Gothenburg overview What are the attractions in Gothenburg?

Overview of Gothenburg

Gothenburg is a famous port city on the southwest coast of Sweden. It is located in Kattegat, on the banks of the G?tacloud River, across the sea from the northern tip of Denmark. Gothenburg is located in Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden. It is the mouth of Sweden's largest river, the Jota River, and is a beautiful seaport city. A considerable part of Sweden's foreign trade goods are shipped from here, and the whole city is bustling and lively all year round. Because Gothenburg is located in the center of the three Nordic capitals, Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm. It has more than 450 routes leading to all parts of the world. It is the throat of Northern Europe. Within a radius of 300 kilometers, it is the most developed region and industrial center in Northern Europe.

Therefore, Gothenburg has two nicknames: Liverpool of Sweden and Window to the West of Sweden. Have you heard this sentence? The capital of Sweden is Stockholm, and the most beautiful city is Gothenburg. Gothenburg is one of Sweden's tourist attractions. The city has beautiful scenery, an international airport and attracts hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year. Kungsportsavenyn is the city's main avenue, built between the 1860s and 1870s, and is two kilometers long. It starts from the old town's moat and continues to Gotaplatsen Square, where the Gothenburg Museum of Art and other cultural buildings are located. Slotzgen Park is the largest park in Gothenburg and is home to the Gothenburg Natural History Museum, a zoo and a children's park. It is also home to Gothenburg's oldest observatory. If you like, this is a great place to sunbathe, have a picnic or take a break from a walk along the paths in the forest.

The Liseberg Amusement Park located in the city center is the largest amusement park in Scandinavia, attracting a large number of Swedish tourists (more than 3 million) every year. Another attraction in Gothenburg are the islands off the coast, which can be reached by boat. Alsberg Fortress Island, Wenga Island and Stirso Island are all famous islands. There is a local joke running around Gothenburg. England is the outer island of Gothenburg and where they play football. The main attraction, Gustaf Adolfs Torg, is the square in the center of Gothenburg.

In the center of the square stands the statue of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, the founder of Gothenburg. Old Stock Exchange (rsen), the former exchange building was destroyed in 1844 and rebuilt in 1849 as a place for municipal meetings and receptions. The third batch of huset was completed in 1673. Lilla Bommens Hamn where Gothenburg's old dock is located. The white sailing ship (Viking) next to the yacht dock is one of the few surviving four-masted sailing ships in the world.

Built in 1906 as a training ship for sailors, it is now a hotel and restaurant. The red and white building is Utkiken Tower, which is the tallest building in Gothenburg, with a height of 86 meters. On the other side, the modern building is the Gothenburg Opera House, built in 1994. It has good acoustics and modern internal equipment and is one of the most advanced opera houses in the world. Mainly opera and ballet. Gotaplatsen is the cultural center of Gothenburg. In the center are the works of the famous Swedish sculptor Miller and Neptune in Greek mythology. This statue was built in 1931. Unlike the Neptune statues in other European cities, he adopted the typical image of a tall and stout Nordic man.

The buildings around the square were built when the 1923 World Expo was held. There are Gothenburg Art Museum, City Theater and Symphony Hall as performance venues for the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. trdgrdsfreningenspark is a 160-year-old park. It was first invested and built by the Horticultural Society, hence its name. The park has a rose garden, flower greenhouse and butterfly house. Built in 1878, this greenhouse is a replica of London's Crystal Palace and houses some exotic flowers and plants.

More than 200 butterflies from all over the world are naturally released in the butterfly house. There are more than 2,600 different types of roses planted in the rose garden. The Botanical Garden (Botaniska trdgrden) is Sweden's largest botanical garden, covering an area of ??175 hectares and containing more than 12,000 species of plants. There are herb garden, bamboo garden, Japanese valley and orchid house in the garden.

There is also a garden with plants from all over the world. Lisebergs is Sweden's largest amusement park, built for the 1923 World's Fair.

There are traditional large rides and singing and dancing performances by Swedish and international artists. There is also the largest three-dimensional cinema in Northern Europe. The Volvo Museum, Sweden's largest car factory, was founded in 1927. The museum introduces the history of Volvo cars and displays famous models in real form. The East India Company's sailing ship Ostindiefararen GTE Borg is a replica of the 18th-century Swedish East India Company's sailing ship Gothenburg. The original ship sank in 1745 after a 30-month voyage from China to Gothenburg.

The replica ship was built as it was and launched on June 6, 2003. It became a museum for visitors. It is expected to sail to Guangzhou, China along the original route in 2004. Alfsburg is located on a small island at the mouth of the Gotha River. The castle was built at the end of the 16th century and was mainly used for military defense. In order to curb the repeated occupation of the Swedish estuary, Sweden was forced to spend a lot of money to buy it back. In the 18th century, the castle was converted into a prison, with a chapel where newlyweds often chose to hold their weddings. There is a ferry from Xiaobomen Port, which takes about 30 minutes. Gotha Square Gotha Square is the cultural center of Gothenburg.

