Yes, I’ve been dancing waltz in the ballroom of the Norwegian royal palace! There was no glass shoes involved, we had to wear plastic slippers to protect the floor, but still!
Dance, dance, ha de Gött!
Thunder clouds building up over the deep forest at Flötemarken and the river Kynne Älv in Bohuslän Sweden.
Keep dry, ha de Gött!
You might end up in travellers despair
Not bringing enough along in the air
With that rumbling faulty fart
The closest garment split apart
In your hand luggage always pack an extra pair
Better safe than sorry, ha de Gött!
When we got on the plane in Göteborg, Sweden it was +15°C and, arriving the Catalan capital welcomed us with +33°C! The high temperature stayed all four days in this beautiful city. Luckily, it was a happy surprise that I could get cold gluten free beer in most restaurants. Nice but to save my pictures from being blurry I drank mostly water.
It’s a huge city but the public transport system is well developed so with a 72h travel pass it was easy to get around. We did all the musts, Sagrada Familia, Parc Guell and a Flamenco show. We walked in the shade of the maple trees, the La Rambla street. A near death experience, for a man with vertigo, as my wife tricked me in to a cable car ride.
I had only one must see, The church Santa Maria del Mar. The construction of the church plays a central role in one of the best book I’ve read, La Catedral del Mar, Cathedral of the Sea, by Ildefonso Falcones. It was translated in to Swedish so I pretty sure it’s available in English. There is also a well played TV series available on Netflix.
Stay cool when the heat is on, ha de Gött!
Vintage trams ready to take people to the largest amusement park in northern Europe, Liseberg. Göteborg Sweden.
Hat off for all tram drivers around the world, ha de Gött!
Same place as in my last post but different light, ha de Gött!
The Art museum and Hasselblad Centre with the statue of Poseidon, Göteborg Sweden.
Art is life, ha de Gött!
The Århus court house in the shadow of the Aros Art Museum in Denmark.
Art must always shadow Justice, ha de Gött!
Reflections in steel and glass, Århus Denmark.
You see more if you look, ha de Gött!
Rubjerg Knude lighthouse outside Løkken in Denmark has a fantastic story. It was built in 1899 and was lit up in 1900. The tower is built by bricks and is 23 meters high and, at the time it was built the light was 67 meters over the ocean. It was built on wandering sand and was at the end of the last century almost buried in sand.
The lighthouse was taken out of commission already in 1968 due to low visibility from the surrounding sand dunes. A museum was opened in 1988 but was forced to close 2002 when all surrounding buildings were covered in sand. The wind moves the sand towards north-east and at the same time the shore line erodes up to 2 meters every year. The estimate was that the lighthouse would fall into the sea by 2023.
In august to October 2019 the 720 kilo tonnes tower was moved 70 meters inland. An amazing engineering achievement to lift and place the giant on rails and across over the sand. It took 4,5 hours to move the tower to the waiting new concrete foundation. The work was done by a local contractor company under the lead of master bricklayer Kjeld Pedersen, hats off and cheers. It is now estimated to last another 40 years.
I scouted this place with Google Earth and with the light it was everything I hoped for. Beautiful place and an amazing story.
Source: Wikipedia Swedish page
Walk into the light, ha de Gött!
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