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Remember this post I wrote in 2011: One of the nicest combinations man can dream off…. Now there is an another combination to dream for: Volvo Cars will be exhibiting five cars with a link to Bertone, the Italian car designer, at the massive vintage and classic car show in the German city of Essen […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 154 Bergsbrunna is a neighborhood in Uppsala, the area belongs to Southeastern city, located 7 km from the center of Uppsala. Bergsbrunna included in the urban area Sävja. Railway Uppsala and Stockholm pass through Bergsbrunna. Until the 1970s, the trains stop at Bergsbrunna railway station, this station is now closed. Bergsbrunna […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 153 Packhusplatsen is a square in the district Nordstaden at the South River Bank of the river Göta in Göteborg. At the riverbank you’ll find Casino Cosmopol. Until 1925, Posthuset (Postal house) was located at the square and the first Sahlgrenska Hospital was where the at Sillgatan (now Postgatan). The hospital […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 152 Guldhedens vattentorn (watertower) is a watertower in Södra Guldheden in Göteborg, with the adress Doktor Sven Johanssons backe 1. The watertower consists of a cylindrical reservoir that is supported by a central column and 20 columns with arches all around. In addition, there are 10 inner pillars to support. The […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 151 Guldhedstorget is a town square in the northern Guldheden in Göteborg. It got its name in 1945 after its central location within the northern Guldheden, which was then under construction as part of the exhibition Bo Bättre (Better Living). The entrance to the exhibition was positioned exactly where Reutersgatan meets […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 150 Stockholm Waterfront, also known as Klara Hotell och Konferens is a building for offices, conferences and hotels. The building is located at Klarabergsviadukten in central Stockholm, at the place where Klara postterminal previously stood, overlooking Riddarfjärden. The complex is built for three functions, called Waterfront Building (offices), Radisson Blu Stockholm […]

This wonderfull artwork from the swedish west coast is by Thomas Olsson, an illustrator from Göteborg whom earlier has worked as a teacher at the Berghs School of Communication but has been a specialist in the creation of retro images from the 40 and 50s. I love these images!! These images can be ordered at […]

More photos from 2014 STCC SEMCON Race Solvalla

Sculpture at Pilane, as it’s called, is set on an ancient burial ground featuring 90 “judgment circles” that date back to the middle Iron Age (0-600 A.D.). When the inland ice melted here 10,000 years ago, Pilane became an island of its own. It’s now part of the much larger isle of Tjorn and has […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 149 Bastugatan is a street on Södermalm in Stockholm. Stretching at Mariaberget in east-west direction, between Södermälarstrand and Hornsgatan and is about 600 meters long. In the east meets Bastugatan Pryssgränd. Today there is only one Bastugatan (or Sauna Street in English) in Stockholm but previously there were many badstugor and […]