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Today visited US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton our beautiful Vaxholm! Clinton had a meeting with Carl Bildt and Defense Minister Karin Engström (from Vaxholm) for talks on a boat trip from Stockholm to Vaxholm and back, through Stockholm’s Skärgården. Later she will be meeting Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Crown Princess Vistoria for […]

Today we had our first tour into the Stockholm Archipelago of the year with the boat of good friends. Destination was Grinda, not so far away from our place. Blue skies, hot temperature and a mild wind! Excellent!! More on Grinda: Grinda Wärdshus Hotell & Konferens Skärgårdsstiftelsens wikipedia

Today we visited the Oscar Fredriksborg at Rindö, since it took part in the Hemliga Rum (Secret rooms) event, organized by SFV – Statens fastighetsverk. About 15 buildings and sites all around Sweden had opened their doors, sometimes for the first (and only) time. The former militairy site Oscars Freddriksborg at Rindö (in Vaxholm) had […]

The swedish national football team is preparing for the European Championships this summer in Poland and Ukraine. Which Swedish player is in shape for the tournement? A swedish newspaper has an overview: 1. John Guidetti – Feyenoord 2. Rasmus Elm – AZ 3. Andreas Isaksson – PSV Eindhoven Olof Mellberg – Olympiakos Jonas Olsson – […]

Today, 8.000 young salmons were released today in Strömmen in central Stockholm. The 150 gr fishes will swim out to the sea and will return grown up in two years time.

Valborgsmässoafton / Walpurgis Night In Sweden, Walpurgis Night (Swedish: Valborgsmässoafton or simply Valborg) has more or less become a de facto half holiday. The forms of celebration in Sweden vary in different parts of the country and between different cities. One of the main traditions in Sweden is to light large bonfires, a custom that […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 78 On 14 April 1927, the first series-produced Volvo car leaves Lundby Göteborg factory. 85 years later, the Volvo Group is one of the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles and Volvo Cars approaches the 500 000 sold cars per year. It was ten o’clock on the morning of 14 april […]

Last part of our Volvo Factory Tour, organised by the Volvo-forum.nl, was the presentation of the new Volvo V40 in the Design Center. Fellow country man Fedde Talsma, Chief Designer at Volvo Car, had made some time free to explain us about the design process at Volvo and the V40 specific. Fedde has been involved […]

Part three of the Volvo Factory Tour, organised by the Volvo-forum.nl, was a visit to the Volvo Factory in Torslanda. Here we got the famous Blue train tour through the factory. After the tour through the factory plants of Torslanda, we were ready to go to the Brand Experience Center , to get a demonstration […]

As part of the Volvo Factory Tour, organised by the Volvo-forum.nl, we visited in the afternoon the SAAB Museum in Trolhättan. A lot has happend since the last time we visited the museum in April 2006 (see photos). It is wonderfull for both the Saab brand with all enthusiasts and for the Trollhättan region that […]