Visiting Scholar in Copenhagen Part 6: Trip to Gothenburg, Sweden

 By Richard B. Primack

 

“Only that traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better.” Henry David Thoreau in his Journal.

 

We took a four-day excursion to the University of Gothenburg.

 

Video 1: Crossing the bridge from Copenhagen to Malmo, Sweden. 

 

Photo 1: A huge replica of a flowering tropical tree is suspended at the top of the atrium in the Biology building. 

 

Photo 2: A field trip to the botanical garden to discuss plant ecology and conservation.

 

Photo 3: The central market is still a vibrant food market. 

 

Photo 4: An old photo of the central market as it looked when farmers brought in their produce in horse-drawn wagons. 

 

Photo 5: The interior of the market today.