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Gothenburg is Sweden’s second largest city and the country’s window to the west. Maritime transport has always played a major role in the development of the city, and it is one of the country’s commercial centers with Scandinavia’s largest port.
Gothenburg with 500,000 inhabitants is located where the great Göta River flows through a beautiful archipelago towards the sea of Kattegat. The atmosphere in Gothenburg is very international, and the city offers a very wide range of sights, culture, gastronomy and activities in the beautiful scenery with the Göta River and hilly terrain of the city.
A fine variation in architecture is one of the hallmarks of the city, just as the many interesting museums. In addition, shopping malls and pedestrian streets, tram rides, canal tours, cozy cafes and world kitchens are some of the things that attract visitors to Gothenburg every year.
There is a lot of places suitable for day trips from Gothenburg. The west coast is popular with towns like Marstrand, and you can also choose to follow the Göta River to fascinating Trollhättan, where the cradle of Swedish industry can be seen in museums, power plants and more. All thanks to the great waterfalls that you can see as well.
Gustaf Adolfs Torg is one of Gothenburg’s central squares, and in the past it was called the perhaps more telling name of Grand Square/Stortorget. The current name comes from the city’s founder, King Gustav II Adolf, and there is a statue of him from 1854 in the middle of the square.
On the south side of Gustav Adolfs Torg lies the Stora Hamnkanalen, which leads out to Göta Älv. In the past, there was also a canal in Östra Hamngatan, but it was filled in 1936. The square is home to several of the city’s most important administrative buildings, with the town hall at the head.
From the square, in season you can take the sightseeing train Stinsen, which runs a circular route through Gothenburg’s central streets and along the harbour, parks and canals.
Liseberg is Gothenburg’s popular, fun and cozy amusement park, where locals and tourists enjoy themselves in style during the season. The park opened its doors in 1923 in connection with the 300th anniversary of the city’s founding. The name Liseberg comes from the middle of the 18th century, when the owner of the place shortened his wife, Elisabeth Söderberg’s, name to just Liseberg.
The park is owned by the city of Gothenburg, and it should have been demolished after the anniversary celebrations. However, the townspeople were so happy with the place that hundreds of thousands visited it from the start, and thus Liseberg could continue.
One of the original attractions was the Gamla Bergbana, which at its inauguration was the world’s largest slide with a length of almost one kilometer. From 1935-1962, the large pool, Lisebergsbadet, was among the most popular attractions in Liseberg.
Today, there is everything from dance halls, restaurants and wheels of fortune to hair-raising roller coasters that almost literally shoot the participants out of a cannon and achieve dizzying speeds. Revues and show venues with great setups are also a natural part of the park, which in the evening lies like a beautifully lit pearl at the bottom of the area’s hilly terrain.
Universeum is a modern science center for everyone with curiosity and a thirst for knowledge about the wonderful world of technology and natural science. The place also functions as a kind of experimentarium, and there are exciting exhibitions with, for example, aquariums and rainforests in the various themes on the site.
Explora is the centre’s experimentarium, and here it is about humans and the technology that surrounds us. In the Aquarium Hall, there are sharks, crabs, rays, moraines and much more in the several million liters of water that are in the large water system with both fresh and salt water as well as cold and hot water.
If you are into the more dangerous, you can take a walk among poisonous snakes in Dödliga Skönheter, while the rainforest offers, among other things, pirate fish, cockroaches and spiders. In short, there is a whole world of exciting experiences in the science centre, which opened in 2001.
The square at the end of Kungsportsavenyn was thought to be laid out in the 1860s, where urban planners’ inspiration came from facilities such as Paris’ squares and Vienna’s Ringstrasse. However, the final plans and completion did not materialize until the 1920s as part of the city’s 300-year anniversary in 1923, and with that Götaplatsen became a reality.
Centrally stands Carl Mille’s Poseidon fountain, which was inaugurated in 1931 and which sits harmoniously between the square’s large buildings. The Greek god of the seas, Poseidon, was naturally chosen given the importance of the sea for Gothenburg’s development.
From Götaplatsen there is a beautiful view down Kungsportsavenyn with the trees of the boulevard and to the old town behind the historic moat. Here you can see the inspiration from grandiose European city plans.
The impressive Masthuggskyrkan is one of Gothenburg’s best examples of the national romantic style, which has its primary sources of inspiration in the Viking Age and the Middle Ages. The church was built in the period 1910-1914 by Sigfrid Ericsson, and it got its name from the mast-hewing that previously took place at this place; masts were processed here for use in the city’s shipyards and harbor area.
