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OK, here's one following the rules.

Northern Hemisphere location, and yes, I've been there.

Once this place was important to the military. It was also very sweet.

 

Looks like Nelson's Dockyard, with Falmouth Harbor in the background. Antigua West Indies, one of my favorite places.
Michael

 

Way to go, Michael!

Yes, the view is from Shirley Heights, English Harbour, with Falmouth in the background.

In addition to being the headquarters for the British fleet in the Caribbean, Antigua was once home to many sugar plantations.

 

Just a quick and easy one from Norway (you'll see tha flag anyway).
To make it easy, if you know the boat you'll also know the lake.
The boat is old!

 

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Ah....talking of Göran Tunström I believe he was born on 14 May 1937 in Karlstad – and died February 5, 2000 in Stockholm. He is mainly remembered for his semi-autobiographical work ‘Sunne in Värmland’. But was also a noted poet.

In the late 50's he lived on the Greek island of Hydra and became friends with Leonard Cohen and the Norwegian author Axel Jensen......

Sorry Raggi, couldn't resist it.

 

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I think it's PS Skibladner the paddle steamer operating on the lake of Mjøsa in Norway.
Skibladner is a sidewheel design, and her maiden voyage was on August 2, 1856, making her the world's oldest steamship still in operation. Originally intended to provide passage from thetrain station in Eidsvoll to the towns of Hamar,Gjøvik, and Lillehammer along Mjøsa, it still operates the same route, but now offers scenic tours and culinary events during the summer months.

The ship sank while in winter storage twice: once in 1937 and again in 1967. After having been raised it has undergone significant renovation.

On June 14, 2005, the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage decided to preserve Skibladner. This was the first time in Norway that an operating vehicle was listed.

The steamer is named after Skíoblaonir the ship of Freyr in Norse mythology.

There are a couple of Paddle Steamers still operating on the West Coast of Scotland - 'Maid of the Loch' on Loch Lomond, and a sea-going ps which operates from Greenock (Glasgow) to Oban (Argyll) in the summer months. Her name, I'm afraid escapes me.

 

Bergalia, you are right, very clever indeed
Skibladner is the oldest operating side wheeler and Mjøsa is the largest lake in Norway (but small compared to the largest in Sweden).

Do you happen to know everything about Scandinavian authors in the 1900s or do you use wikipedia?

 

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Raggi, you should know by now - I know everything about everything.....

But actually the answer is a yes and a no. Some 'Norse' authors I know from my father's own library collection. He was keen on learning as much as possible about the Icelandic connection on his family side, and read voraciously. His sons were always encouraged to use his books to broaden their own knowledge. Most of his collection was naturally in 'English' translation - which was quite respectable considering his own first language was Gaelic.
And for those who are unfamiliar to me - I 'cheat' and use the web - not necessarily wiki (which I believe is not always reliable). Should an author spark some interest - then I pester my local library to find him/her for me.

I am presently ploughing through the 'turgid' thoughts of Knut Hamson. heavy, heavy stuff.

 

Waverly, I believe. If she's still operating, she might be the last remaining sea-going paddle steamer in the world.

Scotland at one time had the distinction of operating the world's only purpose-built diesel-electric paddle "steamer", Talisman. (I think a Swiss paddle steamer on Lake Geneva had steam engines replaced by diesel electric, but Talisman was the first paddlewheeler designed with diesel-electric power.) Passengers had a hard time getting used to the relatively high frequency vibrations of the diesels, so much different from the slow "chuffing" of the old steam engines. Some claimed the vibration was so bad their tea cups traveled around the dining tables. (Of course, Englishmen always claimed that the Scots were affected by their practice of fortifying themselves for a voyage by taking on liberal quantities of whiskey, and that it was, in fact, their hands that were shaking! )

 

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Waverley is correct Charlie. But your assertion on the Scots 'practice' is obviously false. No true Scot would drink 'whiskey'. Whisky yes....but that coarse worm-cure 'whiskey' - never.

 

Don't shoot the messenger, Max! I was only repeating assertions made by Englishmen. Go complain to Mike.

 

Which Mike are you refering to? I would not mention that the true son of Gael was wont to touch the whiskey however the foreign devils who call themselves Scots now them dear sir will drink anything with alcohol in it no matter the number of 'e's it contains (Incidentally the original Scot of which Max claims to come from, came himself from Ireland the land that first invented whisky with and 'e' so as not be confused with the so called real thing ' the water of life' as it's called in Gaelic! Welcome the 'SS Patrician', eh Max! (a Harrisons of Clyde vessel I believe - did seven years with them mmmmm!)

 

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Here's the Waverley Charlie -
I'm ignoring remarks by that loathesome grockle - the Walrus. Lies, all lies...(overcome with indignation and reaches for tin of Brasso....)

The paddle steamer Waverley built by A & J Inglis on the Clyde in 1946 she is the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world. She cruises every year from the Firth of Clyde, to theThames, the South Coast of England and the Bristol Channel
She is powered by a triple-expansion, three-crank diagonal steam engine (made by Rankin & Blackmore, Engineers, Eagle Foundry, Greenock, Scotland).

 

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So, try this.
Been there (many times) but not seen this. Opened in 2005 after several years delay and massive budget overspend. Northern Hemisphere. Only clue is that Walrus is barred from taking part.

 

Looks like the spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth to me sailed past there a few weeks ago