Gothenburg

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Gothenburg – Less explored beautiful Swedish city known as little London

Gothenburg, a major city in Sweden, is situated off the Göta älv river on the country’s west coast.Its home to Liseberg amusement park, the country’s #1 tourist attraction Volvo company is located here. An important seaport, it’s known for its Dutch-style canals and leafy boulevards like the Avenyn, the city’s main thoroughfare, lined with many cafes and shops

History

  1. The modern city of Gothenburg was built in 1621 by the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf
  2. With the 19th century, Gothenburg evolved into a modern industrial city 
  3.  In the 20th century, major companies that developed included SKF (1907) and Volvo (1927)

Activities

  1. Visit the Gothenburg Museum of Art
  2. Walk around Gothenburg Botanical Garden 
  3. Stroll around the beautiful 338-acre Slottsskogen
  4. Visit Aeroseum or castle forest
  5. Visit Volvo museum
  6. Visit Liseburg amusement park

How to reach there

Air

The city’s international airport Landvetter, flies mainly to European cities. In order to fly in from other continents, you need to connect at a larger airport offering intercontinental flights. Most carriers offer connecting intercontinental tickets.

Train

Highspeed trains of SJ and MTR connect with Stockholm in just over three hours. International train services are available to Oslo and to Copenhagen (via Malmö and the Öresund bridge), both in just under 4 hours. A daily night train connects with the northern Swedish cities of Luleå and Umeå. Also, a luxury train named Blå Tåget travels the route Gothenburg-Stockholm-Uppsala several times per week

Road

European roads E6, E20 and E45 pass through Gothenburg. If you come by car from Stockholm, you should take E4 to Jönköping, and then national road 40.

Nearby destinations

  1. Copenhagen ( 230 kms away) Approx. 3.5 hours by road
  2. Kobenhaven (236 kms away)
  3. Oslo(280 kms away )- Approx. 4 hours by road

Some hotels in Gothenburg with room tariff less than Rs.5000/- per night

Gothenburg Hostels http://www.goteborgsvandrarhem.se/

Le Mat Jonsered factories https://www.lematjonsered.se/

STF Göteborg/Stigbergsliden Vandrarhem https://www.svenskaturistforeningen.se/anlaggningar/stf-goteborgstigbergsliden-vandrarhem/

Våghals AB https://www.kongelfsgastgifveri.se/se

Le Mat B&B Göteborg City http://lemat.se/phone/index.html

LinnéHostel https://www.linnehostel.com/

Elisero Hotel http://eliserohotell.se/

 

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