Masthuggskyrkan is a characteristic landmark when arriving in Gothenburg from the lake side, and you can also see the distinctive church tower from a long distance. Of course, there is also a good view from the plateau at the top of Stigberget, where Masthuggskyrkan is located. The plateau consists of flat rocks, where you can see both towards the center of Gothenburg and towards the Älvsborgsbron and the city’s harbor run towards the Kattegat.
Masthuggkyrkan is impressive from the outside, and it is also a beautiful church room that you are greeted by when you visit. Particularly impressive is the large wooden structure in the roof, and the building gives off a beautiful and characteristic scent already at the entrance to the church. In the church you can see Gothenburg’s largest church organ, and the church’s altar from 1922 is also worth seeing.
Kronhuset is Gothenburg’s former armory and also the city’s oldest preserved building; the house was built in the period 1643-1654. The neighborhood around the Crown House was the artillery’s clothing store, and here, among other things, there were forges and military stores. The Crown House itself was both a warehouse and a clothing store, but in 1660 it was set up as a royal hall for the country’s parliament meetings, which King Carl X Gustav convened.
In 1680, the lower floor was arranged as a church room, and until 1899 services were held for the city’s military forces in this place. In the 18th century, the Kronhuset quarter burned down, and of the many buildings, it was largely only the Kronhuset that remained.
The city of Gothenburg bought the Kronhuset in 1927, which in 1956 was furnished as part of Gothenburg’s city museum. In the old Kingdom Hall you can see a tapestry from Brussels, woven around 1700. The museum was located here until 1996, and today the Crown House is used for various events and exhibitions.
Paddan is the name of Gothenburg’s sightseeing boats, and from the Kungsportbron at Kungsportsplatsen several different tours depart on the city’s canals and harbor runs. It is a good and exciting opportunity to experience the Swedish metropolis from a new perspective.
The classic tour with Paddan goes through the city center along the central canals Vallgraven and Stora Hamnkanalen, before sailing out onto Göta Älv and the large harbor facilities connected to it. The trip back to the starting point again goes through the city center along the Rosenlund Canal.
Kungsportsavenyn is Gothenburg’s wide and beautifully landscaped boulevard. The avenue is laid out on the old road towards the city gate Kungsporten and Gothenburg itself. Today it is a fashionable street with large institutions, shops and cafes.
Kungsportsavenyn is also simply called Avenyn in the vernacular, and streets end at the beautiful square, Götaplatsen. During a visit to the city, one should take a stroll along the street and simply enjoy the atmosphere of this one of Sweden’s most famous streets.
This maritime center in Gothenburg is among the world’s largest ship museums. The city has always been closely linked to the sea and the Göta Älv and thus developed on the trade and transport it brought. In the 1970s there was a crisis in the shipyard industry, which had to close in a big way. It laid waste to large areas in the inner harbour.
In the former industrial areas, the new Gothenburg Maritima Center opened its doors in 1987; today simply called Maritiman. The museum depicts the city’s maritime development, and in addition to an exciting exhibition with many effects, there is a large number of vessels that you can take a closer look at.
Among other things, there is a submarine, cargo ships, a fishing cutter, a lighthouse and the destroyer Småland. In the submarine Nordkaparen from 1952, you can get a sense of life as a sailor, and you can take a closer look at the functions on board a lightship at Fladen.
Gothenburg’s Natural History Museum was founded in 1833, and in 1923 the museum moved to its current location. Previously, the collections had been exhibited in Ostindiska Huset on Norra Hamngatan, but at the beginning of the 20th century the space was becoming too cramped, and therefore the new museum building was built.
The museum mainly depicts Swedish wildlife, but also animals from all corners of the world. Themes such as ecology, environmental problems, man’s impact on nature and life in the seas and more are also reviewed; all in an interesting and informative way.
At the museum you can also see the site’s fine collection of stuffed animals, which include an African elephant and the museum’s well-known blue whale; the so-called Malmska Hval.
The Malmska Hval ran aground in 1865 in Askimviken, which lies south of Gothenburg. It was a young male blue whale measuring just over 16 meters and weighing approximately 25 tonnes, which director James Dickson bought and donated to the natural history museum. August Wilhelm Malm was tasked with taking care of the whale, and he had it towed to a dock in the shipyard area in Gothenburg. The whale’s skin was put on a wooden skeleton, and a salon was set up inside the whale. The entrance to the whale was through the mouth. The whale became a hit, and it was exhibited in Stockholm, Berlin and Hamburg.
