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Artipelag on Artipelagstigen in Gustavsberg near Stockholm 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 147 Artipelag is an art hall outside Stockholm in Sweden. The art hall opened in June 2012. The building and the surrounding landscape was designed by the late architect Johan Nyrén. The building covers an area of approximately 10.000 square meters and includes 3.000 square meters of art galleries and has […]

1985 Dutch Grand Prix F-1

1985 FIA Formula One Round 11 – Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort, 23-25 August, 1985 With Lauda having announced his retirement at the preceding Austrian Grand Prix, Zandvoort was buzzing with speculation about the driver market. (Report by Tom Prankerd & photography by Guido Fijen) Rosberg had already signed up for the McLaren seat, while Williams […]

Glöstorpskyrkan in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 144 Glöstorpskyrkan is a church building in Glöstorp in northern Hisingen in Göteborg. It is the parish church in Tuve-Sävedalens parish. The curch is located at Tuve Torg. The church with a parish hall was built in 1976 according to plans by architect Voldemārs Vasilis. On September 5, 1976 the church […]

Amundövik in Hovås near Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 143 ‘Villa at Amundön’ is a house designed by the famous Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh from Wingårdh Arkitektkontor in Brottkärr, Hovås south of Göteborg in Sweden. Special in its proximity to the water, the design utilizes the conditions of the site to incorporate the surrounding landscape into the interior as well […]

Zagato Factory on Via Arese in Terrazzano Rho – I 🇮🇹

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 150 Zagato is an independent coachbuilding company and total design center located northwest of Milan in the Terrazzano frazione of Rho, Lombardy, Italy. The Zagato factory have produced two prototypes for Volvo, in 1969 a Volvo GTZ (2+2 Coupé) based on a Volvo 142S and in 1970 a Volvo GTZ […]

Sanderson Hotel in Berners St in London – UK

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 148 Berners Street is a street in London, where today on number 50 is the Sanderson Hotel. About the hotel: The Sanderson Hotel was constructed on Berners Street, London during 1958 as the new headquarters and showroom for Arthur Sanderson and Sons, manufacturers of wallpaper, fabrics and paint for its […]

1982 Dutch Grand Prix F-1

1982 FIA Formula One Round 9 – Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort, 1-3 July, 1982 (Report by Tom Prankerd & photography by Guido Fijen) The series returned to Europe, effectively home ground for all the competing teams as they were now operating within easy range of their bases in England, Italy and France. With a wide […]

Säröhusvägen in Särö 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 134 Särö is a locality situated in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 3,165 inhabitants in 2010. It is located south of Gothenburg on the Särö peninsula, and is famous for its golf and tennis history. Geographically, the peninsula marks the transition from the Bohuslän archipelago in the north and the […]

Fiumicino Airport in Rome – I 🇮🇹

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 120 Fiumicino – Leonardo da Vinci International Airport or Rome Fiumicino Airport, also simply known as Fiumicino Airport, is Italy’s largest airport with 37.7 million passengers served in 2011, located in Fiumicino, 35.0 km west southwest of Rome’s historic city centre. The airport serves as a hub for Alitalia, the […]

Tyska Skolgränd in Stockholm 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 121 Tyska Skolgränd (Swedish: German School Alley) is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, stretching from Svartmangatan to Baggensgatan, and crossed by Själagårdsgatan. The present name of the street, first appearing as Tyska Scholæ Gatan on a map from the early 18th century, is apparently […]