[dot_recommends] The snow started to fall yesterday evening and continued through the night and for most of the daylight hours today. Älv Snabben 5 is one of the ferry boatsContinue readingFerry in the snow
The lion in winter
At least, it’s A lion in winter. This lion is standing outside the main administrative building of Gothenburg University. Usually he looks nobel and imposing, but now he’s a bit silly under this cap of snow. … Continue readingThe lion in winter
Snow on a bench
Parallel lines – snow on a bench in the courtyard of Kronhuset. … Continue readingSnow on a bench
Old Gothenburg under snow
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
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