Showing posts with label ferries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ferries. Show all posts

Friday, 7 November 2014

Dark water in Öresund

Late this afternoon the water was very dark in Öresund:
 
Two Scanlines ferries meet in Öresund late this afternoon.


A boat carrying sport fishermen returns to port.
 
Helsingør seen from Helsingborg

 

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

The last truck to the six o'clock ferry

Two other images from the Helsingborg ferry terminal. The truck driver was clearly in a hurry. He was the last one to catch the six o'clock ferry .....

The last truck to the six o'clock ferry.
 
The lights of the first cars to the next ferry are visible at the entrance gate
in the background.
 

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

The grand opening of the Trelleborg - Sassnitz train ferry connection in 1909

The opening ceremony in Trelleborg on July 7, 1909.

The opening of the train ferry connection between Trelleborg (Sweden) and Sassnitz (Germany) on July 7, 1909, was a big media event. German Emperor Wilhelm II and Swedish King Gustav V participated in the grand opening ceremony organized in Trelleborg.


King Gustav V greets Kaiser Wilhelm in Trelleborg.

Emperor Wilhelm and King Gustav at the opening ceremony.

The Swedish train ferry "Drottning Victoria".

The German ferry "Deutschland".

1909 poster. 
(Wikipedia)