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ullehaddock

Writer of sorts with a soft spot for Photo. Writes about life and what comes into my mind.
Fields of barley

Fields of barley

Yellow fields of barley outside Kvibille in Halland, Sweden. As you all know barley can be made into beer. Beer, today available both gluten and alcohol free, has been around for almost 7000 years. I hope that people in the future also will be able to have a glass of beer.

Please enjoy responsible, ha de Gött!

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Shipyard

Shipyard

Like many cities in Northern Europe the Danish city Helsingør has a history of ship building. These large shipyard areas are now under development for tourism and new businesses, very different from the noisy shipbuilding industry. I do think Helsingør does a good job developing and at the same time honour the hard working people in the shipyards. Makes me feel good as my own father was a welder at a shipyard in Göteborg, Sweden.

History is the mirror to the future, ha de Gött!

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Moored

Moored

The ship Lyngholmen, moored at Helsingør guest harbour. Doesn’t carry a nation flag but a ship looking the same and with the same name is registered in Norway. It was built in 1955 and named Hankø and the name was changed in 1993 to Lyngholmen. Home port close to my home, just across the border in Fredrikstad.

Ship ohoj, ha de Gött!

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Berliner Fernsehturm

Berliner Fernsehturm

With its 368 meters the TV-tower make a fantastic landmark and symbol of Berlin, viewable from almost any angle in this fantastic city. The tower was completed in 1969 by the east German republic DDR to remind people in the west of the east. It holds a restaurant and a viewing café in the cupola at 200 meters. This rotates around two times every hour.

Hope you enjoy the pictures. As a bonus a film from the 21 seconds elevator trip down.

Watch where you’re going, but do look up. Ha de Gött!

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Halmstad Castle

Halmstad Castle

By chance we were able to attend a viewing of the secret garden of Halmstad castle. The castle is still in use as a government building, residence of the Landshövding (governor) of Halland. Apart from the amazing 200 year old blood maple, the garden was not what I’ve expected.

The castle was built by the Danish between 1600 and 1615 as a residence for the governor. The city of Halmstad was at the time part of the Danish kingdom. The castle, the city Halmstad and the administrative area Halland became Swedish in 1645.

In the garden it is possible to see remainders of the 8 meter high wall surrounding the city. Outside the wall there was a moat. During the years the castle has undergone many changes and colours. Believe it or not but it was actually pink before repainted to red in 1998, as is believed to be the original colour.

Be curious and learn more, ha de Gött!

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