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Gisteren was het 50 jaar geleden dat de legendarisch Volvo P1800 voor het eerst aan de pers getoond werd. Dit is gisteren in Kungälv bij Hotel Fars Hatt herdacht, dezelfde lokatie als 50 jaar geleden. Aanwezig waren de personen achter de Volvo P1800, waaronder ontwerper Pelle Pettersson (“nooit kunnen denken dat het ontwerp zo sterk […]

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Visited today SAAB Värsalong in Nacka Strand in Stockholm. Great to see the new SAAB Concept car PhoeniX, the new SAAB 9-5 Sport-Combi, which looks much better in Real Life than on pictures. Saab is celebrating its first anniversary of its independence by unveiling an exclusive 9-3 Convertible Independence Edition, of which just 366 examples […]

Very interresting, Jonathan Disley discusses the Volvo S60 design and explains how he used the SPA racetrack shape in the design of the car.

Gray saturday in spring, good time to visit the Vårsalongen 2011 at Liljevalchs. Some of the works that i liked:

Went to see an exhibition of Maria Manuela (Vintilescu) in the Edsvik Konsthall in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm. Loved it!! Maria Manuela describes her pictures as Pop Icon’s, women painted in the so-called pop art fashion. She gets her nspiration from ancient Japanese woodblock prints with motifs of Japanese women with fantastic coiffures, red mouths, […]

Today the FIS World Cup sprint competition took place around the Royal Palace in Stockholm. A great event with new snow in the streets and beautiful sunshine. The two days ended with a Swede, Emil Jönsson winning the Men’s final. The crowd went crazy!

The Kungliga biblioteket (Royal library) in Stockholm this afternoon. A beautiful spring day, temperature slightly above 4 degrees, but with the sun quite warm.

You’ve likely already seen this, but 9-eyes is a better-than-usual collection of images taken from Google Street View.

Impressions of the winter landscape at Bogesundslandet in Vaxholm. Bogesundslandet is a nature area north of Stockholm, in the Vaxholm community. The parc is state-owned and has both forrest and farmland. It has a huge varity of wildlife.