Gothenburg

Gothenburg, second city of Sweden with 450000 inhabitants take advantages from its opening on the ocean and is located at equal distance between the principal Scandinavian city, namely Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen. That makes it the first Scandinavian harbour. Gothenburg was built on its current site by Gustav II Adolf in 1619. It is now a very dynamic and modern city.

Related subjects : Stockholm in summer,

	Church A church.
	Cathedral The cathedral of GÃ¶teborg.
	Canals Like Stockholm, GÃ¶teborg is built close to the water and one can find a lot of canals.
	Canal A canal. The tower is the town hall one.
	Gustav Adolf square The Gustav Adolf square with its statue. It is the center of the city.
	Gustav Adolf square Another sight of Gustav Adolf square.
	Crown museum The crown museum.
	Kungsportsavenyn Kungsportsavenyn. It is the most populated place of GÃ¶teborg with a lot of restaurants, cafÃ©s...
	Kungsportsavenyn Another sight of Kungsportsavenyn from the crown museum.
	GÃ¶teborg Another sight of Kungsportsavenyn from the crown museum in GÃ¶teborg.
	PÃ©tanque Some peoples play pÃ©tanque, a french game of bools played in the South of France. It was the first time I've seen people playing to this game in Sweden!
	University GÃ¶teborg University.
	Vasa church Vasa church.
	Spring Swedish people enjoy the begining of spring.
	Ice cream All these swedish people are queuing to buy ice cream. Probably the first of the season. The like it very much!
	Theater GÃ¶teborg theater.
	Street A typical street.
	Typical building A typical building.
	Tram Another avenue with the tramway rails. There is no underground in GÃ¶teborg because there is too much clay. That's why there are so many trams!
	Small street A small street.
	Haga church The Haga church.
	Skansen Kronan Skansen Kronan. This tower is built on the top of a small hill where you can see the whole city of GÃ¶teborg.
	Skansen Kronan Skansen Kronan.
	GÃ¶teborg Here is an overall view from the hill.
	GÃ¶teborg-utkiken GÃ¶teborg-utkiken is a skyscraper in GÃ¶teborg. It is easily recognisable because of its red and white colour and its original shape. It is 86 meter high and was built in the eighties.
	GÃ¶teborg-utkiken Another view of GÃ¶teborg-utkiken.
	Sailing boat A sailing boat.
	Vertical-lift bridge A vertical-lift bridge.
	Chinese restaurant A chinese restaurant.
	Youth hostel This is the youth hostel where we slept.