The empty floating dry docks of Damen Shiprepair in Gothenburg’s harbour, passed here by one of the city’s public transport ferries. The floating dry docks are the last remnants of the city’s largest shipbuilders, Götaverken, and are a feature of the Gothenburg river, but perhaps not for much longer as the Dutch company that own them has called in the liquidators. This photo taken from the terrace at Henriksberg in Majorna. … Continue readingDry docks with ferry
Långedrag
The little harbour at Långedrag on the way to Saltholmen a late summer evening. The flags – including the flag of the GKSS, the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club – snap in the warm(ish) breeze off the sea. Långedrag is a little fishing village that has become part of one of Gothenburg’s more upmarket southern suburbs. … Continue readingLångedrag
Empty pond
An empty pond – a garden feature – in the grounds of a building belonging to the University of Gothenburg on Överhusargatan. Empty ponds cause me a Pavlovian reaction. No, I don’t start salivating… I think of the author JG Ballard in whose works empty and abandoned swimming pools are a symbol for the decay of civilization (among other things). … Continue readingEmpty pond
Two ages
Two ages of Gothenburg, both now historical: in the background the crossbeam of the now disused Eriksberg traverse crane that straddles the Eriksberg shipbuilding basin, now a marina; and in the foreground the stone that marks the site of the alter of the first church of Karl IX’s Göteborg. Photo taken in Färjenäs park. … Continue readingTwo ages
Arts and crafts
Photos taken on Sunday at Avtryck: an arts and crafts market that took place at Färjenäs over the weekend. Here is a link to a webpage announcing the fair.
Below: In and through one window.
Above: More of the arts and crafts fair.
Below: Reflexions in a window and a mirror.
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A rhododendron frames Vallgraven
A flowering rhododendron in Kungsparken frames a part of Vallgraven – the city moat – on a sunny day in late May. … Continue readingA rhododendron frames Vallgraven
Rainfall
A sudden rainfall – the rain splashing on paving stones and bouncing off again under bench illuminated by a light under the seat – outside the refurbished library at Götaplatsen. … Continue readingRainfall