December 13th, 2015
Volvo Photo Locations Part 174
2008 – Volvo S60
2015 – Rådmansgatan in Stockholm (Google Streetview)
Rådmansgatan is a street in central Stockholm, in the Östermalm district and Vasastaden.
The street has been named after the (rådmannen) district court judge Nils Nilsson Emporagrius, 1607-1681.
The photo has been made at the Rådmansgatan between Birger Jarlsgatan and Karlavägen.
More information at sv.wikipedia.org and www.visitstockholm.com
December 13th, 2015
Volvo Photo Locations Part 173
1982 – Volvo 244
2015 – Liseberg Wärdshus at Liseberg in Göteborg (Google Streetview)
Lisebergs Wärdshus is located in the Liseberg amusement park in central Göteborg.
Liseberg Wärdshus is one of Liseberg’s most renowned restaurants, where the best of the North Sea and the West Swedish farms enjoyed in the beautiful salons and Gustavian décor that for generations cherished family Nonnen. Exciting selection, with everything from creative menu suggestions and special performances for the visit of prominent wine and cooking classes, making Lisebergs Wärdshus to a unique restaurant in Gothenburg.
Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened in 1923. It is one of the most visited amusement parks in Scandinavia, attracting about three million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roller coaster Balder, twice (2003 and 2005) voted as the Best Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster in the world in a major international poll.[1] The park itself has also been chosen as one of the top ten amusement parks in the world (2005) by Forbes magazine.
Additional to the summer season, the park is also open during November and December, albeit with fewer rides operating, hosting a Christmas market with traditional Swedish cuisine such as mulled wine and specialties such as döner kebab made from reindeer meat.
The official colors of Liseberg are pink and green as can be seen on the entrance and the older houses in the park, the colors were also adopted for the logo, which was introduced in the 1980s.
More information at liseberg.se and en.wikipedia.org
December 13th, 2015
Volvo Photo Locations Part 172
2015 – Volvo XC60 AWD at Sahlgrensgatan between Vasabron and Viktoriabron in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
2022 – Sahlgrensgatan between Vasabron and Viktoriabron in Göteborg (Google Streetview).
2015 – Volvo XC60 AWD at Sahlgrensgatan between Vasabron and Viktoriabron in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
2015 – Sahlgrensgatan in Göteborg (Google Streetview).
Sahlgrensgatan is a street in the district Vallgraven in central Göteborg. The street is about 330 meters long, and stretches from the roundabout at Rosenlundsbron, Rosenlundsplatsen and Hvitfeldtsplatsen to Västra Hamngatan.
The street got its name in 1882 in memory of Nicolaus Sahlgren. An older name of the street was Jungfrustigen, because the girls in the family often went here on his way to the fish and vegetable markets.
In the eighth district, the plot No. 21, was the third Sahlgrenska Hospital from 1855 to 1900.
Along Sahlgren Way north side of the walls, which belong to the bastion Carolus Dux. Once this torn down, relatively much of the foundations was left there. The land inside the walls is therefore higher than the outside. Below ground level are three brick walkways and a couple of rooms preserved from the bastion.
More information at sv.wikipedia.org
December 13th, 2015
International Volvo Photo Locations Part 162
2016 – Volvo XC90 R-Design
2016 – Volvo XC90 R-Design
2015 – Saxo Bank HQ at Philip Heymans Allé in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen, Denmark (Google Streetview)
At Philip Heymans Allé in Hellerup, just north of Copenhagen is the HQ of Danish bank Saxo Bank. The street is named after Philip Wulff Heyman, one of the founders of the Tuborg Brewery, which was located in this Tuborg Hamn area.
Saxo Bank is a young dynamic internet bank with focus on online-trade with currencies, shares and futures on the bank’s self-developed platform, Saxo Trader. Saxo Bank was founded in 1992 in Denmark and counts around 850 staff members of 35 nationalities who serve customers from 115 different countries.
Saxo Bank’s new headquarter in Copenhagen is designed by 3XN. Although the customers primarily encounter the bank in cyberspace, the physical premises of the head office is of great importance to the management of the bank who participate actively and are highly dedicated to the development of the building. The building is of great iconographic significance, and there is a strong conviction that architecture and design affect each staff member’s performance and awareness of the company.
The architectural design is based on Saxo’s cutting-edge profile and branding. The lines of the building design define a sharp balance between reliability and dynamic expressivity in dialogue with the local plan. The building is shaped like two blocks with the end walls pointing towards the canal, joined together by facades that are withdrawn from the end walls. The facades are shaped like double curved glass that wave like a piece of textile.
More information on www.archdaily.com and da.wikipedia.org.
December 12th, 2015
Volvo Photo Locations Part 171
1997 – Volvo S90 at Skyttegatan in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
2012 – Volvo S80 at Skyttegatan in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
2020 – Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD at Skyttegatan and Bengt Lidnersgatan in Johanneberg in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.
