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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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07.06.2020
Majorna (district) Majorna is a residential area in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a part of the borough Majorna-Linné. It is located west of the city just outside the city centre, with Göta älv in the north, Masthugget and Slottsskogen in the east, Högsbo in the south and Älvsborg...
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06.06.2020
Kronhuset Kronhuset, Nordstaden, originally Giötheborgz Tyghuhs, is a large, red brick building in western Nordstaden in Gothenburg. The house was built between 1643 and 1654 on a Dutch hillside Perhaps the original drawings were made by the royal architect Simon de la Valle. The crown...
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06.06.2020
The Aquarium Maritime Museum The Aquarium Maritime Museum, originally just the Maritime Museum, in Gothenburg is located in Old Varvsparken on the Stiegbergstorgheta in the 3rd quarter of Blasana in the Majorne. Next to the museum is the Sailor's Tower. The property of the museum, marked Majorna 403: 3, is...
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