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International Volvo Photo Locations Part 173

2016 – Volvo XC60

2016 – Volvo XC60

2016 – Volvo XC60

2016 – Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul (Google Streetview)

2016 – Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul (Google Streetview)

Ortaköy (literally Middle Village in Turkish) is a neighbourhood, formerly a small village, within the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, located in the middle of the European bank of the Bosphorus.

Ortaköy was a cosmopolitan area during the Ottoman era and the first decades of the Turkish Republic, with communities of Turks, Greeks, Armenians and Jews. Today the neighbourhood still hosts many different religious (Muslim, Jewish, Orthodox, and other Christian) structures. It is also a popular spot for locals and tourists alike, with its art galleries, night clubs, cafés, bars, and restaurants.

The Neo-Baroque style Ortaköy Mosque is a beautifully ornate structure, right on the jetty of Ortaköy, bordering the waters of the Bosphorus, and thus highly visible from the passing boats.

Ortaköy (Agios Fokas, in Byzantine period and Mesachori later [in Greek means middle village]) has had an important place in the daily life of the city during both the Byzantine and Ottoman periods. In the 16th century, the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent encouraged the Turks to move to Ortaköy and live there, which marked the beginning of the Turkish presence in the neighbourhood. One of the oldest buildings in Ortaköy is the Turkish Bath built by the famous Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan in 1556.

The famous Ortaköy Mosque, located on the coastal pier square, was originally built in the 18th century. Later, in the 19th century, the current mosque, ordered by Sultan Abdülmecid I and designed by architects (father and son) Garabet Amira Balyan and Nigoğayos Balyan in Neo-Baroque style, was edificed between 1854 and 1856.

It consists of a two-story “sultan apartment” which has a “U shaped” plan, a main venue with a square plan which is covered with one dome. The “sliced facades” with mounting columns are “enriched” by carvings as well as relief, giving the mosque a “dynamic appearance”. There are two rows of windows providing the main venue a “good illumination”.

The mosque is “pint-sized” in comparison to other mosques “on the other side of the golden horn”. The mosque was built in Neo-baroque style. In the interior of the mosque, there are wide, “high bay windows” which refract its reflection in water as well as daylight. There are also several panels of calligraphy by Abdülmecid I himself.

The photo of the Volvo XC60 is part of the 2016 campaign called MADE BY PEOPLE. Pictured in the photo is Volvo Employee Ahmed Eran, Safety Features Volvo.

What you absolutely do not want when you are driving a car, driving on anyone.
And with the Volvo XC60 will probably never do it either. The car to see what’s in front of you, whether it’s other cars, cyclists or pedestrians, and the brakes if an accident is about to happen. See it this way: You are only human, and sooner or later makes people mistake. And the day when your car takes over and the brakes may very well be the best day of your life.

Great minds don’t think alike.

Who builds the best cars? The Germans? The Americans? The Italians? The Koreans? Or is it the Swedes? Truth is, it’s none of those. It’s all of them. Together. Ever since the 50’s we’ve brought people here from all over the world to develop and build our cars. Not because we’re a caring and human company, but because we know it makes us better. Diversity sparks creativity. It pushes innovation. It helps us to build safer and smarter cars, designed around peoples everyday life. So if you ever wondered who makes the best cars, you know now. It’s people.

VOLVO – Made by People

2016 – Volvo – Made by People (Photography by Peter Gehrke for Adamsky)

More information on en.wikipedia.org and istanbultourstudio.com

Volvo Photo Locations Part 183

1953 – Volvo PV444 on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
The plane is a DC-3 LN-IAP Nordpol from Det Norske Luftfartselskap, later known under the name Halfdan Viking.

1953 – Volvo PV444 at Torslanda airport, the making of…

1953 – Volvo PV444 on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1953 – Volvo PV444 on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1953 – Volvo Disponent on Torslanda Flygplats, Torslanda on Hisingen, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1953 – Volvo PV 831 Disponent on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1953 – Volvo PV 831 Disponent on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1953 – Volvo PV 831 Disponent on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1953 – Volvo P179 Margaret Rose Concept on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1953 – Volvo P179 Margaret Rose Concept on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1955 – Volvo PV445 Duett on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1962 – Volvo 122 S on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1963 – Volvo P220 on Torslanda flyggplats on Hisingen in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
With Cessna 150B from Aeroklubben in Göteborg and the man in the light jacket is Kurt Klausson.

