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Ingo

Ingo

Ingo moored at Pier 5 Eriksberg, Göteborg Harbour in August 2026

The schooner Ingo at the harbour of Göteborg. You can rent this for events but you need to help out sailing her. Note; a boat is always she even with a male name. It would be fun but you’ll never get me climb up the 26 metres high masts!

Some more fun fact. Overall lenght 38m and width 7,1m. 10 sails with an area of 440m­². She was built as late as 1922 in Sjötorp at the shore of Swedens largest lake Vänern and was one of the last sail ships built in that shipyard.

If you like to find out more check the website here. In Swedish but Google can translate.

Hoist the Jolly Roger, ha de Gött!

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Landmark cranes

Landmark cranes

Götaverken/Cityvarvet cranes

Last dockside cranes standing as a landmark for the shipyard era in the city of Göteborg, Sweden. At its peak 1950 there was over 200 cranes in the harbour of Göteborg. Today the future of these landmarks of Sweden as a leading shipbuilding nation is uncertain.

The new landmarks looks different like the Karla Tower with the nickname “The Zipper”. It is a symbol for the transformation of the shipyards to offices and housing for the high tech companies and the universities.

The Karla Tower rising 246m over the old Götaverken drydock.

Change is inevitable, ha de Gött!
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Hot London and Shakespeare

Hot London and Shakespeare

Just got back from a few days’ vacation in a record-hot London. The main focus was to celebrate my 60:th birthday with my family, not to take photos. Still, I managed to capture a few, even if conditions was not optimal. Temperatures between 30 and 35°C and clear skies with razor-sharp light.

I took this after attending the Shakespeare play “Much Ado About Nothing” at Shakespeare Globe Theatre. It’s a challenge to read Shakespeare when English is not your native language and, even more so watching a play performed without any technical support like mics or speakers. The actors were brilliant, articulate and projected their voices beautifully, so after a few minutes I settled into that special Shakespeare flow.

Speak low if you speak love, ha de Gött!

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