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Espingtorpet in Sandhult 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 365 Espingtorpet is located within the Volvo Hällered Proving Ground in Sandhult, northwest of Borås, Sweden. When Volvo bought in the late 1960s almost a third part of Hällered, there were three old soldattorp or (soldier) residence left in the area. Two of them were in a terrible state, but one […]

Landvetter Airport in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 255 Göteborg Landvetter Airport is an international airport serving the Göteborg region in Sweden. With 6.2 million passengers in 2015 it is Sweden’s second-largest airport after Stockholm-Arlanda. Landvetter is also an important freight airport. During 2007, 60,100 tonnes of air cargo passed through Landvetter, about 60% of the capacity of Arlanda. […]

Château d’Aigle on Place du Château in Aigle – CH 🇨🇭

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 254 Château d’Aigle is located on Place du Château 1 in Aigle, Switzerland, close to Laka Geneva. Aigle Castle is a castle in the municipality of Aigle of the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The Barons of Aigle were first mentioned […]

Le Lacustre Restaurant on Quai Jean-Pascal Delamuraz in Lausanne – CH 🇨🇭

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 253 Le Lacustre Restaurant is located on Quai Jean-Pascal Delamuraz in Lausanne, Switzerland. Ouchy is a port, and popular lakeside resort located south of the city of Lausanne in Switzerland at the edge of Lake Geneva. Le Lacustre in Lausanne is a restaurant that offers a Swiss brasserie cuisine, specializing […]

Jan Wilsgaard speaks…

Volvo Cars Press Release from September 2, 1985 at the launch of the 760 and 740 Station Wagons. JAN WILSGAARD, DESIGNER The man who turned the van into a station wagon. – Follow the laws of nature and don’t complicate matters! Functional and sensible designs are often the best looking. If that sounds easy, then […]

Älvsborgsbron in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 131 The Älvsborg Bridge is a suspension bridge over Göta älv in Gothenburg, 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 933 metres and distance between the towers (“main […]

Liseberg Amusement Park in Göteborg 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 18 Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, the park opened in 1923. Liseberg is one of the most visited amusement parks in Scandinavia, attracting around 3 million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roller coaster Balder, voted twice (2003 and 2005) as the Best Wooden […]

Tjörn bridge on Tjörn near Stenungsund 🇸🇪

Volvo Photo Locations Part 13 The Tjörn Bridge (Swedish: Tjörnbron) is a cable-stayed bridge which together with two smaller bridges connects Stenungsund on mainland Sweden with the island Tjörn on the western coast of the country. The length is 664 m, the span width is 366 m, and the height above the water is 45 […]