1977 – Volvo 245 T on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1978 – Volvo 264TE on Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1978 – Volvo 345 at Blå Hangaren at Torslanda Airport in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪. (Photography for Auto Motor und Sport by Thomas Dirk Heere)

1979 – Volvo 262C on Torslanda Flygplats on Hisingen in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
The photo is made near the old hangar, the place where today the Torslanda Golf clubhouse is.

1980 – Volvo 262C Bertone on Torslanda Flygplats on Hisingen in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
Looks like at the same place and maybe a photo made at the same day as above, only with a modern front spoiler.

1980 – Volvo 244 GLT on Torslanda Airport with Blå Hangaren in the background

1980 – Volvo 244 GLT on Torslanda Airport

1984 – Volvo P210 Duett and 240 Turbo at Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg.

2015 – Torslanda Airport in Göteborg (www.bengt-oswin.com)

2015 – Gamla Flygplatsvägen at Torslanda Flygplats in Göteborg (Mapio)

Torslanda Airport in Swedish also known as Torslanda Flygplats, Torslanda Flygfält or Gamla flygfältet served the city of Göteborg, Sweden, as its main airport from 1923 to 1977, when the Göteborg-Landvetter Airport was opened. The airport closed soon afterwards.

Torslanda is an area in the western part of the island of Hisingen in Göteborg municipality, part of the district West Hisingen.

In 1969, an air traffic control tower was built on an adjacent hilltop as replacement for an older tower built in 1938.

The airport had been the site of a mishap on 23 December 1967 when a Douglas DC-6B operated by Sterling Airways carrying 55 passengers en route from Stockholm landed 3000 feet beyond the landing threshold.

In a notable 1972 incident, a flight also from Torslanda en route to Stockholm was hijacked and diverted to Bulltofta airport outside the Swedish city of Malmö. Nine Croatians imprisoned nearby were traded for 500.000 SEK before flying to Madrid, Spain, before being captured by police.

The 1969 control tower remains (as of 2010) as one of the last artifacts of the airport. Most of the old airport was demolished in 1997, when the former runway paving were mainly removed.

Until 1995, Volvo housed its collection of historic vehicles in “The “Blue Hangar” (Den Blå Hangaren). Now they are located in the Volvo Museum, a few kilometres away.

In recent years, the original land from the Torslanda Airport has quickly redeveloped into a residential area known as Amhult, eventually to become a garden village with 900 new homes, a commercial centre, preschool and school.

The former runways have partially been used for car testing by Volvo, for driver training and race car testing, and for model aircraft, until the runways were removed.

An area is still used for storing ship containers. A golf course has been built over parts of the former runways. The road no 155 to Öckerö went a detour around the north-south runways. Around 1997 the road was rebuilt to go straight across the former runway.

1953 – Göteborg Torslanda flygplats (Postcard)

1953 – Göteborg Torslanda flygplats (Postcard)

2018 – Torslanda Flygplats

This old Torslandahus (or Torslanda House) was built in 1923 and was then the Torslanda Airport arrival hall. Here came the Beatles in 1963 when they were visiting Sweden.

1977 – Blå Hangaren – The Blue Hangar at Torslanda Airport (www.torslandaflygplats.se)

Blå Hangaren (or the Blue Hangar), was designed by Malte Erich (1888-1966) and built for the inauguration in 1923 and rebuilt in 1946.

The hangar originally measured 60×27 meters and had for those days, a unique roof structure – a cantilever without pillars – and built with wood left over from the construction of Liseberg, the amusement parc in Göteborg.

In 1927, it was extenden with, among other things, an angular building for passengers, customs and airline managment and even a radio station. In 1940 a steam house was added and in 1946 changed the hangar gates outside and the front facade was changed. In 1959 the hangar was built out even further when the second helicopter division of the Navy settled there. When Navy helicopters in 1970 moved to Landvetter, the police helicopters moved in, and varoious aviation companies. They remained until 1977-1978 when they moved to Landvetter Landvetter.

The Blue Hangar was about to become a heritage building, when it was completely destroyed in an fire on May 31, 1980. A little monument marks the place where the hangar once stood.

