Tag Archive for sweden

Motril Port’s Speciality

If you regularly travel up the A-44 to Granada, you will probably have seen the lorries bringing down the huge propeller blades for the wind-powered generators on their way to Motril Port.

Stockholm Revisited

we made a wonderful trip to our beloved Stockholm at the end of July. This is part of a private Swedish/Finnish cultural exchange programme with a Swedish couple whom we met in Almuñecar more than 12 years ago.

Ice Alarm

Every year in northern Sweden the famous Ice Hotel is rebuilt, using huge ice blocks, cut from the frozen Torne River in Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna. Always fully booked, this strange, but beautiful ice building has been created every year since 1990. However, the Swedish National Housing Board has decided, that even this building must be fitted with fire alarms!