This map of Old Gothenburg can be found on a low pedestal in Gustof Adolf’s Square – it shows the outline of the original fortified city with roads, canals, walls and bastions. … Continue readingOld Gothenburg under snow
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Under a blanket of snow
This sculpture of a woman and child huddled together under a blanket of snow is at the foot of the Wallenberg monument (so this is a pendant to yesterday’s photo). The sculptor – of the whole monument – is Charlotte Gyllenhammarand the monment was set up in 2007. … Continue readingUnder a blanket of snow
Wallenberg memorial
Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in Budapest in the closing stages of World War 2, whose efforts helped save the lives of thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis and their Hungarian allies in Nyilas (the Arrow Cross). I’d intended to post a photo of the Wallenberg monument on Holocaust Day (27 January) but didn’t have a decent photograph then. This was taken yesterday. … Continue readingWallenberg memorial
Bicycles in the snow
Bicycles in the snow parked in the stands near Saluhallen (the Market Hall). … Continue readingBicycles in the snow
Winter bonnet
A child’s winter bonnet decorates a decorative iron post of the railings surrounding Domkyrkan (the Cathedral); the day’s snowfall decorates the bonnet. … Continue readingWinter bonnet
Citrus season
You know it’s citrus season when citrus fruits are the only ones display for sale outside the greengrocer’s at the corner of Brunnsgatan and Västergatan. … Continue readingCitrus season
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