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Volvo Photo Locations Part 43 View from Manövergången, Eriksberg to Älvsborgsbron and Göta älv. The Älvsborgsbron is a suspension bridge over Göta älv in Göteborg, Sweden, which connects the north and the south part of the city. It was built in 1966 and designed by Sven Olof Asplund. The total length of the bridge is […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 42 Skeppsholmsbron is located in central Stockholm, connecting Blasieholmen to Skeppsholmen. It was the first ‘forging iron bridge’ to be constructed in Sweden, manufactured by Motala Verkstad in 1861. The first bridge to connect Skeppsholmen to the rest of the city was a wooden bridge on poles, simply called Holmbron and […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 41 Stora Badhusgatan is a street close to the harbor in Göteborg from Södra Hamngatan to Surbrunnsgatan. The street was named in 1852 and was located between a former bathhouse and Keiller’s machine shop. Originally the street was named Bastugatan after probably the former Badstugubastionen near Verkstadsgatan and Skeppsbron. The name […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 40 Heden, originally Exercisheden, is a district in central Göteborg, close to Ullevi and the city center. Today, parking is often the main function of this place, besides the sport fields for football or bandy. The church in the background is from the Catholic community in Göteborg. The Catholic parish of […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 39 HSB Turning Torso is the tallest skyscraper in Sweden and the Nordic countries, situated in Malmö, Sweden, located on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait. It was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and officially opened on 27 August 2005. The tower reaches a height of 190 metres […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 38 Postgatan is one of the oldest streets in Göteborg. Postgatan was renamed several times, originally the street was named Heringsgatan (from the german Hering, haring) until 1671, but the name changed later to the Sillgatan, which was the name until 1895. The street was the large emigration street in Sweden, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 37 Lindholmen Science Park is an international collaborative environment for research, innovation and education within the areas Transport, ICT and Media. The district is located in Gothenburg, Sweden, on the island of Hisingen on the northern shore of Göta Älv. The Lindholmen district area is 104 hectares. In this area, campuses […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 36 Smögen is a coast village situated in Sotenäs Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,329 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of the liveliest “summer towns” of the Swedish West Coast. The community consists of several islands that lay close together that the space in between has since been filled, […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 35 The water tower in Boländerna, Uppsala was built between 1968-1970, architect was Hans Trygg. Today it is one of Uppsala’s most amazing buildings and is a natural part of the Uppsala skyline. The tower can hold 17-18 million liters of water and is 48 meters high. There are 240 steps […]

Volvo Photo Locations Part 34 Slottsbacken is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. It stretches east from the Stockholm Cathedral and the Royal Palace down to the street Skeppsbron which passes along the eastern waterfront of the old town. In the western end, the alley Källargränd leads south to […]