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Volvo Photo Locations Part 32 The af Chapman, formerly the Dunboyne (1888–1915) and the G.D. Kennedy (–1923), is a full-rigged steel ship moored on the western shore of the islet Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, Sweden, now serving as a youth hostel. Skeppsholmen is one of the islands of Stockholm. It is connected with Blasieholmen and […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 25 “Ett litet hak” was a populair bar restaurant in Grev Turegatan in Stockholm, close to Stureplan. Grev Turegatan is a street on Östermaln in central Stockholm. The street begins at Birger Jarlsgatan in the south, crosses among other Linnégatan and Karlavägen and ends at Valhallavägen in the north. The street […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 24 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. More […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 23 Schantzska huset or The Schantzska house is a building on Stortorget 20 next to the Seyfridtzska house in Gamla stan, Stockholm, built in 1650 and restored in 1905. The house is named after the builder, Royal Secretary Johan Eberhard Schantz. The building has a gable of German-Dutch type, which is […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 17 Great photography for Volvo Cars by Thomas Dirk Heere! heeretd.myportfolio.com 📸👍 Ulriksdal Palace (Swedish: Ulriksdals slott) is a royal palace situated on the banks of the Edsviken in the National City Park in Solna, 6 km north of Stockholm. It was originally called Jakobsdal after its owner Jacob De la […]

Over the last 85 years, Volvo has used many known and unknown locations in Sweden for their photography. Often, pictures were made close to the factory in Göteborg, but sometimes locations in Västra Götaland, Stockholm or in other parts of Sweden were selected. Inspired by the Volvo Factory Tour 2012, the Volvo Photography Tour and […]

Sergels torg plattan at a friday night… The Hötorget buildings (Swedish: Hötorgshusen or Hötorgsskraporna, “-scrapers”) are five high-rise office buildings in Stockholm, Sweden. Located between the squares Hötorget and Sergels Torg in the central Norrmalm district, they stand 72 meters tall and are a clearly visible landmark. Glasobelisken, officially “Kristall, vertikal accent i glas och […]

Media Markt at Gallerian in Stockholm opened today their largest store of Scandinavia. As a result, this Mean Viking was riding around the whole day outside my window at work on Hamngatan (Stockholm). (Source) More on the Mean Machine…

Visited the Inca Gold Treasures exhibition in the caves of Bergrummet on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm. Extraordinary gold and silver artefacts from Peru, tell the story of the old Indian cultures’ unique relationship with these precious metals. It is also the story of the search for El Dorado, the land of gold, and the Spanish conquest of […]