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International Volvo Photo Locations Part 18 While doing your shopping on Avenue Montaigne in the centre of Paris, you must stop by L’Avenue which is a very trendy restaurant. L’Avenue is located just near two of the most important French radios, so it’s always full of known people: politician, news reporters and top models.. Nothing […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 15 The district of Sant’Eustachio (St.Eustachius) was named after the ancient church dedicated to this saint, which stands in the very center of the rione. Its medieval name Regio Sancti Eustachii et Vinee Tedemarii, when this was the sixth district, also refers to the vast cultivated estate (vinea) which once […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 12 Einstein Kaffee is a German coffee brand, grown out of a nearly thirty-year experience coffee house in Berlin. In the mid-90s, they realized that the trend, started in the 80s in the U.S. with trendy coffee shop would come to Europe and they founded a chain of Einstein coffeeshops […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 2 Flamingo, created by noted American artist Alexander Calder, is a 16 m tall stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was commissioned by the United States General Services Administration and was unveiled in 1974, although Calder’s signature […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 1 The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói — MAC) is situated in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is one of the city’s main landmarks. It was completed in 1996. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer with the assistance of structural engineer Bruno Contarini, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 75 In 2005 the photography company Hasselblad moved from central Göteborg to a newly built location on Pumpgatan in a ‘booming’ area known as Lindholmen where the major presence is Chalmers Technical University. The building exterior is quite nondescript industrial design but the interior is well designed and comfortable with attention […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 58 The Bourse (Swedish: Börsen) is a municipal building in Gothenburg, western Sweden. It is located on the north side of Gustaf Adolf Square. Originally it was designed as a mercantile exchange, with a ballroom, by architect Pehr Johan Ekman in the Neoclassical style. It opened on 1 December 1849. The […]

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, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 47 Kastellholmen is a small island in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden, connected to the adjacent Skeppsholmen through the bridge Kastellholmsbron. On the island there is a small castle, Kastellet, which was built by Fredrik Blom. Kastellholmen has previously been known as Notholmen, Lilla Beckholmen and Skansholmen. Kastellholmen is part of […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 27 The lighthouse at Musskären lies on Måholmsvägen in Arendal, a district on West Hisingen in Göteborg. In Arendal was formerly Arendal Shipyard (1963-1989) located. Nowadays it is a large industrial area, with many different companies, including headquarters and development department of Volvo Buses and production facilities for several of Volvo […]