Wife and I (to use a Viking type analogy) are fully in photographic Berserker mode. After breakfasting, making our sacrifices to F-Stop (the photographic equivalent of the Norse God Odin), and buying our tram pass, it was back to the City Center to continue the pursuit of great photos (or in my case relatively decent photos).
Today (in Norse terms) it was a BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY. People were out in droves. It was 52 degrees, windy. Wife and I had our winter jackets, scarves, layers and other accoutrements to keep warm on this BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY. (Side Note: #3 has decided she really loves this climate. I mean she moved FURTHER NORTH from the Netherlands to get MORE COLD AND DARK. Where did we go wrong as parents?)
It was way sunnier today so the conditions for shooting were way better...assuming you could feel you fingers on the camera.
This city has a 'thing' for clocks on buildings. They are Everywhere
On the water front
Epic building I could not for the life of me find the name of
Houseboats for rent
Gothenburg Opera House
Looks like a tall ship...is actually a hotel now
Viking Wannabe
Looking across the water
Street Art
Cityscapes
Our First Fika (Swedish custom of coffee and cake)
Famous Architecture that is Meh...a Theatre
Sculpture
Knife Fight...this guy looks really confident
If you look at his hand/arm angle trying to fend off his opponent, I'd say he's up Shit's Creek
Which came first...the statue
Or the Restaurant
The 'Famous' Neptune Statue at the Gotaplatsen
The general consensus review from my art loving daughters was 'nice cheeks'
High Society
At the Gotaplatsen is a concert hall. Something was going on and people were dressed to the hilt...especially the men!
These four people were there next to this bicycle built for four the whole time just standing there. For what reason? Who knows.
2 comments:
The people in front of the bike were graduates. I looked it up and you witnessed specifically students who've defended their PhDs.
Seeing men in long tailcoats (often called "frack" in Swedish) and wearing medals outside the Gothenburg Concert Hall in the last week of May strongly suggests an academic doctoral conferment ceremony (doktorspromotion).
Here's why:
Traditional Attire: In Sweden, doctoral conferment ceremonies are very formal. The traditional dress code for male participants (the new doctors, or "promovendi," and often faculty) is a black tailcoat, white waistcoat, and white bow tie. It is also customary to wear academic orders, decorations, and medals on such occasions.
University Ceremonies: Gothenburg is home to major universities like Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg. These institutions hold conferment ceremonies to formally award doctoral degrees. These often take place towards the end of the academic semester, which includes late May
Thanks for solving the mystery, Alexis!
Uncle de-I, you can teach your children the way of light and warmth of New Mexico, but there will always be a black sheep in the family who chooses the gray and cold...
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