After the closing of the Torslanda Airport as an actual transportation facility (1977), Volvo housed its collection of historic vehicles in the “Blue Hangar” (Den Blå Hangaren) at Torslanda Airport. The collection comprised about 5-6 vehicles, only two of them in working order. Other vehicles were stored across Sweden in various Volvo facilities. Unfortunately, fire destroyed the hangar a few years later, but most of the vehicles escaped unharmed.[4] The collection was moved into a permanent location with the opening of the Volvo Museum in Arendal on Hisingen on May 30, 1995.

Prior to its use as a defacto museum, the Torslanda Airport hangars had served as presentation spaces for prominent vehicle debuts, including the 1957 Volvo P1900/Sport.

1954-06-02 – Volvo Sport P1900 Press introduction at Torslanda Airport (www.torslandaflygplats.se)

1954-06-02 – Volvo Sport P1900 Press introduction at Torslanda Airport (www.torslandaflygplats.se – Note the raised rear deck on these prototypes!)

1954-06-02 – Volvo Sport P1900 Press introduction at Torslanda Airport (www.torslandaflygplats.se)

1954-06-02 – Volvo Sport P1900 Press introduction at Torslanda Airport (www.torslandaflygplats.se)

1954-06-02 – Volvo Sport P1900 Press introduction at Torslanda Airport (SMT)

1954-06-02 – Volvo Sport P1900 Press introduction at Torslanda Airport

On 2 June 1954 the two-seater roadster, the Volvo Sport, and the company’s first sports car, made its debut. But a low weight and reliable Volvo technology were not enough – production was shut down after just 67 had been built. Or was it 68?

The name of the new car was short and sweet – Sport – and it had a short and plump body with a big grill that looked like a turbine. The wheelbase was 20 centimetres shorter than that of the Volvo PV 444, whose mechanics it otherwise shared. Under the hood there was a 1.4 litre tuned version of the PV 444 engine, with twin carburettors and 70 horsepower. The top speed was specified as 155 km/h.

1954 – Volvo P1900 Prototype

The Volvo Sport was the direct result of the many reconnaissance trips made to the USA by the company’s founder and MD Assar Gabrielsson in the early 1950s. In his quest to learn as much as possible about the market before launching Volvo on the other side of the Atlantic, he met a lot of people in the car world. One company that he came into contact with was Glasspar in Montecito, California. Since 1951 they had been building hulls for boats and bodies for sports cars using the new material fibreglass.

Gabrielsson was very interested in the manufacturing process and wanted to find out how the material worked in Sweden. Furthermore, he had also noted in the USA that there was a huge interest in small, European sports cars – so Volvo ought to build one!

1954 – Volvo Sport – P1900 Prototype

In 1953, Glasspar was tasked with designing a body, producing moulds, building the first prototype, and training Volvo’s staff in how to design and manufacture fibreglass bodies. Back home in Gothenburg, Volvo’s engineers were ordered to develop a suitable frame chassis that would fit the body.

1954 – Volvo Sport – P1900 Prototype

The project progressed at a rapid pace. By the beginning of 1954 Glasspar had delivered the first drivable prototype to Volvo, although it was still far from fully developed. For example, it lacked a canopy top and side windows that could be wound down. The prototypes faced tough criticism during internal testing. The chassis was too weak, the plastic cracked, the doors fitted poorly, and the three-speed gearbox was far from sporty.

By the time of the presentation at Torslanda Airport another two prototypes had been completed and Volvo was able to show it was serious about its sports car project. Those present were told the car would reach the market in 1955, and that a first series of 300 cars would be produced, all for export.

Straight after the first showing, Volvo undertook a demonstration tour with the three cars, visiting all Volvo dealers in Sweden.

In the spring of 1956 the first cars were delivered to customers in countries such as South Africa, Brazil, Morocco, and the USA. However, cars were also delivered to Swedish customers – the original policy that the Volvo Sport would be for export only had been reassessed. By that stage the car had been redesigned in several respects and now had a canopy top roof and windows that wound down. But the gearbox was still only three-speed.

Production and sales were slow and during the first year only 44 were built. In 1957 another 23 were built, but after the newly appointed MD Gunnar Engellau got to drive a Volvo Sport for a weekend he decided that production should cease immediately. The car did not live up to Volvo’s quality requirements and the company was losing money on every car it sold.

