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Volvo Photo Locations Part 139 Röda Sten or Red Stone in english is a neighborhood in the district Sandarna in the port of Göteborg. It is located under the Älvsborgsbridge. The area has address “Röda Sten”. The area is laden with history and remains from the Stone Age and of the medieval fortress of Älvsborg […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 138 Stora Holm Trafikövningsplats is a traffic eduction center on Hisingen, north of Göteborg. Stora Holm Trafikövningsplats is classic Volvo territory. Volvo performed road tests here for three decades, between 1955 and 1974. What was once the Volvo groups main skid-pad is now a modern traffic education center. Driving license students, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 137 Västra Kustvägen in Ystad is a road in southern Sweden between Trelleborg and Ystad. The location is close to the side road towards Ruuthsbo called Ruuthsbovägen, coming from Trelleborg, just before Ystad. Ystad is a town in Skåne, Sweden, with 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. The settlement dates back to the […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 137 Tverrfjellhytta or the Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion?? by appointment of the Norwegian Wild Reindeer Foundation Snøhetta has designed an observation and information pavilion at Hjerkinn in Dovre, Norway. The spectacular site is located on the outskirts of Dovrefjell National Park at around 1250 meters above sea level, overlooking […]

1984 FIA Formula One Round 13 – Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort, 24-26 August, 1984 (Report by Tom Prankerd & photography by Guido Fijen) Attention at the Dutch Grand Prix was diverted from the closely-balanced Lauda versus Prost fight by the news that Brazilian starlet Ayrton Senna had been tempted away from Toleman and signed by […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 135 The bridge pictured above is part a masterplan in Reggio Emillia in Italy, concerning the norht east area of the city where railways and motorways meet. Plans for the bridges originated in 2002, when the city of Reggio Emilia invited Calatrava to design a new railway station, Stazione Mediopadana, […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 129 Palægade is a street in central Copenhagen (Denmark). ‘Palæ’ means ‘palace’ or ‘mansion’ and is the Danish name for the nobility and the higher bourgeoisie Townhome for winter use. In rare cases, it is also used for royal residences, such as the Prince’s Palace in Copenhagen. A mansion is […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 128 The Langeliniekajen or Langelinie Pier is located in the harbor of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The Langeliniekajen has a water depth allowing big ocean-going vessels to tie up. The area has a number of statues and memorials. These include a cast bronze sculpture polar bear with cubs and […]

Volvo Photo Locations informs you about the places where the familiar commercial Volvo photos used in advertisements and brochures are made in Sweden and the rest of the world.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 136 Östra Eriksbergsgatan is a street in the Eriksberg area in Göteborg. The building pictured above is built in 2008 and is owned by HSB, which rents apartment out to Brf Masten. The house was designed by the same architect firm Clarion Hotel Post, characterized by a high standard with a […]