Here is a snapshot from the hotel room this afternoon. Lovely day and you can see from greening of the trees that spring has officially arrived here. All this green is new since I was here just over a week ago. Off in the distance you can see the top of the football stadium. I managed to catch one of the trolleys that cover the city going by as well. Like I said earlier not much of a view but this is pretty typical for a mid priced hotel in Europe if it is in the center of the city.
Sometimes you see the name of this town written in English as Gothenburg. Just a decade ago or so it was the largest ship building center in the world but now there is none. Evidently Korea now makes the bulk of the world's ships. Now the town has moved toward more high tech industry and those jobs lost when shipbuilding went away are now replaced. This is also the headquarters of Volvo and Ericsson also has a major presence. Saab is also headquartered about 40 kilometers north of here as well.
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