The total number produced was 67, but later research shows that two cars were, probably accidentally, given chassis number 20. That would mean that 68 Volvo Sports were built. Surprisingly, many of the cars are still in existence – the whereabouts of around 50 are known.

Despite the failure of P1900 – as the car was known internally – Volvo still gained useful experience from the project. Shortly after the stop in production of the Volvo Sport, MD Gunnar Engellau commissioned a new sports car – made from steel. Four years later the Volvo P1800 was ready – and a significantly greater success for Volvo.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org, 100 years – Flygutställning på Vingen and www.torslandaflygplats.se.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 172

1965 – Volvo Amazon

2015 – Pont de l’Alma in Paris (Google Streetview)

Pont de l’Alma (Alma Bridge in English) is an arch bridge in Paris across the Seine. It was named to commemorate the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War, in which the Franco-British alliance achieved victory over the Russian army on 20 September 1854.

Construction took place between 1854 and 1856. It was inaugurated by Napoleon III on 2 April 1856. Each of the four piers was decorated with a statue of military nature: a Zouave and a grenadier by Georges Diébolt, and a skirmisher and an artilleryman by Arnaud.

The bridge serves as a measuring instrument for water levels in times of flooding on the Seine: access to the footpaths by the river embankments usually is closed when the Seine’s level reaches the feet of the Zouave; when the water hits his thighs, the river is unnavigable. During the great flood of the Seine in 1910, the level reached his shoulders. The French Civil Service uses the Pont de la Tournelle, not the Pont de l’Alma, to gauge flood levels.

The bridge underwent complete reconstruction between 1970 and 1974, as it had been too narrow to accommodate the increasing traffic both on and below it; moreover, the structure had subsided some 80 centimeters. Only the statue of the Zouave was retained: the Skirmisher was relocated to the Gravelle Stronghold in Vincennes, the Grenadier to Dijon, and the Artilleryman to La Fère.

Pont de l’Alma has a length of 153 meters and a width of 42 meters. It was designed by Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie.

More information on en.wikipedia.org and lefildutemps.free.fr

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 171

2016 – Volvo S90 at Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris

2016 – Volvo V90

2015 – Volvo XC60

2016 – Pont de Bir-Hakeim over the Seine in Paris France (Google Streetview)

The pont de Bir-Hakeim, formerly the pont de Passy, is a bridge that crosses the Seine River in Paris, France. It connects the city’s 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the île aux Cygnes. The bridge, made of steel, is the second to have stood at the site. It was constructed between 1903 and 1905, replacing an earlier bridge that had been erected in 1878. An arch bridge, it is 237 metres long and 24.7 metres wide.

It was designed by the architect Jean-Camille Formigé, who also designed the Viaduc d’Austerlitz, the greenhouses of Auteiul, and the park below the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur, and restored the Roman amphitheater in Arles and the Roman theater in Orange.

The bridge has two levels: one for motor vehicles and pedestrians, and a viaduct (the “viaduc de Passy”) above, through which passes Line 6 of the Paris Métro. The railway viaduct is supported by metal colonnades, except where it passes over the île aux Cygnes, where it rests on a masonry arch. Many commemorative plates decorate the viaduct bridge, including several dedicated to soldiers fallen in Belgium during the Second World War.

In addition, the central arch of the viaduct, at the level of the island, is decorated with four monumental stone statues in high-relief: figures of Science and Labor by Jules-Felix Coutan, and Electricity and Commerce by Jean Antoine Injalbert.

The road level of the bridge extends out in a belvedere where it passes over the île aux Cygnes which covers the eastern end of the island. Here stands a statue named La France renaissante.

Originally named the pont de Passy (after the former commune of Passy, which it reaches), it was renamed in 1948 to commemorate the Battle of Bir Hakeim, fought by Free French forces against the German Afrika Korps in 1942.

Many movies have featured this bridge including Zazie dans le Métro, Last Tango in Paris, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and Inception.

