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Volvo Photo Locations Part 53 Bastionsplatsen in Göteborg is a small square in central Göteborgg, named 1883 after the now demolished bastion Gustavus Magnus, built in 1686-1693 and near Lilla Nygatan and Lilla Kungsgatan. The site is located in the Kvarteret 4 Manegen, named after the riding school which was built in 1824 in the […]

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 106 Stenpiren, early called Skeppsbron, is a pier, built in stone outside Skeppsbroplatsen in the harbor of Göteborg. The pier was built in the years 1844-1845, and received its present name in 1883. In this place was formerly a half as wide wooden pier, which was one of the city’s first […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 70 Viktor Rydbergsgatan is a street in Lorensbergs Villastad, a residential area in Göteborg. The villas and townhouses are almost all built between 1913 and 1925. All but three buildings were of stone with brick facades, and all contained large dwellings, limited by building areas to max 400 square meters. They […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 105 Arkaden in Göteborg is a populair shopping mall located at the corner of Östra Hamngatan-Södra Hamngatan in central Göteborg. The current Arkaden building was designed by architect Anders Tengbom Stockholm, and was inaugurated in October 1974. The first Arkaden-house, a theatrical, reddish brown brick building with towers and turrets, was […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 86 Ullevi is a large stadium in Göteborg. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 80 Doktor Bex Gata is a street located on the Guldheden in Göteborg. The street is named in memory of Abraham Bex (who died in mid-October 1696) and who became a doctor of medicine in Utrecht (Netherlands) in 1680 and stadsfysikus (town doctor) in Göteborg around 1685. In this street there […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 77 Kungstorget is a square in the centre of Göteborg. At this square you’ll find the famous market hall Saluhallen Kungstorget, inaugurated in 1889. Kungstorget has always been a market square. The Volvo is standing in front of the famous Hotel Avalon, a four star design hotel with a rooftop pool […]

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 96 Kopparbunken is a building with a copper outside at the Chalmer University campus in Göteborg. It can be found at the Elektrovägen. In Swedish the name Kopparbunken can be split into two parts, koppar and bunken. Koppar means copper and bunken means bowl. So in English one could translate it […]