Fjällbacka in Sweden
Monday, 26 October 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
Reading Time: 2 minutes
© F.A.E./cc-by-sa-3.0
🔊 Listen to this Post
Fjällbacka is a locality situated in
Tanum Municipality ,
Västra Götaland County in Sweden with 860 inhabitants. Fjällbacka is mostly known as a summer tourist resort, with a long history. Fjällbacka is wellkown für it’s Lobster Safari’s, offered by local fishermen. The lobster season’s are starting in September.
Fjällbacka is located at Latitude 58,36 North Longitude 11,17 East, approximately 150 km from Gothenburg , 165 km from Oslo and 520 km from Stockholm .
Port of Fjallbacka © Frank Hüncke - www.huencke.de/cc-by-sa-2.0-de
The actress
Ingrid Bergman lived here, when she visited Sweden. The Swedish crime writer
Camilla Läckberg grew up here; many of her books take place in or around Fjällbacka.
Read more on
Fjällbacka ,
vastsverige.com and
Wikipedia Fjällbacka . Learn more about the
use of photos . To inform you about latest news most of the city, town or tourism websites offer a newsletter service and/or operate Facebook pages/Twitter accounts. In addition more and more destinations, tourist organizations and cultural institutions offer Apps for your Smart Phone or Tablet, to provide you with a mobile tourist guide (
Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State -
Weather report by weather.com -
Global Passport Power Rank -
Travel Risk Map -
Democracy Index -
GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank -
Global Competitiveness Report -
Corruption Perceptions Index -
Press Freedom Index -
World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index -
UN Human Development Index -
Global Peace Index -
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index ). If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at
comment@wingsch.net . Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.
VIDEO
Recommended posts:
[caption id="attachment_24848" align="aligncenter" width="393"] Capital Gate, July 2012 © FritzDaCat/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Capital Gate is a skyscraper in Abu Dhabi adjacent to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre designed with a striking lean. At 160 m (520 ft) and 35 stories, it is one of the tallest buildings in the city and features an 18° incline to the west. The owner and developer of Capital Gate is Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company. The tower (also known as the Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi) is t...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_152879" align="aligncenter" width="590"] © competitionline.com[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]PROJECT
Djamaâ el Djazaïr is set to become the third biggest mosque in the world, with a prayer hall capable of holding 35,000 worshippers and a complex including conference rooms, libraries and other facilities. Architects Drees & Sommer are working with Jürgen Engel Architekten and the engineering consultancy Krebs und Kiefer on the project, which is likely to take more than four years to complete.
THE ...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_229836" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Sisimiut and Nasaasaaq mountain © Algkalv/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Sisimiut, formerly known as Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the Qeqqata municipality, the second-largest city in Greenland, and the largest Arctic city in North America. It is located in central-western Greenland, on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately 320 km (200 mi) north of Nuuk
...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_234708" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Evolution of the Gulf Stream © ngdc.noaa.gov - RedAndr/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension the North Atlantic Drift, is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of Florida and up the eastern coastline of the United States then veers east near 36 latitude (North Carolina) and moves toward Northwest Europe as the North Atlantic Current. The pro...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_152377" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Disney Magic at Cozumel, Yucatan © Altairisfar[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Disney Magic is a cruise ship operated by the Disney Cruise Line, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Disney Magic is over 80 feet longer than the RMS Titanic. Scattered throughout the ship, there are Mickey Impressions, known as "Hidden Mickeys". People like to search for them.
Onboard shows (just about one each night) are very well done. Some of these shows have been nominated,...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_239612" align="aligncenter" width="590"] at São Nicolau, Kap Verde © Christof46/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Le Ponant is a three-masted, commercially operated French luxury yacht operated by Compagnie du Ponant. The ship has capacity for up to 32 passengers in 16 cabins. It was built 1991 by the Societe Francaise de Construction Navales (SFCN) shipyard in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France. In 2008, the ship was attacked by Somali pirates and was only released after a military intervention. In 202...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_151359" align="aligncenter" width="590"] St Mary's Church © Necrothesp/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Llanfairpwllgwyngyll is a large village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to the Britannia Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. It is alternatively known as Llanfairpwll, Llanfair PG, or Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. The community has a population of 3,100. The name means:
Parish [church] ...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_222708" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Kaisersaal © Andreas Faessler/cc-by-sa-4.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]The Würzburg Residence (German: Würzburger Residenz) is a palace in Würzburg, Germany. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, representatives of the Austrian/South German Baroque style, were involved in the construction, as well as Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand, who were followers of the French Style. Balthasar Neumann, court architect of the Bishop of Würzburg, was th...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_151538" align="aligncenter" width="590"] City Square © Mathias Plonka/cc-by-sa-3.0[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Vilsbiburg is a town on the river Große Vils, 18 km southeast of Landshut, in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria. Vilsbiburg has 11,000 inhabitants. Vilsbiburg lies in the center of Lower Bavaria and is part of the Alpine foothills. The river Große Vils runs through the town center. Vilsbiburg is about 55 miles northeast of Munich.
The first mention of a village named Pipurch is found ...
[ read more ]
[caption id="attachment_167374" align="aligncenter" width="465"] Carl von Clausewitz by Karl Wilhelm Wach[/caption][responsivevoice_button voice="UK English Female" buttontext="Listen to this Post"]Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (psychological) and political aspects of war. His most notable work, Vom Kriege (On War), was unfinished at his death. Clausewitz was a realist in many different senses and, while in some respects a romantic, also drew heavily on the rationalist ideas of the European Enlightenment. Clausewitz'...
[ read more ]
