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The red stone in this photo is not any stone, it is Röda Sten (Red Stone), one the the more important sights of Gothenburg. The whole area here is called Röda Sten. It is a cultural area with an old building, formerly a boiler house, but now converted to a café with an art gallery and a theatre. However, this building is still the most ugly building in Gothenburg, so I did not want it to be seen here. It is somewhere to the right behind the tree.

The whole area has got its name from the red stone you can see in the centre of the photo. It has been painted red for many, many years and there are a lot of explanations to this. One is that a Swedish officer was killed by some Danes here and his blood covered the stone. Another explanation is that the stone just marked a border where the harbour began. Today the stone is painted yearly by the city of Gothenburg and many times some jokers paint white dots on it to resemble a fly agaric. Last time I was there, someone, probably some Danes, had painted a big white cross on it.

The big ship above the stone is the ferry to Kiel, Germany. It is either Stena Scandinavica or Stena Germanica. They are identical. They arrive at either port 9.00 every morning and leave again at 19.30.

The large structure across the river is the last residue of Eriksberg, one of the large shipbuilding wharfs in Gothenburg.

The bridge is of course Älvsborgsbron connecting central Gothenburg with the Hising Island.