Finally the eagerly awaited day, a visit to the SAAB Museum, but first a walk.
How much excitement can a women have not only a car museum but also old locks and canals & hydro power stations to inspect ! Oh happy days.
First a walk out along one of the tributary of the river that feeds the power station, then down to the old locks , then the new locks .
The Trollhätte Canal was built early 1800's and is part of the Göta Canal. The first locks built in 1800 were replaced in 1840 with larger locks and again in 1916 larger locks put in ( can carry max 88mt long 13.4 mt wide) The Göta Canal joins Göteburg on the west coast with Söderköping on the east, total of 614km , a number of large lakes incorporated along the way.
How much excitement can a women have not only a car museum but also old locks and canals & hydro power stations to inspect ! Oh happy days.
First a walk out along one of the tributary of the river that feeds the power station, then down to the old locks , then the new locks .
The Trollhätte Canal was built early 1800's and is part of the Göta Canal. The first locks built in 1800 were replaced in 1840 with larger locks and again in 1916 larger locks put in ( can carry max 88mt long 13.4 mt wide) The Göta Canal joins Göteburg on the west coast with Söderköping on the east, total of 614km , a number of large lakes incorporated along the way.
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| Flood gates |
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| Trollhättan Kyrka, what a pretty location |
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| Old locks |
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| Gorgeous Autum colours |
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| More old locks |
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| Finally the moment we had all been waiting for.......THE SAAB MUSEUM .To be perfectly honest we were a bit underwhelmed by the whole experience, I guess we have been really spoilt with other state of the art car museums that offer interactive displays, well displyed vehicles, lots of information etc. Well its not actually like Knud needed more information as he is s walking encyclopedia when it comes to Saabs but we felt it was a lost opportunity considering what a great product it was. |
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| The Sonett prototype 1956 |
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| From Left to right... 93 from 1959, 96 V4 from 1970, 95 station wagon, 96 1978 -1980, 99 from 1968 |
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| 96 from 1962, this car won the 62 & 63 Monte Carlo rally driven by Erik Karlson |
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| Now it was my turn to get excited, some 'gorilla knitting ' |
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| We had a quest, to find a specific childrens playground so off we set and on our way crossed over a double track railway bridge that could be raised when high canal traffic passed. As we had seen no sign of any shipping activity we never expected to see it rising. We were thrilled when along came a big boat and we could see the lift bridge in action. ( doesn't take much to entertain us does it) |
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| Going up |
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| Up higher |
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| And they are through |
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| Isn't this wonderful! It was a tough job keeping Knud off it, not sure if the other parents would have appreciated him kicking their kids off |
Ha ha. Pass on the cars - but I can see Knud is very excited!
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