Autumn grey Sunday morning street. Mellangatan Haga Göteborg.
The Haga city district is the first suburb to Göteborg. It was mentioned in print already 1637 and in 1647 it was made official by order of the Queen Kristina as a home for the working class. Today the renovated district is a popular place to live and a vibrant tourist area with many cafes and small shops.
It’s never loo late or too early for a cup of coffee, ha de Gött!
Night photo from Göteborg, Sweden.
I’ve been married to my wife for 25 years. In Sweden that is called silver wedding for some strange reason. To celebrate we took to a weekend with candle light dinner and then went to the movies. After some dealing, shopping hours as currency, we decided to see Oppenheimer instead of the other unmentionable film. Outside the hotel there is an IMAX cinema. If you haven’t seen Oppenheimer yet, or if you want to see it again, I recommend IMAX. It’s a full body experience that make those three hours fly by. The shopping hours? They felt like another 25 years!
Good footwear saves the day, ha de Gött!
A bit of adventure this weekend to Trossö-Kalvö-Lindö. These three islands are today really one island as a result of the land elevation. Land elevation has been going on since the last ice age and still continues by 1 mm per year. There are no cars on the island but there’s a 5 km road that was built around 1930. The plans was to build a bridge over the 150 meter Havstensund strait, but with the rapid decline in population the plans was sent to the scrap bin. In 1930 there was 80 inhabitants but in 2005 only 10.
Today almost all of the island is a nature preserve. Tthe thin soil layers with sand and lime makes the flora rich. The fields are kept open by the freely grazing highland cattle on the island. The islands can only be reached by private boat but they are well worth a visit. I will share some more pictures in the coming weeks.
Among cows, watch your step. Ha de Gött!
Evening by the canal and railway bridge in Trollhättan, Sweden.
Just follow the light, ha de Gött!
Tram passes over Vasa bridge in Göteborg, Sweden.
Fun fact. The original bridge was inaugurated 1907 after one year of construction. It was inaugurated again in 2019 after a substantial renovation and rebuild. This project took two years!
Speed isn’t everything, ha de Gött!
In good wind a boat sails past Tjurpannan nature preserve.
Trust the winds, ha de Gött!
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!
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!
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!
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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