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Volvo Photo Locations Part 143 ‘Villa at Amundön’ is a house designed by the famous Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh from Wingårdh Arkitektkontor in Brottkärr, Hovås south of Göteborg in Sweden. Special in its proximity to the water, the design utilizes the conditions of the site to incorporate the surrounding landscape into the interior as well […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 150 Zagato is an independent coachbuilding company and total design center located northwest of Milan in the Terrazzano frazione of Rho, Lombardy, Italy. The Zagato factory have produced two prototypes for Volvo, in 1969 a Volvo GTZ (2+2 Coupé) based on a Volvo 142S and in 1970 a Volvo GTZ […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 148 Berners Street is a street in London, where today on number 50 is the Sanderson Hotel. About the hotel: The Sanderson Hotel was constructed on Berners Street, London during 1958 as the new headquarters and showroom for Arthur Sanderson and Sons, manufacturers of wallpaper, fabrics and paint for its […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 142 Lindstedtsvägen in Stockholm is a street at the Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH) campus in Stockholm. The Volvo in the photo is the famous ‘Nordbergscabben’, a one off convertible on a 445-chassis built by Gustaf Nordbergs Vagnfabrik in Stockholm. The convertible was built on one of the first 500 445-chassis according […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 148 Ålesund is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture. Legend has it that Gangerolf […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 141 Nybrokajen, former Norra Blasieholmshamnen, Stockholm, is the quay and street along Nybroviken southern side of Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. Nybrokajen bordering Berzeliigatan park and the Raoul Wallenberg Square. At the quay is several ships from Strömma Kanalbolaget, for example, the M / S Gustafsberg VII and from Waxholmsbolaget. Along Nybrokajen […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 147 The Auditorio de Tenerife “Adán Martín” (formerly named, but still commonly referred to as, Auditorio de Tenerife), was designed by architect Santiago Calatrava Valls. It is located on the Avenue of the Constitution in the Canarian capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), and next to the Atlantic […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 146 Ardnamurchan Point (Scottish Gaelic: Ard na Murchan, meaning ‘the hill of the great sea’) is an isolated peninsula with a lighthouse in Highland, Scotland. Ardnamurchan Point lies at the western end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) north of Corrachadh Mòr, […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 145 The Kampen lighthouse is located on the geestland core of the German island of Sylt, south of Kampen. It is a white conical stone tower with a broad black band. When Sylt belonged to the Danish realm in 1853, king Frederick VII ordered the construction of a lighthouse on […]

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 144 Ørnesvingen or the Eagle’s Bend is the name of the steepest stretch of road that runs up the mountainside from Geiranger towards Eidsdal on route 63. The road twists and turns through 11 hairpin bends from Geirangerfjorden up to the highest point 620 metres above sea level at Korsmyra. […]