Category: Illuminations

Photographs in which illumination plays a prominent part

Welding

Welding

A welder carrying out some spot welding repairs on the tram tracks at Brunnsparken. … Continue readingWelding

Tops op

Tops op

Tops op or Topsho? In the dark period of the year neon signs are more obvious – as is the serendipitous dyslexa of the neon tube. On Östra Hamngatan. … Continue readingTops op

Fireworks

New Year 2014: fireworks over Gothenburg seen from the top of Ramberget on the last night of the Old Year. The building to the bottom right – the oblong block of light between two light pillars – is the Opera House on the river and the searchlight is shining from the top of Läpstiftet.
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Jul on Kungsgatan

Jul on Kungsgatan

Concluding (probably) my series of photos of Christmas decorations this dark, wet and windy Christmas – these are the Christmas – Jul – decorations on Kungsgatan. Photo taken on the way to see The Hobbit (part 2) at about 9 pm Friday 27th December. … Continue readingJul on Kungsgatan

Reindeer lights

Reindeer lights

Christmas reindeer lights in the yard of Kronhuset – one of the oldest buildings in Gothenburg … Continue readingReindeer lights

Lights at the Centralstation

Lights at the Centralstation

The arm of this twisted metal sculpture embraces the spot-lit tree behind and beyond the cascade of yellow lights in the upper window of the main hall of the Centralstation.

The sculpture is called Bohuslän, datyes from 1983 and was made by Claes Hake. … Continue readingLights at the Centralstation

Hear no, see no

See no evil

Illuminated sculpture of three figures illustrating the saying ‘Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil’. The figures are on poles in Drottingtorget in front of the Post Hotel. When switched on, they each change colour – dramatically against the night sky.

These figures previously appeared in a daylight photo on this website (taken with the old camera) in November 2012.
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