Gothenburg
Riverboats, lively nightlife and fresh seafood
Take flights to Gothenburg for canal-side walks, hand-blown glassware and Sweden’s finest fine arts.
Things to do
Stately shade trees and brightly-coloured flower boxes adorn the streets around Götaplatsen, a quaint 1920s-era city square. After flights to Gothenburg, photograph the plaza’s splashing fountain statue of Poseidon, surrounded by Gothenburg’s impressive Art Museum, Municipal Theatre and Concert Hall.
Shopping
Travel to the café-lined Nordstan district or the shaded boulevard Kungsportsavenyn to pick up souvenirs from your Gothenburg city break – colourful woollen sweaters, brightly-painted ceramics and delicate hand-blown glassware.
Restaurants
Sweden’s most decorated chefs staff the kitchens in Gothenburg, dishing up steaming plates of grilled salmon and zander followed by lighter-than-air cheesecake with cloudberries. Relax under a canopy of trees at cosy cafés in the cobbled streets of the Haga district.
Nightlife
Toast your holiday in Gothenburg with a glass of Swedish punsch, a sweet, anise-flavoured spirit. Swedes head to the city’s Centrum, or downtown, for brisk, big-city nightlife and loads of people-watching – chic bars, lively dance clubs and modern jazz joints.
When to go
KLM has frequent flights to Gothenburg. Plan a city break during the Gothenburg Culture Festival in August, Sweden’s largest outdoor festival. In December Gothenburg opens its traditional Christmas market at Liseberg Amusement Park.
Upcoming events
- Gothenburg Half Marathon
May 2010 (annual)
- And There Was Light
20 Mar - 6 Jun 2010; not Mon (various dates)
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