Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Gothenburg, Sweden

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 6.1 km
Ascend 165 m
Descend 173 m

Experience Gothenburg in Sweden in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in GothenburgIndividual Sights in Gothenburg

Sight 1: Örgryte nya kyrka

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Örgryte nya kyrka

Örgryte new church is a church in the gothic style on Svalberget. The church is a part of the Örgryte congregation in Gothenburg. Because of the nature of the plot, the church is oriented northeast–southwest. It has a cross layout with open rafters and vaulted, pentagonal chancels. The church tower is almost 60 meters tall.

Wikipedia: Örgryte New Church (EN)

964 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Stora Gårda

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Stora Gårda is a manor house in Örgryte in Gothenburg, Sweden, which has a long history. The Swedish National Heritage Board has noted "Middle Ages, Newer times" for the buildings on the site where Stora Gårda Herrgård still stands today. The oldest record so far is found in Gustaf Olofsson Stenbock's land register of 1550.

Wikipedia: Stora Gårda (SV)

1499 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 3: Universeum

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Universeum

Universeum is a public science centre, zoo and public aquarium in Gothenburg, Sweden that opened in 2001. It is a part of Evenemangsstråket, the thoroughfare of events – close to Korsvägen and Skånegatan – which includes sights of interest like Scandinavium, Ullevi, Svenska Mässan, Liseberg and the Museum of World Culture.

Wikipedia: Universeum (EN), Website

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Museum of World Culture

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Museum of World Culture Photographer: Hélène Binet, http://www.varldskulturmuseet.se / Attribution

The National Museum of World Culture 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 in the year 2000. Its aim is to interpret the subject of world culture in an interdisciplinary way. The museum is situated next to the Universeum science centre and the amusement park Liseberg, and close to Korsvägen. "The museum interprets the concept of world culture in a dynamic and open-ended manner. On the one hand, various cultures are incorporating impulses from each other and becoming more alike. On the other hand, local, national, ethnic and gender differences are shaping much of that process. World culture is not only about communication, reciprocity, and interdependence, but the specificity, concretion and uniqueness of each and every individual."

Wikipedia: Museum of World Culture (EN), Website

530 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Solringen

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The Sun Ring is a sculpture in aluminum bronze and granite by Claes Hake. The 4.4-metre-high ring was placed in 1993 in Renströmsparken in front of the Humanisten university building and the University Library in Gothenburg.

Wikipedia: Solringen (SV)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Incantatio

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Incantatio is a sculpture created in 1992 by Roland Borén, placed in front of the entrance to Artisten, a building used by the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg. It is made of welded, lacquered sheet steel.

Wikipedia: Incantatio (skulptur) (SV)

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Göteborgs Stadsteater

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Göteborgs Stadsteater

Gothenburg City Theatre opened in 1934 at Götaplatsen square in Gothenburg, Sweden. The theatre was designed by Swedish architect Carl Bergsten who gave the exterior a Neo-Classical look with a touch of Streamline Moderne. The critics thought it to be a too old-fashioned building – the International Style had a big breakthrough some years before at the 1930 Stockholm Exhibition. But the interiors of the building pleased the reviewers who thought the auditorium to be "intimate" and “democratic”. The theatre went through a major renovation some years ago and the auditorium was equipped with new technology and with new seats.

Wikipedia: Gothenburg City Theatre (EN)

195 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Karin Boye

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Karin Boye is a bronze portrait sculpture by Peter Linde in two different designs, one in Gothenburg and the other in the center of Huddinge.

Wikipedia: Karin Boye (staty) (SV)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Lorensbergsteatern

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Lorensbergsteatern is a theatre building in Lorensbergsparken in Gothenburg, Sweden. It has the address Karl Gerhards Plats 1 and the property code Lorensberg 29:2. The theatre was designed by architect Karl M. Bengtson, the stage design was made by the German C. Roeder, and was built on the initiative of and was partly financed by the restaurateur Sophus Petersen, who ran the restaurant in Lorensbergsparken.

Wikipedia: Lorensbergsteatern (SV)

215 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Statue of Poseidon

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Poseidon with Fountain or just Poseidon is a bronze sculpture that stands on Götaplatsen in central Gothenburg. The sculpture, which depicts the god of the sea Poseidon, was created by Carl Milles and was inaugurated in 1931. It is one of Gothenburg's most famous landmarks.

Wikipedia: Poseidon med brunnskar (SV)

807 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 11: Arbetarhustru

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Workers' Wife is a sculpture by Elma Oijens on Landala square in Gothenburg.

Wikipedia: Arbetarhustru (SV), Website

1145 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 12: Atalante

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Atalante is a venue for stage performances in Gothenburg. It is located at Övre Husargatan 1, near Skanstorget, and from 1936 to 1986 was a cinema called Skansen.

Wikipedia: Atalante (scen) (SV), Facebook, Instagram, Website

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