Today is the day, that I exactly one year ago posted the first post here on Ultra Swank. Time really goes fast when you are having fun. I want to thank all you people (my readers) who visit Ultra Swank frequently (or not so frequently) and comment on my posts, send me feedback, and ideas. Thank you! Since the start one year ago, the blog has been visited by over 30,000 people! And about 7,000 people read my posts each month nowadays, wow! Happy birthday!
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 1960s marathon.
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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.
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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 janepeepshow, enjoy!
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Time again to visit the yesteryear's 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 slightly different today (as many other things from the past). Enjoy Keith!
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