Göteborg

You might know it as the famous Gothenburg. This is an account of a long day trip from Oslo to Göteborg.

For those of you who have trouble pronouncing the correct name for this city, it is like "yu(r)t-e(h)-borg" spoken with a very gentle "r" sound produced at the tip of your tongue (letters shown in brackets are not pronounced, but the letters around them are pronounced as if those letters were there).

• Kronhuset (Crown House) - an old military barracks and ammunition store.
• Västra Hamng. Looks very reminiscent of Oslo.
• A statue on top of one of the buildings in Västra Hamng.
• "No, don't let them see my man boobs!"
• Domkirkan (the church of the W3C DOM?).
• One of the many beautiful buildings on Parkgatan.
• And another one.
• Some of the many elaborate buildings on Storgatan (literally "big street" - how imaginative).
• Those of you who have seen or read the Da Vinci Code should remember the Knights Templar. Well, welcome to the Göteborg branch of the Templars.
• Stadsbibliotek (town library).
• State-of-the-art bikes on sale in Göteborg.
• Fountain ornamentation.
• Brass without bras (ok, so it's bronze, I don't care).
• Fiskekörka - apparently Göteborg is famous for this small fish market, so hey, here' a picture.
• Rosenlundskanalen. The canal water has frozen this ship in place (it's actually a resteraunt, but that does not stop it being frozen there).
• Do not annoy this tram. Seriously. We also saw one called the "Göteborg runt" (meaning the circular route) and yes, it did seem to be a bit smaller and weaker than the other trams.
• Skansen Kronan - the "borg" (fortifications) in Göteborg.
• The icy path up to the fort. Ice is a fact of life here - at such low winter temperatures, there is very little choice.
• A closeup view of Skansen Kronan.
• Cannon.
• The crown on top of the fort.
• With such a good view from the fortress, it was pictures and more pictures - in this case pictures of pictures, and in the background; pictures of pictures of pictures.
• According to what I can see on the map, this fancy turret is merely a water tower.
• A spire looking a little out of place stuck on the edge of housing.
• A fancy roof.
• Moose got a little over-ambitious and ended up with this reward for his photographing activities.
• Peter became a kitchen towel dispenser.
• "I see no ships".
• Oscar Fredriks kyrka, standing proud against the skyline.
• First window.
• Multiple spires.
• Second window.
• Gargoyle.
• An oversized guitar - see the normal sized guitars for scale.
• This one won't start...
• Saltholmen.
• A wind farm, one of several in the area.
• A wooden tower looking out of place at Saltholmen.
• Walking up one of the little hill at Saltholmen.
• Guess why.
• The islands here are called Södra Skärgården - literally the Southern Archipelago, which by freak coincidence also could be translated to "Southern light red yard" (red light district maybe), and it is easy to see why.
• And some zoom.
• And more zoom.
• Sunset over the city.
• Something hot and black with a pair of balls. Just be thankful it wasn't a cappuccino, ok.
• Words never work reliably across languages.
• Warm rat, anyone?
• If you do not understand, do not worry :)
• Prepare to be trampled.
• It's Opera, and it's 1600 metres up (at the end of Kungsportsaveyn). Still not sure what Ola is doing with the sign though.
• The estury that marks the Norway-Sweden border. What do you mean "it is a rubbish picture"? Ok, if you think you can take better pictures at night from a moving bus, you go ahead.
• Sunrise. And I have still not slept.

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