The square and surrounding buildings were built in 1923 to host the World's Fair. There are art museums (Konstmuseet), concert halls (Konserthuset, the performance venue of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra) and theaters (Stadsteatern). In the center of the square is the statue of Poseidon, the god of sea in Greek mythology. It was built in 1931 and is a symbol of Gothenburg's power in the maritime age. Art museum with exhibits including 19th and 20th century Scandinavian art, 17th century Dutch art, 16th-18th century Italian and Spanish art, and 19th and 20th century French works. Gothenburg Cathedral Gothenburg Cathedral is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built in 1914. It stands on a mountain called Masthugget near the city, and GTA LV (GTA River) flows nearby. One of its notable symbols is the church bell tower, which is more than 60 meters high. This church represents the romantic style of Nordic architecture throughout the country. It was designed by Siegfried Erikson.

It has become a symbol of Gothenburg and a popular tourist attraction. Lilla Bommens Hamn, site of the old dock in Gothenburg. The white sailing ship (Viking) next to the pier is one of the few surviving four-masted sailing ships in the world. Originally built in 1906 as a training ship for sailors, it has been converted into a hotel and restaurant. The red and white building is Utkiken Tower, which is the tallest building in Gothenburg, 86 meters high. On the other side, the modern building is the Gothenburg Opera House, built in 1994. It has good acoustics and modern equipment inside. It is one of the most advanced opera houses in the world, focusing mainly on opera and ballet.

Nobel Memorial Hall Nobel Memorial Hall, formerly Nobel’s former residence, is located in the Flower Villa in Karlskuga, central Sweden, more than 200 kilometers away from Stockholm. This is a milky white two-story building. The green lawn in front of the building complements the surrounding birch forest, creating a quiet environment. But Baihua Villa is not the former residence where Nobel was born. Nobel was born on October 21, 1833 in Stockholm to a Swedish family. When he was 9 years old, he moved with his family to St. Petersburg, the then capital of Russia. Since then he has lived in many countries and finally considers himself a citizen of the world. Even so, he never gave up his Swedish citizenship.

In 1894, Nobel ended his overseas wandering career and returned to his motherland to settle down. He lived in the current Birch Villa residence, bought a war factory called Bofors that was on the verge of bankruptcy, and He built a laboratory and was determined to contribute to his country's national defense, but he only lived here for two years before passing away. Since his old residence in Stockholm, where he was born, has now been built into a high-rise building, Villa Fiore has become the only complete Nobel residence today. Since the memorial was established in 1975, it has become a tourist attraction and a center for Nobel academic activities.

A Nobel academic seminar is held every year in the memorial hall, where famous scientists from all over the world gather together to discuss new topics in the field of science and Nobel's academic ideas that benefit mankind. Nobel dedicated half of his life energy and precious wealth to benefiting mankind. He said: My home is where I work, and wherever I work is.

The memorial hall preserves photos of Nobel's activities during his lifetime, various technical invention patents, gold medals and wills he obtained.

Nobel's bedroom was very simple, with only the most necessary furniture such as a bed, desk, and wardrobe, but the various instruments and equipment in his laboratory were dazzling. As for the Bofors Arms Factory, which had been on the verge of bankruptcy, it has regained its vitality. Today, the factory has developed into a large modern joint enterprise with nearly 20,000 employees. It is not only the largest military factory in Sweden, but also a factory that uses its advanced technology and equipment to continuously expand the production of civilian products.

Uppsala Church Uppsala Church, located in the center of Uppsala, was built in the 13th century and completed in 1435. It is said that the designer of this church was Bonier, an architect who participated in the construction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. Later, the church was burned down many times, and its appearance was even renovated at the end of the 19th century, so it lost its original style. This is a majestic red building with two towering spiers that can be seen from a distance. The interior of the church is magnificent and famous for its rich cultural relics. The large organ upstairs has an air duct as thick as the mouth of a bowl. This is the burial place of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden, a famous Swedish plant taxonomist and scientist Wittenberg. Some walls are dead, with calligraphy and paintings recording the lives and experiences of some celebrities. There is an ancient palace and two ancient cannons on the top of the church, overlooking the panoramic view of the ancient capital Uppsala. Uppsala Church is the holy place where the Swedish kings were crowned. It is majestic and majestic, with its towering spire reaching into the sky.

