Volvo Photo Locations Part 329 Högvaktsterrassen or “Main Guard Terrace” is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden passing west of Yttre Borgården, the outer court of the Stockholm Palace. The street stretches north from the Stockholm Cathedral at Storkyrkobrinken and ends in a terrace offering a panoramic view of […]
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Munkbrohamnen in Stockholm 🇸🇪
Volvo Photo Locations Part 207 Munkbrohamnen (Swedish: “Monk’s Bridge Harbour”) is a quay and a footway passing along the western waterfront of Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching along the western side of Centralbron, the motorway and railway bridge passing north-south between the islands Stadsholmen and Riddarholmen, Munkbrohamnen offers pedestrians communication […]
Bollhusgränd in Stockholm 🇸🇪
Volvo Photo Locations Part 181 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. The […]
Bredgränd in Stockholm 🇸🇪
Volvo Photo Locations Part 102 Bredgränd is an alley in Gamla stan in Stockholm. Stretching from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Skeppar Karls Gränd and Kråkgränd. Bredgränd appears in historical records as östan mur i bredha grandena (“east of the wall in the broad alley”) in 1476 and as Östre Bredgränden […]
Österlånggatan in Stockholm 🇸🇪
Volvo Photo Locations Part 101 1972 – Original US advertisement (click to enlarge) Österlånggatan is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching southward from Slottsbacken to Järntorget, it forms a parallel street to Baggensgatan and Skeppsbron. Major sights include the statue of Saint George and the Dragon on Köpmanbrinken and […]
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