Category: Places

Photographs showing identifiable places in and around Gothenburg

Houses under Masthugget

Houses under Masthugget

Coloured facades of apartment houses under the shadow of of the tower of Masthugget church – photo taken from the Stigbergstorget tram stop on Bangatan. … Continue readingHouses under Masthugget

Cathedral pollard pyramid

Cathedral pollard pyramid

The clock tower of Gothenburg Domkyrkan (the Cathedral) forms a pyramid with the bare pollarded trees in the Cathedral Close, snow clouds beyond. … Continue readingCathedral pollard pyramid

Snow across Drottningtorget

Snow across Drottningtorget

A cold wind blows snow across Drottningtorget, with the Central station building behind and Slussgatan passing over the canal in the middle ground. After weeks of rain and wind the thermometer is finally showing sub-zero temperatures and we have a bitter snow, but at least it brightens things up. … Continue readingSnow across Drottningtorget

Annedalskyrkan framed

Annedalskyrkan framed

The tower of Annedalskyrkan framed by a the branch of a winter-bare tree – photo taken from Slotskogen. Annedalskyrkan is working church but also a musical venue with good accoustics – well-worth a visit if there’s a concert on. Somewhat disturbingly the only other photo I have on this site to point you to is Grotesque the Snowman. … Continue readingAnnedalskyrkan framed

Has anyone asked for me?

Has anyone asked for me?

Metal sheet iron sculpture with the words “Has anyone asked for me?” cut through it, lying on the ground outside one of the wings of the Konstepidemi (Art Epidemic) artists’ collective. I was asking, but no one was home.

Our local paper (Göteborgs-Posten) had led me to believe there was an open day at the Konstepidemin, but they were wrong and the place was largely deserted. … Continue readingHas anyone asked for me?

Le Village Antik

Le Village Antik

What appears to be the least level house in Gothenburg houses Le Village Antik. The city is partly built on the flood plane of the Göta River and subsidence is a problem. It doesn’t stop this building on Nordhemsgatan working as an antique shop though. … Continue readingLe Village Antik

Bare trees and a green winter

Bare trees, green winter

Bare trees, grey, on a slope beyond a dry stone wall by Mölndalsån – the grass and moss is green from all the rain and above zero temperatures we’ve been having recently. … Continue readingBare trees, green winter