International Volvo Photo Locations Part 370 The Seven Sisters are a series of chalk cliffs by the English Channel. They form part of the South Downs in East Sussex, between the towns of Seaford and Eastbourne in southern England. They are within the South Downs National Park which is bounded by the coast, the Cuckmere […]
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Mount Lycabettus in Athens – GR 🇬🇷
International Volvo Photo Locations Part 278 Mount Lycabettus, also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos, is a Cretaceous limestone hill in Athens, Greece at 300 meters above sea level. Pine trees cover its base, and at its two peaks are the 19th century Chapel of St. George, a theatre, and a restaurant. The hill has […]
Graslei in Gent – B 🇧🇪
International Volvo Photo Locations Part 184 The corner of Graslei and Pakhuisstraat in the old center of Gent in Belgium. The Graslei is a street in the historical center of the Belgian city of Ghent. The Graslei is the quay on the right bank of the Leie. The quay and street on the left is […]
Reguliersgracht in Amsterdam – NL 🇳🇱
International Volvo Photo Locations Part 177 Reguliersgracht is a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The photo is taken on the Prinsengracht. During World War II the “nerve center” of the illegal paper Het Parool was housed there, in a house (no. 111) occupied by Simon Carmiggelt, Max Nord, Wim van Norden, and their families. Amsterdam’s prettiest […]
Sjöbodsgatan on Smögen 🇸🇪
Volvo Photo Locations Part 184 Sjöbodsgatan is a little street on the island Smögen, north of Göteborg. The area is also known as Sunnepinan on Hasselösund. Smögen is a locality 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 […]
Brandenburger Tor in Berlin – D 🇩🇪
International Volvo Photo Locations Part 174 The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is an 18th-century neoclassical triumphal arch in Berlin, and one of the best-known landmarks of Germany. It is built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der […]
Ortaköy Mosque in Istanbul – TR
International Volvo Photo Locations Part 173 Ortaköy (literally Middle Village in Turkish) is a neighbourhood, formerly a small village, within the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, located in the middle of the European bank of the Bosphorus. Ortaköy was a cosmopolitan area during the Ottoman era and the first decades of the Turkish Republic, with […]
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