More information on en.wikipedia.org and www.frenchmoments.eu

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 169

2015 – Volvo XC60

2016 – Torensluis at Singel in Amsterdam (Google Streetview)

The Torensluis is a bridge at the Singel in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It was built in 1648, an arched and exceptionally wide bridge across the Singel. Now covered by cosy café terraces and a bust of Dutch writer Multatuli, the Torensluis is the oldest remaining bridge in Amsterdam, and also the widest bridge in Amsterdam (42 meters). The Jan Roodepoortstoren tower stood on one end of the bridge but was torn down in 1829. However, the tower’s foundations remain part of the bridge. The entrance and barred windows of the tower’s dungeon are still visible. The bridge, also known as Brug 9, crosses the Singel near Dam square, at Oude Leliestraat.

The Singel is a canal in Amsterdam which encircled the city in the Middle Ages. It served as a moat around the city until 1585, when Amsterdam expanded beyond the Singel. The canal runs from the IJ bay, near Central Station, to the Muntplein square, where it meets the Amstel river. It is now the inner-most canal in Amsterdam’s semicircular ring of canals.

The canal should not be confused with the Singelgracht canal, which became the outer limit of the city during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th Century.

Other Dutch towns also have ring-shaped canals named Singel.

More information on nl.wikipedia.org and www.iamsterdam.com

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 169

2015 – Volvo XC60

2016 – Siegestor at Leopoldstraße in
Munich, Germany (Google Streetview)

The Siegestor (English: Victory Gate) in Munich, is a three-arched triumphal arch crowned with a statue of Bavaria with a lion-quadriga.

The Siegestor is 21 meters high, 24 m wide, and 12 m deep. It is located between the Ludwig Maximilian University and the Ohmstraße, where the Ludwigstraße (south) ends and the Leopoldstraße (north) begins. It thus sits at the boundary between the two Munich districts of Maxvorstadt and Schwabing.

The gate was commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner[1] and completed by Eduard Mezger in 1852. The marble quadriga was sculpted by Johann Martin von Wagner, artistic advisor to Ludwig and a professor at the University of Würzburg. Lions were likely used in the quadriga, instead of the more usual horses, because the lion was a heraldic charge of the House of Wittelsbach, the ruling family of the Bavarian monarchy.

The gate was originally dedicated to the glory of the Bavarian army (dem bayerischen Heere zum Ruhme). Today, the Siegestor is a monument and reminder to peace. After sustaining heavy damage in World War II it was to be demolished in July 1945,[1] however, the gate was reconstructed and restored only partially, in a manner similar to the conservation of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin. The new inscription on the back side by Wilhelm Hausenstein reads Dem Sieg geweiht, vom Krieg zerstört, zum Frieden mahnend, “Dedicated to victory, destroyed by war, urging peace”. In the early 21st century, the remaining statues were meticulously cleaned and restored.

More information on en.wikipedia.org and www.aviewoncities.com

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 168

1965 – Volvo Amazon at Slotskroen on Slotsgade in Hillerød Denmark 🇩🇰.

2011 – Slotskroen on Slotsgade 67 in Hillerød DK (Google)

2016 – Slotskroen on Slotsgade 67 in Hillerød DK (Google Streetview)

Slotskroen on Slotsgade 67 in Hillerød, Danmark is a historic restaurant which was taken over by Jensen’s Bøfhus in 2011, changing its exterior a lot. The new outside of the historic building has been discussed a lot within Hillerød community.

Frederiksborg Group has acquired and developed Slotskroen in Hillerod to Jensen’s Bøfhus or Jensen’s Steakhouse, which opened a 550 square meter restaurant in the property. The building contains also five apartments and a space at ground level for professional use, such as medical clinic. Slotskroen lies opposite the Frederiksborg Castle and is one of Hillerød’s oldest buildings. It was originally built as a royal butcher farm, but became around 1725 a free residence for bell maker at the castle, which was also the region’s watchmaking why it it was called “Uhrmagergården” (or clockmakersfarm). On December 29, 1794 the farm was sold to August Schroeder, who let it adapt to the inn. There has been run inn in the building for more than 200 years.

Hillerød is a Danish town located in North Zealand. Hillerød is the administrative centre of Region Hovedstaden (Capital Region of Denmark), one of the five regions in Denmark, and is also the third-largest town in this part of Zealand after Copenhagen and Helsingør.