The museum’s African elephant is particularly beautifully stuffed. The elephant was shot in Angola in 1948. It was approximately 45 years old and weighed 6 tons. Its length was 4.65 meters and the proboscis measured 2.4 meters. In addition to the whale and the elephant, all you have to do is explore the museum’s large natural history collection.
Several churches have been located on this site over time. The first temporary church was also the town’s first church. The first actual church was built 1626-1633, but the tower was not completed until 1643. The church and many houses in the area burned down in 1721. Already the following year a new church could be consecrated. A new fire in 1802 destroyed the church again, and then the present building was erected and consecrated in 1815. The whole construction was completed in 1825 after the completion of the tower.
The cathedral is officially called Gustavi Domkyrka and is named after King Gustav II Adolf. The building is in a classicist style, which is evident, among other things, with the Doric columns at the western entrance. The dimensions are 59 meters in length, 38 meters in width and with a height of the tower of 52 meters.
Inside you can see the church’s organ, whose facade is original from 1810. However, the organ itself is from 1962. On the altar you can see some angel figures from 1752, which differ from the cathedral’s other style. The figures were saved from the fire in 1802 and reinstated in the new interior.
Volvo is one of the world-famous Swedish icons of Swedish industry, safety and technology. Most known are the cars and trucks, but Volvo has also produced other things such as buses, tractors and aircraft engines.
At the Volvo Museum you can see many of the well-known models on display; both from the beginning in 1927 to today’s luxurious cars, but you can also see concept cars and prototypes that never went into production. Among the popular models are the P1800 and 244. And it’s not just the cars that can be experienced, but also other examples of Volvo’s products over time.
Saluhallen is a lively market hall with many small shops where you can find lovely delicacies. Already since the middle of the 19th century, Kungstorget was the center of the city’s market and thus trade in agricultural products.
On the initiative of S.A. In 1887, Hedlund built a market hall for the sale of various foodstuffs on Kungstorget. Construction started already the following year, and in 1889 Saluhallen was able to open.
The building itself was built at Gothenburg’s Mekaniska Werkstad and erected by the same company. 89 stalls and 12 open sales spaces were there at openings, and the hall was also equipped with a cold room in the basement.
Gothenburg’s city museum is housed in one of the city’s large historic buildings; the former Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet’s main building, Ostindiska Huset. The area where the house is located became vacant after a fire in 1746, and the impressive building was built in the period 1752-1762. In 1813 the house was put up for sale, and from 1861 there has been a museum here.
The current Gothenburg City Museum was founded in 1993 through a merger of several museums. Among other things, there were two that had already been installed in Ostindiska Huset.
Göteborgs Stadsmuseum depicts the history of the city of Gothenburg and Western Sweden. Time goes from the present back to the Middle Ages, the Viking Age and to the first settlements in the area, and in the collections there are a number of different objects from different periods and social strata. The history of the museum building’s original owner, the Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet, is also part of the exciting museum.
Stora Teatern is one of Gothenburg’s cultural centers. The theater already existed in 1816, but the current building was built in 1859 by B.C. Malmberg. The building was inaugurated under the name Nya Theatern. The building style is Neo-Renaissance, and the theater is inspired by Gottfried Semper’s court theater in Dresden. As in Dresden, the exterior of the Stora Teatern is designed according to the requirements and expediency of the internal function.
In 1880, the theater got its current name, and it has been the stage for many different art forms. In the period 1920-1994, for example, operas, operettas and musicals were performed. In 1994, the performances moved to the newly built Gothenburg Opera.
Since then, the building has been bought by SAMI, which is an interest organization for Swedish artists and musicians. The association renovated and refurnished the Stora Teatern, so that today it is used for, among other things, large theater productions, concerts, conferences and other cultural events.
In 1869, the Nautical Association was formed in Gothenburg. The association collected material on seafaring, and its work formed the beginning of a possible maritime museum. In 1913, the maritime museum was then founded, and after several expansions of the collection, the current museum building opened its doors to visitors in 1933.
The museum tells the history of Swedish shipping from the 17th century to the present day. Among other things, Gothenburg’s maritime history is reviewed, and you can see a number of fine models of different ship types. There are also many effects, descriptions and other things that depict the development and importance of shipping for both the people of the lake, the industry and for Gothenburg.
