Winter in Gothenburg

Sweden's second largest city (and my home town) does truly come alive during the christmas holidays. Gothenburg has an area near it's center where many arenas and other complexes of entertainment and culture are densely packed. This makes it really interesting to head out with your camera and try and capture some of the craziness going on. The city's heritage of Dutch architecture from the 17th century is hard to spot by the big amusement park Liseberg, due to the neighboring dinosaur. But let's be honest, who cares when it looks this awesome? (See slide below). 

Liseberg was built just in time for Gothenburg's 300th anniversary and has attracted tons of people ever since. Although the amusement rides are closed off during winter months, the park compensates it's visitors by taking on a whole new look. The sound of screaming children and popcorn stands are swapped out for christmas carols, an ice-skating rink, hens, goats, reindeers, and a market - with lots of decorations and neon lighting on top of that. Needless to say, photography is sweet when you have purple waterfalls and blue luminescent trees. Besides photographers, couples on the hunt for more romance should also come here. 

And then we have the main street/avenue or what have you, culminating in an epic scene with Poseidon overlooking the street in front of Gothenburg's Museum of Art. The statute was made by Carl Milles and is one of the city's famous landmarks. Standing 7m (ca 21f) tall and illuminated by lights, it sure does look pleasant to the eye.