Blogs from Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Europe - page 7

Geo: 57.7072, 11.9668Our cruise included one port of call outside of Norway, and it was the second largest city in Sweden, located on the western coast of the East Sea. I'd seen multiple spellings for the city while reading ahead of the trip, but was most surprised to learn that the Swedes pronounce the name as "Yur-ta-burry." I had perhaps too much fun repeating this throughout the day in my best imitation of the Swedish Chef from the Muppets. As we ate breakfast, we watched our arrival into an industrial area of the city, filled with factories and oil storage tanks. We later learned this was the "Port of Scandinavia" and, not surprisingly, it is the largest seaport in Scandinavia. We could not see the city from our dock, and later learned that cruise ships are ... read more

Today we leave behind Norway and travel to Gothenburg, Sweden, the 2nd largest city in Sweden and the 5thlargest in the Nordic countries. We arrived in Gothenburg by noon which gave us the rest of the day to explore. Our tour guide, Birgitte, gave us some suggestions of things to do in the city and once our luggage arrived in our rooms, we were off. We only had a few hours as this was another 1 night stay and dinner was going to be at 7:00. There were Botanical Gardens, shopping centers, an amusement park, harbor cruise, a park, and Haga, an old town housing estate. We decided to forego the harbor cruise at least until later and walk through the park to Haga. Haga traces its origins back to the middle of the 17th Century ... read more

0704 – vrijdag – Uddevalla (S) (238km); Vandaag vanuit Oslo langs de E6 Zweden binnengereden. Verschillende automatische 'Bomstasjons' gepasseerd waar foto's van de nummerplaten worden genomen. Nieuwsgierig of we deze maal de tolrekening thuis toegestuurd zullen krijgen. We staan hier prachtig met uitzicht op de fjord in Uddevalla. Het was warm vandaag. Er werd zelfs gezwommen in de fjord. Leuk toch nog wat van de zon te kunnen genieten. Hopelijk krijgen we morgen nog zo een dag hier. Ik beloof hier niet te veel te bewegen dan. Eerst nog een gezamelijke afscheidsmaaltijd deze avond. Zondag begint de rit naar huis.... read more

Helsingborg-Goteborg, Sweden 3 June 2014 The ferry to Helsingborg in Sweden took only 20 minutes and cost about $80 from Helsinger in Denmark. We bought some duty-free gin and beer the ferry. We then headed north in Sweden on the motorway. We drove a further 400kms that day, driving through Halstad, Varberg and Goteborg. Goteborg is the 2nd biggest city in Sweden with about 1/2 million people. It is situated on Sweden's west coast at the outlet of the Göta river. With over 60,000 students Gothenburg University is the largest in Scandinavia. It was once the center of the Swedish ship-building industry, but with rising competition from foreign ship yards, many of the dry docks closed down during the late 20th century. Much of the inner harbor area has changed from industrial ship building to high ... read more

Es war einmal in Tanumshede… Vor langer, langer Zeit im Bronzezeitalter, da packte es ein paar Genossen, die wie wild an Steinen zu schaben und kratzen begannen und auf diese Art und Weise ihre libidinösen und patriarchalischen Phantastereien für Jahrtausende konservierten. Damals war der Wasserstand um knapp 17 Meter höher und nicht das Einzige, das etwas „high“ war – wie manche sodomistischen und rituellen Motive erkennen lassen. Wie mein früherer Fußballkollege A. Jovic zu sagen pflegte: „ohne Schw*** keine Schanz“ – dieser mit Verlaub etwas primitiver Leitsatz zeigt sich auch in den Ritzungen, die beeindruckend erschrecken. Kurzresümee: wir sind baff und das ganz ehrlich. Die Felsritzungen wurden von archäologischen Teams in Feinarbeit freigelegt und in roter Farbe nachgezogen, da die Originale nur weniger Millimeter tief in den Stein geritzt wurden und wenn nicht gerade im passenden ... read more