[dot_recommends] A lost pair of glasses hung up on a street sign by the road to Lindholmen, with Sannegårdshamn and the new blocks across the water.
Sittin’ on the wall of the moat
[dot_recommends] Two girls sitting on the wall of the moat (vallgraven), dangling their feet over the water and just killing time. The title is supposed to remind you of OtisContinue readingSittin’ on the wall of the moat
Götheborg coming home
The replica East Indiaman Götheborg III escourted under Älvsborgs suspension bridge on Saturday afternoon. Home after a four-months voyage – not quite the same turnout as when she came home at the end of her maiden voyage to China. … Continue readingGötheborg coming home
Anneli Hultén
Anneli Hultén, current Chair of the Gothenburg Municiple Council (= Mayor) at the opening of the Gothenburg International Art Biennial 2013 “PLAY! Recapturing the radical imagination” at Röda Sten yesterday. … Continue readingAnneli Hultén
Coffee break
[dot_recommends] Hospital workers on a coffee break in the sun at Mölndal hospital. Mölndal is a small urban area to the south of Gothenburg, home to one part of Gothenburg’sContinue readingCoffee break
Stretch SUV
[dot_recommends] Stretch limousines I’ve come across before but this is my first stretch SUV. It was parked in Götaplatsen waiting for a wedding party who were getting their photos takenContinue readingStretch SUV
Nollning
New students at one of Gothenburg’s universities taking part in the nolling – “zeroing” or being made to feel that one is nothing – which is part of the student body’s induction process. These girls are wearing signs that tell passers-by their names and that they are science students and Nollas (“0:a”). They are busking and begging money – perhaps for a drinking party later in the day. … Continue readingNollning