2015 – Skyttegatan in Göteborg (Google Streetview)
2015 – Skyttegatan in Göteborg (Google Streetview)
Skyttegatan is a street in Lorensberg in Göteborg. At this place, the Royal Bachelors’ Club, a gentlemen’s club founded in 1769 is located.
In 1787, the club got royal appropriation and exists still today. It is the oldest club of this kind in the world.
Most of the club’s founders were people with English or Scottish background. The first organizational meeting was held on 25 November 1798. Among the 33 members at the foundation were among others William Chalmers. In 1787 the club received a royal charter passed by the Royal Secretary Claes Gartz. Gartz then became an honorary member of the club.
Through the years the club has changed venues several times. In 1932 it moved from the Wilsonian house at Gustav Adolf Torg to Kungsportavenyn nr 8.
In 1969 the club moved to its present address Broströmska villa on Skyttegatan 1. The house, designed by Arvid Bjerke, was bought in 1922 by the shipowner Dan Broström who lived there until his death. His widow Ann Ida lived there until 1965. The house was then taken over by the Swedish Shipowners who sold the property to the club in 1987.
Daniel “Dan” Broström (1870 – 24 July 1925) was the Swedish Naval Minister from 1914 to 1917. He was the son of Axel Broström. He was married to Anna Ida Broström, and had a son called Dan-Axel Broström. Broström died in a car accident near Trönninge, south of Halmstad on 24 July 1925.
More information at sv.wikipedia.org, www.rbc.se and gamlagoteborg.se
December 12th, 2015
Volvo Photo Locations Part 170
2015 – Volvo XC60
2015 – Volvo XC60
2015 – Volvo XC60
2015 – Manövergången in Göteborg (Google Streetview)
2007 – Volvo V70 Polis
2016 – Manövergången in Göteborg (Google Streetview)
Manövergången is a street in Göteborg alongside the Göta älv (or Göta river).
The building is the pictures is one of the workshop halls of the Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB, a Swedish shipbuilding company based in Göteborg. It delivered its last ship in 1979.
Founded in 1850 by Christian Barchman, the company originally worked with galvanization. The first shipyard wharf was opened in 1871, and two years later they delivered their first ship. In 1876 the company was transformed into a joint-stock company, and so the name was changed to Eriksbergs Mekaniska Werkstads AB. In the beginning of the 1890s, the shipyard was still the smallest of the three wharfs that existed in Gothenburg. Production was based on passenger ships, steam cutters and towboats for Denmark, Norway and Finland, and ferries for Stockholm’s public transportation. In 1915 Eriksberg underwent massive developments to accommodate production of larger ships after a major takeover of the corporation’s stocks by Dan Broström.
During 1978-79 all activities were successfully terminated at Eriksberg, and on 15 June 1979 the shipyards last vessel, a product tanker M/T Atland was delivered to Broströms, that was already on the brink of bankruptcy. Just about a year before the shut down Erikbergs Mekaniska Verkstad had delivered the ULCC:s ‘Nai Superba’ and ‘Nai Genova’ at about 460 000 dwt each! The greatest ships ever built in Gothenburg as well as they were among the last. The Nai-ships were demolished in year 2000-2001.
Today, all that remains of EMV is an 84m high, orange gantry crane and two workshop halls; the engine workshop ‘Blå Hallen’, today hosting a hotel and conference facility, and the former workshop ‘Eriksbergshallen’ with the text ‘Eriksbergs Mek. Verkstads AB Shipbuilders Engineers & Repairers’ still painted on the facade. Along the former equipping quays are now blocks of fancy condos and boutiques.
Today, Eriksbergshallen is part of the Quality Hotel 11. This Quality Hotel 11 is located at Gothenburg’s harbour inlet, with views over the water. Eriksbergshallen is nearby, with all the facilities you need. The hotel is characterised by architecture, impressive art and Scandinavian design. It is a populair hotel for visters to the Volvo Museum and factory fro all over the world.
More information at sv.wikipedia.org and www.nordicchoicehotels.com
December 12th, 2015
Volvo Photo Locations Part 169
2017 – Volvo V90 Cross Country (with Volvo Design roofbox) at Katarinavägen in Stockholm, Sweden
2017 – Volvo V90 Cross Country at Katarinavägen in Stockholm, Sweden
2016 – Volvo S90
2017 – Volvo S90L
2015 – Katarinavägen in Stockholm (Google Streetview)
Katarinavägen is a street on Södermalm in central Stockholm. Katarinavägen is named after Katarinaberget (or Katarina mountain) on the outermost edge where the road goes.
The road begins at Slussen or Slussplan, crosses Karl Johan lock at the western gate bridge and continue through Ryssgården, Stadsgården 6, Glasbruksgatan and along Katarinaberget to Renstiernas Street and Mountain Road.
The street was opened to pedestrians on October 28, 1911 and for the tram IV, 1 February 1914. Before Katarinavägen pulled up got running using the steep Glasbruksgatan also run through Gotgatan and Folkungagatan / Tjärhovsgatan to reach regions of Stigberget.
Just east of Dihlström stairs stands a monument to the 170 Swedish volunteers killed in the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The monument is called La Mano (hand) and is made by the artist Liss Eriksson. Additionally there is a stone with a map of Spain with the actual combat zones.