At the Maritime Museum there are also many things for children; both a large play area and a simulator with a fishing cutter on the waves of the sea are exciting, and you can also try your hand at various experiments.
Another part of the museum is an aquarium that displays examples of the globe’s underwater fauna. There are fish and other marine animals from both cold and warm seas, such as beautiful coral reefs, and the exhibition complements the Maritime Museum’s refined approach to the wet element.
The fortress Nya Älvsborg was built from 1653 on Kyrkogårdsholmen in Älvsborgsfjorden, which is the mouth of Göta Älven. New Älvsborg was built on top of the redoubt that Denmark’s King Christian IV had previously had built, and it was to replace Gamla Älvsborg, which had lost its military value after centuries.
Nya Älvsborg was attacked in 1719 by the Danish fleet, led by Tordenskjold, who had just taken Marstrand’s fortress. Nya Älvsborg held out, and instead it turned into a blockade and finally a peace treaty in 1720.
After this, Nya Älvsborg’s role in the defense was played out, and the fortress fell into disrepair until the 19th century, when a prison was set up here. Today, the fortress island is a tourist destination, and it is, among other things, interesting to see the small church on the site. From the island there is a lovely view of the surrounding fjord.
The cozy little town of Marstrand lies almost right out to sea on the islands of Marstrandsön and Koön in the Gothenburg archipelago. You can get here by boat from Gothenburg or take the trip overland. Both ways provide a beautiful experience. Overland, you drive over several islands in the archipelago before reaching Marstrand.
Marstrand is a favorite tourist destination that, in addition to attractions and beautiful nature, offers good bathing beaches. The town is also very popular with sailors, and there is also a lovely maritime atmosphere here.
In 1658, King Karl X Gustav ordered the construction of Carlstens Fästning high up on Marstrandsön. Although the purpose was an immediate defense of the coast and Bohus Län, it took over 200 years before the fortress was completely finished. It was considered to be one of Europe’s strongest sea fortresses. This happened despite the fact that, before completion, it was captured twice by the Danish navy; the first time was in 1677 and then in 1719.
Today there are guided tours of the fortress, which give an exciting insight into the historic defences. On the island you can also experience the caves where the city’s inhabitants hid during the battles in 1719.
In the town of Kungälv lie the ruins of the great Bohus Fästning. The fortress was built from 1308 by the Norwegian king Haakon V Magnus as a defense of Norway’s southern border. It became one of the largest and strongest facilities in the Nordics.
Bohus became the administrative center of the region, and in the 14th century the Norwegian-Swedish union king Magnus Eriksson settled here. In the following centuries, the castle was besieged countless times, but no one managed to take it.
The fortress lost its military significance in the 17th century, and it was used as a prison for a time before Kungälv’s inhabitants could later collect building material from the facility.
In the 20th century, a major restoration of Bohus Fästning took place, and today you get a very good feeling for the facility’s impressive scope and facilities; see, among other things, the well-preserved tower Father’s Hat/Fars Hatt. At the site you can see a model of the fortress’ original appearance.
A walk around Gamla Torget immediately north of Bohus Fästning is also highly recommendable. With the quiet environment among many old wooden houses from the 18th century, it’s like taking a step back in time.
Trollhättan is a town in the region of Västergötland. Over the centuries, the place has has been strategically important on the road to Norway and along the Göta Älv with ship traffic to Lake Vänern. A settlement slowly arose on the site of the large waterfalls, where boats had to be transported overland. The first locks to overcome this were established in Lilla Edet in the early 17th century during the rule of Charles IX. Trollhättan’s locks were firstly dug in the 18th century but opened in 1800 at the same time as the Trollhätte Canal.
The need to utilize the power of the large water volumes in Göta Älv grew with the industrial revolution. At Trollhättan there were great potential for energy production with the waterfalls, and the city developed and prospered due to it. The basis for industries was present, and in 1847 Nydqvist & Holms mekaniska verkstad opened, which later became the production plant called Nohab. Several companies followed, and in 1905 the state bought the Trollhätte Canal and expanded the energy production with several power plants in what later became the company Vattenfall.
Out to the water south of Gothenburg you will find the beautifully situated Tjolöholm Castle. The castle was built in 1904 in true English Tudor style by the wealthy Fredrick Dickson, who had Scottish ancestry. Today, the city of Gothenburg owns Tjolöholm Castle, and it is used as a recreational area for the citizens. The interior of the castle building has been preserved in almost completely original style and condition.