The church is red outside and sparkling inside. Uppsala churches are rich in cultural relics. On the door tower of the church there is a large organ with a pipe as thick as the mouth of a bowl, which is breathtaking. Some famous Swedish names, such as the Swedish King Gustav Vasa, the famous plant taxonomist Linnaeus, and the scientific Swedenborg are also in the cathedral. The walls of the church are engraved with calligraphy and paintings, recording the lives of some celebrities and the battles they participated in. There is a hill next to the church. There is an ancient palace on the top of the mountain with two ancient bronze cannons. Looking from the mountain, you can see the panoramic view of the ancient capital Uppsala. Uppsala Castle Uppsala is the ancient capital of Sweden and the last stronghold of the pagans.

A castle in the 16th century architectural style. Some early Swedish kings, including Gustav Vasa, are buried in Uppsala. The still majestic Uppsala Castle is a typical brick fortress that continues from Vasa to this day. Uppsala Castle was built in the 16th century on the order of the then King Gustav Vasa, and later became the historical stage for the abdication of his daughter Queen Christina. The Great Fire of 1702 struck the city. It has not been repaired yet.

Uppsala University Uppsala University, like 35 other universities in Sweden, is a public university. It is located in Uppsala, the capital of Uppsala Province in eastern Sweden. It is not only Sweden's industrial and military center and railway hub, but also Sweden's cultural, educational and religious center. Founded in 1477, the University of Uruguay is the oldest university in Sweden and Scandinavia. In its 500-year history, the University of Uzbekistan has undergone many reforms and has become one of the famous institutions of higher learning in the modern world.

Wu’s founder is Jacob Wolfson. The school currently has 7 colleges and 150 departments. It offers about 40 junior degree courses and more than 1,100 professional courses every year. It has about 20,000 students, including 3,000 graduate students. The school has nearly 5,000 faculty and staff. About 10 new professors join Wuhan University every year, and the school has more than 200 doctoral graduates every year. In the long history of Wuhan University, many scientists have made outstanding contributions to medicine.

Olof Rudbek, who taught at the University of Uganda in the second half of the 17th century, was an outstanding professor of medicine. His first discovery of lymphatic vessels is regarded as Sweden's first independent contribution to the history of science. Parathyroid glands were first discovered in the late 1970s and early 1980s by Ivar Sanztom, a medical doctor who graduated from Uzbekistan. Robert Barani became a professor of otolaryngology at Wuhan University in 1926. He made great contributions to the study of the functions of the inner ear and cerebellum, human balance, and abnormal sense of balance. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1914. Adolf Noreen, Professor of Scandinavia at the University of Uganda from 1987 to 1919, was a pioneer of language and one of the pioneers of Swedish dialect research.

He introduced major reforms in Swedish spelling, and his book Our Language remains a classic study of the structure of the Swedish language. Uzbekistan has signed exchange programs for teachers, researchers and students with many foreign universities, including those in Eastern Europe and the Third World. The first was Jakoblon University in Poland starting in 1967, followed by Charles University in Prague, University of Patras in Greece, and Peking University and Peking Union Medical College in China (now Peking Union Medical College). Since 1987, Chinese universities have accepted approximately 10 international students and visiting students every year. Lake Venant Lake Venant is Karlstad's main tourist attraction. Venantsee, the largest inland lake in Northern Europe. Lake Wiener is a blue lake with green grass and trees. It is a good place for vacation. The stone arch bridge on the lake is quite similar to the stone bridges in China, as if you are in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. The blue sky, white clouds, clear water, stone bridges and reflections in the water form a perfect picture. The Stockholm region includes four surrounding urban areas with a total population of 1.86 million. It is located on the west coast of the vast Baltic Sea, where Lake M?laren enters the sea. The urban area is spread over 14 islands and a peninsula. The city is crisscrossed by waterways and connected by more than 70 large and small bridges, so it is known as the Venice of the North. Area is 142.5 square kilometers. The population is 650,000, of which 1.54 million are in the suburbs (1982). This is a modern city. The buildings are neatly arranged, with wide boulevards and many parks. Steel, machinery manufacturing (electrical machinery, shipbuilding, locomotives), chemicals, oil refining, textiles and other industries are developed. There are research institutes, universities and atomic energy research centers. There are palaces and churches here, and Skansen's large open-air museum preserves artifacts from the 12th and 3rd centuries. There is a concert hall in the city where the Nobel Prize award ceremony is held. Stockholm has both elegant and antique features and the prosperity of a modern city. In the old town, there are splendid palaces, magnificent churches, towering minarets, and narrow streets showing the style of medieval streets. In the new city, there are many high-rise buildings, clean streets, green trees and sparkling waves. Cars, ships, planes, ospreys and seagulls run back and forth on the ground, on the sea and in the air, adding infinite vitality to the city, while the dotted satellite cities in the distance give people a smoke-like dreamlike feeling. Staten Island in the southern district of Stockholm is said to be the ruins of the old town. It is located in the ancient Stockholm Old Town and is a place that tourists rush to visit. The streets and alleys in the old city are paved with stones, but they are only 5 to 6 meters wide at their widest point and less than 1 meter at their narrowest point. Not only are cars, motorcycles, and bicycles not allowed to pass, but two people crossing the road must also give way sideways. There are some old shops on both sides of the street selling quaint and unique handicrafts and souvenirs. Sweden's Royal Palace, Royal Opera House, Royal Theatre, Parliament Building and Stockholm City Hall are all gathered here. The Swedish Royal Palace was built in the 17th century AD and is a small square castle. In front of the palace's front door, two exposed stone lions stand on both sides. There were several guards at the gate wearing red tassel hats and medieval military uniforms. They were more than a foot tall and looked solemn and aggressive. Every day at noon, the guards hold a grand changing of the guard ceremony. Tourists can buy a ticket and enter the palace through the guard post, see the gold and silver jewelry and various exquisite utensils left by the Swedish king, and view the colorful murals in the palace.

