On Sunday 13 July the 2014 season of the Gothia Cup starts. In terms of participants, the Gothia Cup is the largest international youth football tournament in the world. National flags of some of the participating countries decorate the sweep of the Ullevi Stadium roof. … Continue readingUllevi welcomes the Gothia Cup
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Romeo and Juliet
Yesterday my wife and I saw Romeo and Juliet perfomed in the open air within Bohus Fästning (Bohus Castle). The slowly setting sun bathed the actors in a golden light. Above, Juliet (played by Jennifer Peña) is flirtatious.
Below, a little gallery of other photos. … Continue readingRomeo and Juliet
On the deck in the sun
Waiting for the passenger ferry from Lindolmen to Rosenlund yesterday, this young man laid himself out on the deck in the sun. It was a hot day. … Continue readingOn the deck in the sun
The King
The King of Gothenburg! Gustaf II Adolf (known in English language history books as Gustavus Adolfus) founded Gothenburg in 1621. This statue of him in the main square has just been unwrapped after months of careful restoration and cleaning. … Continue readingThe King
Darth Vader at the train station
Family with an outsized Darth Vader helium balloon at the central station. … Continue readingDarth Vader at the train station
Sandpit stop
In the sandpit of the children’s playground off Arsenalgatan, a racing car called Azra is making a long pit stop. … Continue readingSandpit stop
Hällmålning Tumlehed
This is a hällmålning or rock painting on the face of a cliff near Tumlehed on Hisingen. When the painting was made it was almost certainly beside a rocky beach, but since then the land has risen and the sea-level fallen and now there’s a bit of a climb to get up to it, though it’s not too difficult to find when you know where to look. The picture shows a deer, fish, water, boats with figures in them and perhaps a fishing net tangled in the antlers of the deer. The painting was made with red iron ochre (hematite) and has lasted for more than 3000 years. It’s about as tall as a person can reach above head height – say two and a half metres from the bottom to the top. There are only eight other simialr paintings in Sweden, though many more hällristningar (rock carvings), for example up the coast around Tanum. … Continue readingHällmålning Tumlehed