The small castle park is elegant and peaceful. Finally, go exploring in the natural beauty down towards the sea or to the sides of the actual park, where more wild forest spreads. On the property there is also a small museum for the castle’s owner’s fleet of vehicles. On the drive towards the castle, you can keep an eye out and see a church which, like the castle itself, was also built in Scottish style.
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It was not until the 13th century that Sweden in the Gothenburg area acquired a land area between the Norwegian Bohus Län and the Danish Halland with access to the Kattegat. Before that, Lödöse was 40 km from the mouth of the Göta Älven nearest city.
Around 1303 Gullberg was built as the first fortress by King Birger Magnusson. In 1333, the castle Lindholmen is mentioned in a letter from King Magnus Eriksson, and in 1366 Älvsborg is mentioned for the first time. With the fortresses, the Swedes controlled the mouth of Göta Älven.
Götaholm was founded in 1473 and later changed its name to Nya Lödöse. Götaholm took over as the center of trade for the inner Swedish area.
Götaholm was exposed to possible attacks from the water, and therefore in 1545 the residence was moved to Älvsborg, which provided protection. In 1570, however, the Danes occupied the Älvsborg Fortress, and the inhabitants moved back to the old square.
In the early 1600s, a group of Dutchmen came to the area. They were to develop Sweden’s copper trade. To that end, King Karl IX built Gothenburg and granted it market town rights in 1607. Already in 1611 the city was destroyed during the Kalmar War.
King Gustav II Adolf founded the second and present Gothenburg in 1621. It was a blend of the Dutch and Swedish-German residents’ culture and traditions from the previous two cities in the area. Large parts of Götaholm / Nya Lödöse’s population were relocated.
Throughout the 17th century Gothenburg was continuously expanded in connection with its role as Sweden’s window to the west and the center of trade over the seas for northwestern European markets.
The town was a diocese with a bishop and also a residence town for governors and governors. In 1670, the city had 4,000 inhabitants.
Both Halland and Bohus Län had become Swedish possessions. Gothenburg maintained its position as the west coast’s dominant city in a now larger Swedish region.
Throughout the 17th century, Dutch trade and capital were dominant in Gothenburg’s development. The city was among the leaders in the production of textile products. In the 18th century, the English took over the Dutch trading position in the city. The largest export items were iron and wood products from the Swedish inland, which were sailed to Gothenburg by Göta Älv.
The 1700s were also the years when Gothenburg was the whole area’s center for trade in, for example, Chinese tea and porcelain. The trade took place through the Ostindiska Kompagni, founded in 1731.
The city’s position in the country was strong, and already in the 18th century was Sweden’s second largest city. Around 1800, 13,000 people lived here, and during the rapid development of the 19th century, the number increased to 130,000 in 1900.
At the beginning of the 19th century with Napoleon’s mainland blockade, Gothenburg became England’s transit port for goods to and from Europe. That meant a boom, and even after the blockade was abolished, many English and Scottish businessmen established themselves in the city.
The presence of British businessmen, in addition to economic progress, provided a cultural boost. Some of them had become wealthy, and they donated fortunes to the city of Gothenburg, which enabled various institutions to be set up, including. hospital, library and university.
Around 1850, Gothenburg had become the country’s largest import and export port, and the great trade brought many new industries with it. After Stockholm was Sweden’s largest industrial city.
Around 1900, modern Gothenburg was built with its wide boulevards and many parks. The Liseberg amusement park and the beautifully landscaped Gothic Square were erected in connection with the 1923 World Exhibition.
The city flourished with progress for the shipbuilding industry and the Swedish shipping industry. Some companies were also founded during the period, for example SKF Svenska Kullagerfabriken and the car factory Volvo.
By the end of the 20th century Gothenburg was dominated by the harbor and many heavy industries. With the crisis of the 1970s, caused yard closures, followed some financially difficult years for the city.
Today’s Gothenburg is a modern and open city that in recent decades has developed economically and not least culturally.
Gothenburg, Sweden
Overview of Gothenburg
Gothenburg is Sweden’s second largest city and the country’s window to the west. Maritime transport has always played a major role in the development of the city, and it is one of the country’s commercial centers with Scandinavia’s largest port.
