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Volvo Photo Locations Part 172 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 […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 171 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 […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 170 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, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 166 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 […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 165 Hovås Kallbadhus is located south of Göteborg in Hovås, Askim. According to the people who live and work here, one of earth’s most beautiful places. It does not matter if the sun is shining or the rain is pouring down and the wind whips. Beautiful and powerful it is; or […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 162 Magasinsgatan is a small street in the old part of Göteborg, it is one of the trendiest neighborhood of Göteborg today! The streets around Magasinsgatan are a given destination for shopping and coffee or eating out and grabbing a drink when the evening comes. Trendy shops, restaurants and bars all […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 161 Olof Wijksgatan is a street in Lorensbergs villastad or Lorensbergs residential area in Göteborg, close to Lyckans väg. The villas and a terraced houses are almost all built between 1913 and 1925. All but three buildings have stone with brick facades, and all contained large dwellings to 400 square meters. […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 158 Wieselgrensplatsen is a square in the districts Brämaregården and Rambergsstaden on Hisingen in Göteborg, named after Peter Wieselgren. At Wieselgrensplatsen you’ll find the Lundby Hospital. The blocks around it consists of Landshövdingehus. The square belongs to the more central parts of Hisingen. Peter Wieselgren, born 1 October 1800 in Vislanda […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 157 The building pictured above is the Bergslagen Line station in Göteborg at Bergslagsgatan 2, also known as the white house. It was built between 1879 and 1881 for the Bergslagen Railways, designed by the brothers Axel and Hjalmar Kumlien. The station building was opened October 1, 1881 and is a […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 153 Packhusplatsen is a square in the district Nordstaden at the South River Bank of the river Göta in Göteborg. At the riverbank you’ll find Casino Cosmopol. Until 1925, Posthuset (Postal house) was located at the square and the first Sahlgrenska Hospital was where the at Sillgatan (now Postgatan). The hospital […]