Hillerød was founded during the early medieval times. The name is first mentioned in 1552 as Hylderødz, deriving from the male name Hildi and the suffix -rød, meaning “clearing in the forest”.

In 1550, crown prince Frederick acquired Hillerødsholm in exchange for another properties. His son, Christian IV, tore down most of the old buildings and built a new castle between 1602 and 1625. It was never officially incorporated as a market town but prospered from ample privileges afforded by successive monarchs, although it experienced a set back when Frederick IV moved court to Fredensborg Palace in the 1720s. Hillerød was from 1772 until 1908 named Frederiksbog after its castle. Its first town council was established in 1778 and its town shield, which features a flowering elder tree, is from 1787.

The best known monument is Frederiksborg Castle, which was long a seat of Danish kings. The castle is open to the public and houses the Frederiksborg Museum/The Museum of National History. It has a large baroque garden.

The Town Museum (“Bymuseet”) contains a permanent exhibition on the history of Hillerød.

“The Boiler Room” (“Kedelhuset”) has changing special exhibits. In 2005, the subject was the ancient and medieval history of Northern Zealand.

The ruins of Æbelholt Abbey (Æbelholt Klosterruin) are the remains of the largest Augustinian monastery in the northern countries. The site also contains a museum showing its history. The monastery was founded in 1175/76 by the French Augustinian, William of Æbelholt, later Saint William, for the reform of the already extant Eskilsø Abbey, which was moved here. He was summoned to the task by the Danish archbishop and statesman Absalon. After the Reformation in 1536, the monastery lands were appropriated by the state and the buildings were torn down. Some of the bricks were later used in the construction of Frederiksborg Castle.

Esrum Abbey (“Esrum Kloster”) is a Cistercian monastery dating from 1151. The only remaining building of this once vast complex now houses a permanent exhibition about the Cistercians. There is a restaurant in the vaults. Next to the monastery is “Esrum Møllegaard”, the Nature and Environmental Centre of Ecology.

More information on en.wikipedia.org and kongehuset.dk

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 167

1962 – Volvo P1800 at Ørkenfortet in Copenhagen, Danmark 🇩🇰.

2016 – Ørkenfortet in Copenhagen, Danmark (Google Streetview)

Ørkenfortet is a building block at Knippelsbrogade, Strandgade and Torvegade in København or Copenhagen, Denmark. The building pictured was until 1993 the adminstrative office of Burmeister & Wains. Since 1993, Nordea Bank has its offices here.

Burmeister & Wains has been part of the Danish Christianshavn since it was started in the 1600s. In 1962 ended the construction of
the large administrative building, “Ørkenfortet” at Knippelsbro. In 1980, the building was sold to Nordea, the same year when B & W was sold to the German industrial group MAN. Nordea entered the building for their head quarters from 1993.

This building was constructed between 1957 and 1962. Architect was Palle Suenson.
The building was B & W’s headquarters from 1962 to the early 1980s. Privatbanken, later Unibank and the current Nordea, has for many years had its headquarters here.

1963 – Director Jan Bonde Nielsens Citroën DS23 Prestige at Ørkenfortet which was B and Ws adminstrative HQ.

Burmeister & Wain was a large established Danish shipyard and leading diesel engine producer headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded by two Danes and an Englishman, its earliest roots stretch back to 1846. Over its 150-year history, it grew successfully into a strong company through the end of the 1960s. In the 1970s, global competitive pressures, particularly from the far east, began to take their toll. In 1980, B&W became MAN B&W Diesel A/S, part of MAN B&W Diesel Group, a subsidiary of the German corporation MAN AG, with operations worldwide. The company still maintains operations at three main sites in Denmark for manufacturing, servicing, and licensing of its two-stroke engines and complete propulsion systems.

Christianshavn is a neighbourhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. Part of the Indre By District, it is located on the island of Amager and separated from the rest of the city centre by the Inner Harbour. It was founded in the early 17th century by Christian IV as part of his extension of the fortifications of Copenhagen. Originally, it was laid out as an independent privileged merchant’s town with inspiration from Dutch cities but it was soon incorporated into Copenhagen proper. Dominated by canals, it is the part of Copenhagen with the most nautical atmosphere.