Gothenburg with 500,000 inhabitants is located where the great Göta River flows through a beautiful archipelago towards the sea of Kattegat. The atmosphere in Gothenburg is very international, and the city offers a very wide range of sights, culture, gastronomy and activities in the beautiful scenery with the Göta River and hilly terrain of the city.
A fine variation in architecture is one of the hallmarks of the city, just as the many interesting museums. In addition, shopping malls and pedestrian streets, tram rides, canal tours, cozy cafes and world kitchens are some of the things that attract visitors to Gothenburg every year.
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Paddan is the name of Gothenburg’s sightseeing boats, and from the Kungsportbron at Kungsportsplatsen several different tours depart on the city’s canals and harbor runs. It is a good and exciting opportunity to experience the Swedish metropolis from a new perspective.
The classic tour with Paddan goes through the city center along the central canals Vallgraven and Stora Hamnkanalen, before sailing out onto Göta Älv and the large harbor facilities connected to it. The trip back to the starting point again goes through the city center along the Rosenlund Canal.
Kungsportsavenyn is Gothenburg’s wide and beautifully landscaped boulevard. The avenue is laid out on the old road towards the city gate Kungsporten and Gothenburg itself. Today it is a fashionable street with large institutions, shops and cafes.
Kungsportsavenyn is also simply called Avenyn in the vernacular, and streets end at the beautiful square, Götaplatsen. During a visit to the city, one should take a stroll along the street and simply enjoy the atmosphere of this one of Sweden’s most famous streets.
This maritime center in Gothenburg is among the world’s largest ship museums. The city has always been closely linked to the sea and the Göta Älv and thus developed on the trade and transport it brought. In the 1970s there was a crisis in the shipyard industry, which had to close in a big way. It laid waste to large areas in the inner harbour.
In the former industrial areas, the new Gothenburg Maritima Center opened its doors in 1987; today simply called Maritiman. The museum depicts the city’s maritime development, and in addition to an exciting exhibition with many effects, there is a large number of vessels that you can take a closer look at.
Among other things, there is a submarine, cargo ships, a fishing cutter, a lighthouse and the destroyer Småland. In the submarine Nordkaparen from 1952, you can get a sense of life as a sailor, and you can take a closer look at the functions on board a lightship at Fladen.
Gothenburg’s Natural History Museum was founded in 1833, and in 1923 the museum moved to its current location. Previously, the collections had been exhibited in Ostindiska Huset on Norra Hamngatan, but at the beginning of the 20th century the space was becoming too cramped, and therefore the new museum building was built.
The museum mainly depicts Swedish wildlife, but also animals from all corners of the world. Themes such as ecology, environmental problems, man’s impact on nature and life in the seas and more are also reviewed; all in an interesting and informative way.
At the museum you can also see the site’s fine collection of stuffed animals, which include an African elephant and the museum’s well-known blue whale; the so-called Malmska Hval.
The Malmska Hval ran aground in 1865 in Askimviken, which lies south of Gothenburg. It was a young male blue whale measuring just over 16 meters and weighing approximately 25 tonnes, which director James Dickson bought and donated to the natural history museum. August Wilhelm Malm was tasked with taking care of the whale, and he had it towed to a dock in the shipyard area in Gothenburg. The whale’s skin was put on a wooden skeleton, and a salon was set up inside the whale. The entrance to the whale was through the mouth. The whale became a hit, and it was exhibited in Stockholm, Berlin and Hamburg.
The museum’s African elephant is particularly beautifully stuffed. The elephant was shot in Angola in 1948. It was approximately 45 years old and weighed 6 tons. Its length was 4.65 meters and the proboscis measured 2.4 meters. In addition to the whale and the elephant, all you have to do is explore the museum’s large natural history collection.
Several churches have been located on this site over time. The first temporary church was also the town’s first church. The first actual church was built 1626-1633, but the tower was not completed until 1643. The church and many houses in the area burned down in 1721. Already the following year a new church could be consecrated. A new fire in 1802 destroyed the church again, and then the present building was erected and consecrated in 1815. The whole construction was completed in 1825 after the completion of the tower.
The cathedral is officially called Gustavi Domkyrka and is named after King Gustav II Adolf. The building is in a classicist style, which is evident, among other things, with the Doric columns at the western entrance. The dimensions are 59 meters in length, 38 meters in width and with a height of the tower of 52 meters.
Inside you can see the church’s organ, whose facade is original from 1810. However, the organ itself is from 1962. On the altar you can see some angel figures from 1752, which differ from the cathedral’s other style. The figures were saved from the fire in 1802 and reinstated in the new interior.
