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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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) […]

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 […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 167 Ørkenfortet is a building block at Knippelsbrogade, Strandgade and Torvegade in København or Copenhagen, Denmark. The building pictured was until 1993 the adminstrative office of Burmeister & Wains. Since 1993, Nordea Bank has its offices here. Burmeister & Wains has been part of the Danish Christianshavn since it was […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 182 Dr. Fries torg, is a so-called parallel building blocks Södra Guldheden, Göteborg, which was built in 1951-58 for the City’s housing companies and was completed in spring 1953. Total built 265 apartments until 1958, under the name “Guldhedscentrum”. The two retail row houses with two residential floors above parallel to […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 181 Bollhusgränd (Swedish: “Ball House Alley”) is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Named after Bollhuset, a historical theatre, it connects Slottsbacken to Köpmantorget, and as Baggensgatan extends the alley further south beyond Köpmangatan, together they form a parallel street to Österlånggatan and Själagårdsgatan. The […]