Oscars Fort II (Älvsborg, Goteborg) and Hammarkullen Carnival (Angered)

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Building Älvsborg fortress (Oscar II) started 1899 and it was combat operational in 1907. The fort is blasted into the bedrock and surrounded by a fast grave with two 'kontereskarpgallerier'. Armament consisted of two 24 cm guns, two 15.2 cm cannons in armored towers, four 57 mm cannons, armored cupola and a number of 'kaponjär' cannons.

Hammarkullen Carnival is the biggest and the most colourful cultural street carnival in Sweden. The carnival started in 1974 as a local festival, organized by the Latin-Americans from Chile and Bolivia living in the north-eastern part of Gothenburg in Sweden.

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