For much of the 20th century a working-class neighbourhood, Christianshavn developed a bohemian reputation in the 1970s and it is now a fashionable, diverse and lively part of the city with its own distinctive personality, with residents tending to see themselves first as Christianshavners and then as Copenhageners. Businessmen, students, artists, hippies and traditional families with children live side-by-side.

Administratively, Christianshavn has been part of Indre By since 2007, but it still has its own local council.

More information on en.wikipedia.org, www.bwe.dk and a.wikipedia.org

Volvo Photo Locations Part 182

1964 – Volvo Amazon Range at Doktor Fries torg in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1965 – Volvo Amazon at Doktor Fries torg in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1965 – Volvo Amazon at Doktor Fries torg in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

1967 – Volvo P210 Duett at Doktor Fries torg in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2016 – Fest at Doktor Fries torg in Göteborg

2016 – Dokter Fries torg in Göteborg (Google Streetview)

2016 – Dokter Fries torg in Göteborg (Eniro)

Dr. Fries torg, is a so-called parallel building blocks Södra Guldheden, Göteborg, which was built in 1951-58 for the City’s housing companies and was completed in spring 1953. Total built 265 apartments until 1958, under the name “Guldhedscentrum”. The two retail row houses with two residential floors above parallel to each other along a large sunken rectangular square surface. Dr. Fries Square is one of three smaller “local market squares” in Guldheden within 5 to 10 minute walk distance. Square surface framed by two parallel residential and retail complexes, with loggias which protects against wind and rain. At the far short side, a smaller rock party in the day, and the square’s entrance opens it fully.

The square got its name in 1949 to the memory of Dr. Robert Fries (1840 to 1908), son of Elias Fries. It was the architects January Wallinder and Sven Brolid who designed the square.
“Doktor Fries squares belongs to the generation center facilities taking a first step towards allowing the stores to free themselves from the residential buildings and through traffic separation also from the street. The shops are here for two longhouses around a square with a character of Italian piazza, meant for pedestrians. Still located however, two-story homes on top of the shops, which caused particular problems.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org and www.drfriestorg.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 181

1969 – Volvo Amazon at Bollhusgränd in Stockholm

1969 – Volvo Amazon

1969 – Volvo Amazon

2016 – Bollhusgränd in Gamla Stan in Stockholm (Google Streetview)

2016 – Bollhusgränd near Köpmantorget in Gamla Stan in Stockholm (Google Streetview)

Bollhusgränd (Swedish: “Ball House Alley”) is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Named after Bollhuset, a historical theatre, it connects Slottsbacken to Köpmantorget, and as Baggensgatan extends the alley further south beyond Köpmangatan, together they form a parallel street to Österlånggatan and Själagårdsgatan.

The alley is named after its vicinity to the two royal ball game buildings constructed in 1627-1792 and 1648–53, the bigger of the two used as a theatre from 1667 and torn down in 1792-93, the smaller transformed into the Finnish Church in 1725 and still existent. In 1648 the alley was known as Donat Apotechars grend (“Alley of Pharmacist Donat”) in reference to a Donat Deutschman living on the south-eastern-most corner house facing the square Köpmantorget.

On the north-west side of the street is the Tessin Palace, and on the opposite corner is the Royal Coin Cabinet. On the latter location was until 1903 a restaurant called Skomakare-Källaren, Café & Restaurant (“Shoemaker-Basement”) known as one of the best eating houses in town and decorated with a coffered ceiling, pilasters, tiled stove, and the symbol of the shoemaker’s guild, a silver shoe with a jingle on the toecap. The restaurant was preceded by another called Drufvan (“The Grape”), later renamed to Draken (“The Dragon”). The restaurant is today part of the museum of the Royal Coin Cabinet.

Together with Baggensgatan, Bollhusgränd used to run along the interior of the eastern city wall, from the open space surrounding the castle Three Crowns (today still present as Slottsbacken) south to the Blackfriars monastery (until the Reformation located north of Järntorget between Svartmangatan and Prästgatan).

While the northern end of the alley is narrow, it widens where the carriages and horses of Tessin entered their palace on the alley’s east side. The Baroque portal on Number 3A indicates the building was the private palace of the councillor Per Banér, as it displays his and his wife’s (Hebbla Fleming) coat of arms together with two lions.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org, www.visitstockholm.com and www.walkinstockholm.se.