To the north of the old city is Selga Square in the city center. There is a huge fountain in the center of the square. In the center of the pool stands a 40-meter-high pillar composed of more than 80,000 pieces of glass, emitting strange colors in the interweaving of sunlight and light. Around the square, King Street, Queen Street and Sylvia Street are the city's busiest commercial areas. The modern atmosphere here is in sharp contrast to the quaint old town. There is a huge underground shopping mall and underground railway center station below the square, which is known as the longest underground art museum in the world. Unlike Venice, where boats replace walking, Stockholm's underground railway runs through the seabed and extends in all directions, making it the main local means of transportation. The center is divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower, and each floor can accommodate passengers on and off at the same time. The City Hall is located at the east end of Kings Island, southwest of the city center. The three golden crowns on the 105-meter-high spire of the City Hall are the symbol of Stockholm. Near the palace are the Chinese Palace and Beihai Thatched Cottage. Beihai Thatched Cottage is a Chinese-style garden built by Chinese reformist leader Kang Youwei when he was in exile after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898. Stockholm is also a famous cultural city. There are more than 50 museums in the city, such as the Ethnographic Museum, Natural History Museum, Fine Arts Museum, Ancient Cultural Relics Museum, Weapons Museum, Science and Technology Museum, etc. Each has its own merits.

In the Skansen Open Air Museum, there are 150 farmhouses moved from all over Sweden, with different styles, vividly showing the simple and meaningful years spent by the working people of ancient Sweden. There are also the Royal Library with more than 1 million volumes and Stockholm University with a history of more than 100 years. Since 1809, Sweden has not been involved in any war. During the two world wars, Stockholm was called the City of Peace because Sweden was declared a neutral country and residents lived a peaceful life as usual. The Swedish Royal Palace was built in the 17th century AD and is a small square castle. In front of the palace's front door, two exposed stone lions stand on both sides. There were several guards at the gate wearing red tassel hats and medieval military uniforms. They were more than a foot tall and looked solemn and aggressive. Every day at noon, the guards hold a grand changing of the guard ceremony. Tourists can buy a ticket and enter the palace through the guard post, see the gold and silver jewelry and various exquisite utensils left by the Swedish king, and view the colorful murals in the palace. There are many exquisite reliefs on the walls of the palace, and there is a large courtyard in the middle. The palace church and state hall in the southern half and the banquet hall in the northern half retain their original furnishings and are open to the public. In the grand halls of the palace, large portraits of the king and queen hang on the walls, and the domes are decorated with porcelain tombs, carvings and ornate paintings. It is said that most of them are works by German artists in the 17th century. Some rooms also feature ancient chariot weapons, jewelry, gold and silver vessels, and life-size models of medieval knights armed with spears and wearing bronze helmets and armour. Every day at noon, the palace guards hold a grand changing of the guard ceremony in accordance with ancient traditions. The changing of guards dressed in gorgeous costumes solemnly performed the ancient traditional changing of the guard procedure. This is where the king worked and celebrated, and is Stockholm's main tourist attraction. The parts of the palace open to the public include: the Royal Apartments, the Treasure Museum of Gustav III, the Treasure Museum, the Three Crowns Museum and the Royal Arms Museum. In the palace, you can visit the various gold and silver jewelry, exquisite utensils, and exquisite murals and reliefs in the palace. Opening hours: May to August, 10:00-16:00; September to April, Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00-15:00. Ticket price: approx. 45 CZK. Location and transportation: Located in the center of Stockholm, close to the central square. Bus: 43, 46, 55, 59, 76 Metro: Get off at Grastein Station.