned and the precise address on Lagnö is undisclosed. Photos of the […]

Gamla Kyrkogatan in Landskrona 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 188 Gamla kyrkogatan (Old churchstreet) is a street in the old center of Landskrona. Landskrona is a late medieval town located at the shores of Øresund, founded at the location of the former Danish fishing village Sønder Sæby in the province of Scania by king Erik VII of Pomerania early in […]

Posthuset in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 187 Posthuset (or Post Office) is located at Drottningtorget in Göteborg. It was designed by architect Ernst Torulf Gothenburg and was completed in May 1925. In 1995 it was registered as a listed building, meaning that the facade and certain prominent features, for example kassahallen (the cash hall) could not be […]

Kvarnbergsgatan in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 186 Kvarnbergsgatan is a street in the district Nordstaden in Göteborg. It is about 70 meters long, and range from Torggatan to Övre Spannmålsgatan. The street connects with Östra Hamngatan through Klädpressaregatan. The street was named in 1671, after windmills were erected on the Kvarnberget until the 1730s. Earlier names of […]