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A week in Cefalù on Sicily, Italy

Summer 2018, after our visit to Palermo we rented a car and drove to our second destination for this short vacation on Sicily, Cefalù. Places we visited in Cefalù: Duomo di Cefalu The Cathedral of Cefalù or Duomo di Cefalù is a Roman Catholic basilica. wikipedia.org The cathedral was erected in 1131 in the Norman […]

A weekend at Manifesta 12 in Palermo on Sicily, Italy

Summer 2018, we visited Palermo to join the opening of Manifesta 12 event on Sicily. We stayed in Palermo between Thursday June 14 and Sunday 17. The weather was not as warm as expected, but great for a city trip. After this weekend we stayed a week in Cefalu, a bit east of Palermo. Read […]

A week in Athens, Greece

Between februari 23 and march 1st, Malin and I spent a week in Athens, Greece. We enjoyed the wonderful weather, the great people we have met, the delicious greek food, a lot of old and new culture, modern and classic arts and some advanced modern architecture. Here a some of the highlights that we have […]

A week in New York

Places to visit: The High Line Gansevoort Street to West 34th Street (between 10th and 12th Avenues), New York www.thehighline.org The High Line (also known as the High Line Park) is a 2.33 km New York City linear park built in Manhattan on an elevated section of a disused New York Central Railroad spur called […]

Sven-Harry’s Konstmuseum at Vasaparken in Stockholm 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 218 Sven-Harry’s konstmuseum is located between the Vasaparken and Eastmansvägen in Vasastan, Stockholm. The six-storied building is already a sight worth seeing. You are unlikely to have seen anything similar. It is easy to find. The building attracts the gaze, in spite of it being bordered with luxuriant trees. Anna Höglund […]

Colosseo Quadrato at Quadrato della Concordia in Rome – I 🇮🇹

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 193 Colosseo Quadrato can be found at Quadrato della Concordia through Via del Turismo or Piazzale Ferruccio Parri in the EUR district in Rome, Italy. The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also known as the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro or simply the Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum), is an icon of […]

Sculpture @ Pilane 2014

Sculpture at Pilane, as it’s called, is set on an ancient burial ground featuring 90 “judgment circles” that date back to the middle Iron Age (0-600 A.D.). When the inland ice melted here 10,000 years ago, Pilane became an island of its own. It’s now part of the much larger isle of Tjorn and has […]

Ruud van Empel in Fotografiska

Exhibition of Dutch photographer Ruud van Empel: Pictures don’t lie. At Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm from March 9 – June 2, 2013 In the past few years Ruud van Empel (Breda, 1958) has developed into one of the most extraordinary photographic artists of the present day, both nationally and internationally. After completing his education at […]

Federal Plaza with Calder’s Flamingo near Kluczynski Federal Center in Chicago – USA 🇺🇸

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 2 Flamingo, created by noted American artist Alexander Calder, is a 16 m tall stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was commissioned by the United States General Services Administration and was unveiled in 1974, although Calder’s signature […]

David LaChapelle Burning Beauty

Went to see the amazing David LaChapelle exhibition at Fotografiska Museet in Stockholm today. Great and some amazing pictures! More on fotografiska.eu