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10.06.2020
Slottsskogen Slottsskogen ("Castle Forest") is a 137 hectares large park located in central Gothenburg, Sweden. When Gothenburg was founded in the 17th century, the area of Slottsskogen was a forest that belonged to (the old) Älvsborg Fortress. In the 1880s the city had grown to...
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10.06.2020
Uppsala Cathedral Uppsala Cathedral (Swedish: Uppsala domkyrka) is a cathedral located between the University Hall of Uppsala University and the Fyris river in the centre of Uppsala, Sweden. A church of the Church of Sweden, the national church, in the Lutheran tradition, Uppsala Cathedral is the seat...
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09.06.2020
Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg The National Museum of World Culture (Swedish: Världskulturmuseet) opened in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2004. It is a part of the public authority Swedish National Museums of World Cultures and builds on the collections of the former Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum that closed down...
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09.06.2020
Volvo Museum The Volvo Museum is in Gothenburg, Sweden. It covers the development of Sweden's leading vehicle manufacturer Volvo, from the first ÖV 4 to the current cars, trucks, buses and other products. The museum also has displays of Volvo...
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09.06.2020
Klippan Klippan is located just below Älvsborgs bridge. The area of Klippan was a precursor to the community that would later become the city of Gothenburg. There used to be salting-houses, glassworks and foundries here during the 18th century. The Scottish Carnegie family owned sugar...
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08.06.2020
Haga Church The Haga Church is a church building located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Belonging to the Gothenburg Haga Parish within the Diocese of Gothenburg of the Church of Sweden, it was opened on Advent Sunday, 27 November 1859. Construction of the church began in 1856. The church and also the...
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08.06.2020
New Alvsborg New Älvsborg, New Älvsborg Fortress or just Älvsborg is a large sea fortress in Rivö fjord within modern Gothenburg, Sweden. Situated at the mouth of the Göta River, it protected medieval Sweden's only access to the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, along...
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07.06.2020
The Gothenburg Natural History Museum The Gothenburg Natural History Museum is a natural history museum located on a hill in Slotsskogen, just above Linneplatsen, a height that used to be called Oliveldalscheuden or Ekebaken. The museum was opened on July 9th 1923 and cost SEK 1,480,000. Ecology and human impact on the...
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07.06.2020
Museum of Gothenburg The Museum of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborgs stadsmuseum) is in the city centre of Gothenburg, in western Sweden. It is located in the 18th-century East India House (Swedish: Ostindiska huset), originally built as the Swedish East India Company offices. The city museum was...
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