Volvo is one of the world-famous Swedish icons of Swedish industry, safety and technology. Most known are the cars and trucks, but Volvo has also produced other things such as buses, tractors and aircraft engines.
At the Volvo Museum you can see many of the well-known models on display; both from the beginning in 1927 to today’s luxurious cars, but you can also see concept cars and prototypes that never went into production. Among the popular models are the P1800 and 244. And it’s not just the cars that can be experienced, but also other examples of Volvo’s products over time.
Saluhallen is a lively market hall with many small shops where you can find lovely delicacies. Already since the middle of the 19th century, Kungstorget was the center of the city’s market and thus trade in agricultural products.
On the initiative of S.A. In 1887, Hedlund built a market hall for the sale of various foodstuffs on Kungstorget. Construction started already the following year, and in 1889 Saluhallen was able to open.
The building itself was built at Gothenburg’s Mekaniska Werkstad and erected by the same company. 89 stalls and 12 open sales spaces were there at openings, and the hall was also equipped with a cold room in the basement.
Gothenburg’s city museum is housed in one of the city’s large historic buildings; the former Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet’s main building, Ostindiska Huset. The area where the house is located became vacant after a fire in 1746, and the impressive building was built in the period 1752-1762. In 1813 the house was put up for sale, and from 1861 there has been a museum here.
The current Gothenburg City Museum was founded in 1993 through a merger of several museums. Among other things, there were two that had already been installed in Ostindiska Huset.
Göteborgs Stadsmuseum depicts the history of the city of Gothenburg and Western Sweden. Time goes from the present back to the Middle Ages, the Viking Age and to the first settlements in the area, and in the collections there are a number of different objects from different periods and social strata. The history of the museum building’s original owner, the Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet, is also part of the exciting museum.
Stora Teatern is one of Gothenburg’s cultural centers. The theater already existed in 1816, but the current building was built in 1859 by B.C. Malmberg. The building was inaugurated under the name Nya Theatern. The building style is Neo-Renaissance, and the theater is inspired by Gottfried Semper’s court theater in Dresden. As in Dresden, the exterior of the Stora Teatern is designed according to the requirements and expediency of the internal function.
In 1880, the theater got its current name, and it has been the stage for many different art forms. In the period 1920-1994, for example, operas, operettas and musicals were performed. In 1994, the performances moved to the newly built Gothenburg Opera.
Since then, the building has been bought by SAMI, which is an interest organization for Swedish artists and musicians. The association renovated and refurnished the Stora Teatern, so that today it is used for, among other things, large theater productions, concerts, conferences and other cultural events.
In 1869, the Nautical Association was formed in Gothenburg. The association collected material on seafaring, and its work formed the beginning of a possible maritime museum. In 1913, the maritime museum was then founded, and after several expansions of the collection, the current museum building opened its doors to visitors in 1933.
The museum tells the history of Swedish shipping from the 17th century to the present day. Among other things, Gothenburg’s maritime history is reviewed, and you can see a number of fine models of different ship types. There are also many effects, descriptions and other things that depict the development and importance of shipping for both the people of the lake, the industry and for Gothenburg.
At the Maritime Museum there are also many things for children; both a large play area and a simulator with a fishing cutter on the waves of the sea are exciting, and you can also try your hand at various experiments.
Another part of the museum is an aquarium that displays examples of the globe’s underwater fauna. There are fish and other marine animals from both cold and warm seas, such as beautiful coral reefs, and the exhibition complements the Maritime Museum’s refined approach to the wet element.
The fortress Nya Älvsborg was built from 1653 on Kyrkogårdsholmen in Älvsborgsfjorden, which is the mouth of Göta Älven. New Älvsborg was built on top of the redoubt that Denmark’s King Christian IV had previously had built, and it was to replace Gamla Älvsborg, which had lost its military value after centuries.
Nya Älvsborg was attacked in 1719 by the Danish fleet, led by Tordenskjold, who had just taken Marstrand’s fortress. Nya Älvsborg held out, and instead it turned into a blockade and finally a peace treaty in 1720.
After this, Nya Älvsborg’s role in the defense was played out, and the fortress fell into disrepair until the 19th century, when a prison was set up here. Today, the fortress island is a tourist destination, and it is, among other things, interesting to see the small church on the site. From the island there is a lovely view of the surrounding fjord.
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