Category: Places

Photographs showing identifiable places in and around Gothenburg

Investigations in the Atrium

Investigations in the atrium

[dot_recommends] In the atrium of the Museum of World Culture.

A Day exhibition 1

A day in the world

[dot_recommends] Visitors to the ‘A Day in the World’ exhibition in Gothenburg’s Världskulturmuseet. [dot_recommends] The exhibition opened yesterday, 10th November 2012.

Bicycles parked outside rail station

Sea of bicycles

[dot_recommends] A sea of bicycles on Drottningtorget (Queen’s Square) in front of the Central Station.

Flora in a bicycle helmet with ears

Flora with a hat in the rain

[dot_recommends] Flora is a statue by the sculptor Ivar Johnsson and she stands on Floras kulle (Flora’s hillock) just outside the old city. Actually, she’s the main feature in aContinue readingFlora with a hat in the rain

Schillerska's facebook: the 2011 intake

Schillerska school’s facebook

[dot_recommends] Schillerska gymnasium (upper secondary/senior high school) has taken to displaying the faces of each year’s intake as stencilled graffiti on this utility building in the carpark. A kind ofContinue readingSchillerska school’s facebook

Backlight at Kopparmara

Backlight at Kopparmärra

This is the traditional place to meet up in Gothenburg. The actual Kopparmärra (Copper Mare) is out of shot, though you can see the corner of its pedestal to the right. It’s a Gothenburg joke. The sculpture on the pedastal is very obviously a stallion. This picture looks towards the under-renovation Saluhallen (Enclosed Market). … Continue readingBacklight at Kopparmärra

Göta älvbron

Göta älvbron

[dot_recommends] Göta Älvbron – the city centre bridge across the River Göta between Gothenburg and Hisingen. Photo taken from the deck of a boat passing under the bridge. Here’s theContinue readingGöta älvbron