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Volvo Photo Locations Part 49 Lotsutkiken is situated high on a desert hill in the northwestern part of Smögen. The ship look-out point is based on a high concrete structure and is connected by a covered staircase connected to a small wooden house at ground level. The placement gave a clear view of the fairway, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 48 Maskinkajen is located in Eriksberg at Hisingen near the water, west of the Hotel 11. Here new houses and offices are created in recent years. Designed by Arkitekturkompaniet in 1998. Eriksberg is an area on Hisingen where Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB had their shipyard until bankruptcy in 1979. For over […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 47 Kastellholmen is a small island in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden, connected to the adjacent Skeppsholmen through the bridge Kastellholmsbron. On the island there is a small castle, Kastellet, which was built by Fredrik Blom. Kastellholmen has previously been known as Notholmen, Lilla Beckholmen and Skansholmen. Kastellholmen is part of […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 46 The Øresundsbroen (Danish) or Öresundsbron (Swedish) or Öresund Bridge (English) is a combined twin-track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel across the Øresund strait. The bridge connects Sweden and Denmark, and it is the longest road and rail bridge in Europe. The Øresund Bridge also connects two major Metropolitan Areas: Copenhagen […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 45 The Gothenburg Opera, Swedish: Göteborgsoperan, is the opera house in Göteborg. The Gothenburg Opera house is relatively new: construction started in September 1989 after significant local commitment in the late 1980s (with as many as 6,000 contributors to the new house) and it was completed with great speed. The building […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 44 Mölle Utsikten is located on Italienska vägen at Kullaberg in Mölle, Skåne in Sweden. Kullaberg is a nature reserve situated on a peninsula of land protruding into the Kattegat in Höganäs Kommun near the town of Mölle in southwest Sweden. Kullen lighthouse, designed by architect Magnus Dahlander in 1898, is […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 43 View from Manövergången, Eriksberg to Älvsborgsbron and Göta älv. The Älvsborgsbron is a suspension bridge over Göta älv in Göteborg, Sweden, which connects the north and the south part of the city. It was built in 1966 and designed by Sven Olof Asplund. The total length of the bridge is […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 42 Skeppsholmsbron is located in central Stockholm, connecting Blasieholmen to Skeppsholmen. It was the first ‘forging iron bridge’ to be constructed in Sweden, manufactured by Motala Verkstad in 1861. The first bridge to connect Skeppsholmen to the rest of the city was a wooden bridge on poles, simply called Holmbron and […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 41 Stora Badhusgatan is a street close to the harbor in Göteborg from Södra Hamngatan to Surbrunnsgatan. The street was named in 1852 and was located between a former bathhouse and Keiller’s machine shop. Originally the street was named Bastugatan after probably the former Badstugubastionen near Verkstadsgatan and Skeppsbron. The name […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 39 HSB Turning Torso is the tallest skyscraper in Sweden and the Nordic countries, situated in Malmö, Sweden, located on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait. It was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and officially opened on 27 August 2005. The tower reaches a height of 190 metres […]