From the road leading several stairs down to Stadsgården, Borgmästartrappan, Lokattens stairs and Söderbergs stairs. Where Katarinavägen and Renstiernasstreet meet, Stadsgårdshissen (or the Stadsgård elevator), opened December 22, 1907.
More information at sv.wikipedia.org
December 12th, 2015
Volvo Photo Locations Part 168
2016 – Volvo S90
2015 – Kungsholmsgatan in Stockholm (Google Streetview)
Kungsholmsgatan is a street in the district of Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The street runs between Bolinders plan to Kronobergsparken on Kungsholmen.
Kungsholmen is an island in Lake Mälaren in Sweden, part of Stockholm City. It is situated north of Riddarfjärden and considered part of the historical province Uppland. Its area is 3.9 km² with a perimeter of 8.9 km. The highest point is at Stadshagsplan (47 m). The total population is 54 082 (31 december 2011).
More information at sv.wikipedia.org and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kungsholmen
December 12th, 2015
Volvo Photo Locations Part 167
2016 – Volvo S90 Inscription at Strömkajen on Södra Blasieholmskajen in Stockholm
2016 – Volvo S90 Inscription at Strömkajen on Södra Blasieholmskajen in Stockholm
2015 – Södra Blasieholmskajen in Stockholm (Google Streetview)
Södra Blasieholmskajen, Strömkajen or Södra Blasieholmshamnen is a quay and a street in Stockholm, which stretches from the Strömgatan and Stallgatan to the west to Skeppsholmsbron in the East. Strömkajen is the center of all Waxholmsbolagets boat traffic from Stockholm to the archipelago as well as a base for many sightseeing boats. Southern Blasieholmshamnen got its name in 1876 and replaced the designation Blasieholmshamnen.
The new smal building behind the Volvo S90 car is the new building for boat tickets of Waxholmsbolaget and Strömma Kanalbolaget, created by Marge Architects.
2015 – Terminal building at Strömkajen in Stockholm (photo by Marge)
“The big challenge in this project is that in one of Stockholm’s most important cultural environments create an architecture with its own identity while submitting to the surrounding parade buildings. The starting point of the proposal is to create buildings but back in the scale and design are perceived more as a piece of furniture / sculpture on the quay than a traditional building.
2016 – Södra Blasieholmskajen in Stockholm (own photo)
The new terminal buildings at Strömkajen fulfill both shipowners’ wishes in function and logistics, and the city’s desire to buildings with a design that corresponds to its location in the city’s parlor. Quay’s open nature is preserved and sight lines toward Salt Lake retained. The buildings are expanded to also take care of inventories, recycling center, service activities and sign programs – features that are currently found on the quay in the shape of containers, temporary glass kiosks and a variety of signs. The third building, containing inventories of boats, complemented by cafe overlooking staircase. There you can take the perfect postcard image of the castle or sit in the afternoon chair and enjoy the view of the Old Town and Södermalm.”
Places to visit here are the HQ of Svenska Handelsbanken (in Palmeska huset), Grand Hôtel, Bolinderska palatset, Burmanska huset (in Burmanska palatset), Nationalmuseum and Lydmar Hotel.
More information at sv.wikipedia.org and www.marge.se
December 12th, 2015
Volvo Photo Locations Part 166
2018 – Volvo V60 Inscription at Järkholmsvägen in Hovås Askim Göteborg
2018 – Volvo V60 Inscription at Järkholmsvägen in Hovås Askim Göteborg
2018 – Volvo V60 Inscription at Järkholmsvägen in Hovås Askim Göteborg
2018 – Volvo V60 Inscription at Järkholmsvägen in Hovås Askim Göteborg
2018 – Volvo V60 Inscription at Järkholmsvägen in Hovås Askim Göteborg
2016 – Volvo XC90 (photo by Dejan Sokolovski)
2016 – Volvo XC90 (photo by Dejan Sokolovski)
2016 – Volvo XC90 (photo by Dejan Sokolovski)
2015 – Järkholmsvägen in Hovås, Askim, south of Göteborg
2015 – Järkholmsvägen in Hovås, Askim, south of Göteborg
Järkholmsvägen is a street in Hovås Askim, south of Göteborg, where in previous times, the coastal train (Säröbanan) from Göteborg to Särö used to run. On this formal train track, a beautiful walking and cycling path has been created along the west coast. At Järkholmsvägen, you will also find Hovås Kallbadhus and Hovåsbadet.
Säröbanan (Göteborg-Särö railway, GSJ) was a railway line from Göteborg to Särö. It was in operation from 1903 to 1965. Säröbanan was unusual in that it had no connection to the nationwide network. The last few years (from April 9, 1962) Säröbanan was connected to the Göteborg tram network, then the route Linnéplatsen – Frölundaborg served by both trams and railcars.
Parts of the old Säröbanan railtrack are populair for hinking, cycling and skating activities.
More information at sv.wikipedia.org and promenadguide.blogspot.se
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