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Mäster Samuelsgatan in Stockholm 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 109 Master Samuelsgatan is a street in the district Norrmalm in Stockholm. It extends east-west from Birl Jarlsgatan to Vasagatan and is about 1000 meters long. The name comes from the vicar of Klara and Bromma congregations named Samuel Hammarinus (who died in 1667). He owned a plot in the quarter […]

Sahlgrenska huset on Norra Hamngatan in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 79 The building pictured above is the Sahlgrenska huset. On the night of January 14, 1746 a fire that destroyed 196 private houses and farms in this area. The plot had then one building made of solid stone, bought in 1721 by Jacob Sahlgren († 1736). The house was damaged, however, […]

Fjällgatan in Stockholm 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 104 Fjällgatan is a street on Södermalm in Stockholm. It lies on Stigberget between Erstagatan and Renstiernas gata near Katarinavägen. The street is 27.8 meters above the sea level. The street is known for the beautiful view of Saltsjön, and it also has great views of Stockholm’s most central parts, from […]

Central Station on Drottningtorget in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 103 Central Station, Göteborgs centralstation or Göteborg C is the main railway station of Göteborg. The station serves 27 million passengers per year, making it the second largest railway station in Sweden after Stockholm Central Station. The station opened in October the 4th, 1858. The station is situated at Drottningtorget. Numerous […]

Klippan in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 89 Klippan is an area at the Älvstranden in the western part of Göteborg, close to the Älvsborgsbron. Klippan is located in the city part Majorna. The name is derived from the little mountain “Lilla Klippan” or “Skinnareklippan”, which is located north east of the old Gamla Älvsborgs fästning. On this […]

Gina Tricot HQ on Varbergsvägen in Borås 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 95 Gina Tricot HK is located in Borås, Sweden. The headquarters is an inspiring all-glass building, designed by architect Gert Wingårdh. Around 200 employees work here, working in everything from fashion design to marketing and finance. Borås combines all the wealth of choice of a big city with the convenience of […]

Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 88 Norrmalmstorg is a square in central Stockholm. The square connects shopping streets Hamngatan and Biblioteksgatan and is the starting point for tram travellers with the Djurgården line. Close to the southwest is the park Kungsträdgården. In the Swedish edition of Monopoly, Norrmalmstorg is the most expensive lot. The square is […]

Copperhill Mountain Lodge in Åre 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 97 The Copperhill Mountain Lodge is a five-star hotel on the top of the Förberget Mountain in Åre, Sweden. The hotel opened on December 8, 2008, and is currently one of five hotels in Sweden, and the only mountain hotel in Scandinavia referred to as a Design Hotel. The hotel has […]

Lilla Bommen in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 94 Lilla Bommen is a marina in the city center of Göteborg, at the edge of the Göta Älv, but also the name of a large area of ​​land around the harbor. The port is considered to originate in the 1640. At the west side of the marina lies the Göteborg […]

Bredgränd in Stockholm 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 102 Bredgränd is an alley in Gamla stan in Stockholm. Stretching from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Skeppar Karls Gränd and Kråkgränd. Bredgränd appears in historical records as östan mur i bredha grandena (“east of the wall in the broad alley”) in 1476 and as Östre Bredgränden […]