Ultra Swank - Playful lifestyle, music and design adventures: August 2006

Helsingborg in the 1960s

I got a e-mail today from Lasse who has been a frequent visitor to my blog and really likes the postcards and music I post here. So he was nice enough to supply me with three scanned postcards from Helsingborg from the 1960s to help continue my Swedish 60s marathon.

Helsingborg was a major boat hub to Denmark until the Öresund Bridge was completed in 2000. There is still a ferry line to Denmark - but the charm of taking the old kitschy DSB ferries from the old Helsingborg F station to Helsingør is now a thing of the past. Thank you again, Lasse. Be sure to stop by his recordshop if you are into old records.

Järnvägsgatan, Drottninggatan, Harbour square, 1960s

City Hall - Harbour square, 1960s

Harbour square, 1960s

Halmstad in the 1960s

Looks like I am stuck in the 60s. I found some nice photos of how Halmstad looked back then. Halmstad is located on the southern westcoast of Sweden and is famous for its beaches, golf courses and tourists during the summers.

"Europe and the Bull" (Carl Milles), 1962

Halmstad by night, 1960s

Malmo in the 1960s

I have decided to continue posting old postcards from Malmö. Here are four more which depicts how the central parts of Malmö looked in the 1960s, notice how vibrant everything looks and feels. I lived there myself for almost two years between 2002 and 2004, can't really say I appreciate the changes the city went through in the 1990s. It feels very different from what I remember from the 1980s when I was a kid. Anyways, this one is for you MissPeepshow, enjoy!

Shopping Spree - Part 4

Time again to visit the yesteryears shopping experience. Here are some fresh assorted postcards from two different shopping centers in Sweden, one from Stockholm and the other one from Gothenburg. I have only visited the latter a couple of times, and it is still there - but it looks slighty different today (as many other things from the past). Enjoy Keith!