An evening walk in Klippan, Gothenburg

[frualeydis]

I took these photos tonight, between 9.15 and 9.40 p.m. It's not summer yet, but the evenings are getting lighter. it's from Klippan. To avoid the work of writing something about Klippan in English I am quoting AOL travle: "Klippan is located just below Älvsborgs bridge. The area of Klippan was a precursor to the community that would later become the city of Gothenburg. There used to be salting-houses, glassworks and foundries here during the eighteenth century. The Scottish Carnegie family owned sugar refineries and breweries in the area later on. Today, Klippan is a cultural heritage center. You will also find a café, hotel and restaurant here. Saint Birgitta's chapel is located in the same area."

And it's so beautiful. I live in totally different part of town, so I had almost forgotten how lovely it is.

I start with a selfie. I realized that I've worn that Norwegian wool cardigan for 24 years now.


The old steam boat jetty(no steam boats there now)




Boats moored at the jetty.



Hotel Novotel, formerly the sugar refinery, seen from the steam boat jetty.



The view of the Älvsborg bridge from the jetty. And beyond it lies the sea.





And from the quay



St. Bridget's chapel - the Scottish family of Carnegie brought with them the Irish saint.





A house built for workers, now very exclusive. 19th century.



And worker's houses from the 18th or early 19th century. Before the sugar factory and the brewery, when shipwrights and sailors lived there.



Blooming trees. This is in a small park, which was a garden in the 18th century.

Comments

[steelweaver.livejournal.com]

That's very pretty. And to think that to me, Klippan is mostly an Ikea sofa, I think I like the real thing better :)

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Klippan means "the rock" so there are many plaes with that name. I suspect the sofa is named after the town Klippan in southern Sweden.

/Eva