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GS2H
Edit ThisGay Straight To Hell
The best gay and lesbian nightclub in town. Three bars, lounges, two dancefloors and great music. At Respekt, Järntorget. Only one saturday per month.
| type: | Gay and Lesbian |
| World66 rating: | |
| ClosingTime: | 03:00 |
| url: | www.gs2h.com |
| address: | Järntorget |
| email: | info@gs2h.com |
Gretas
Edit ThisGay bar and nightclub, two bars, two dancefloors, crowded on weekends.
Open: Thursday 18 - 01 Friday 21 - 04 Age 20 Saturday 21 - 04 Age 20 Sunday - Wednesday Closed
Gretas is located at Drottninggatan 35 in Gothenburg. Walk down Drottninggatan from the entrance (across Östra Hamngatan) of the department store NK. If you take the tram, get off at the stop called "Kungsportsplatsen" or "Brunnsparken".
| type: | Gay and Lesbian |
| World66 rating: | |
| ClosingTime: | 04:00 |
| tel: | +46 (0)31 13 69 49 |
| url: | www.gretas.nu |
| address: | Drottninggatan 35 |
| email: | gretasinfo@spray.se |
Gossip
Edit ThisMixed small and cosy gay bar with nice staff and good music
| type: | Gay and Lesbian |
| World66 rating: | |
| ClosingTime: | 03:00 |
| tel: | +46 (0)31-131267 |
| url: | www.gossip.nu |
| address: | Parkgatan 13 |
The Auld Dubliner
Edit ThisIrish pubs are a bit like MacDonalds, there's at least one in every self respecting town in the world, and they're all more or less the same.
Sometimes that's just what you want.
It can get pretty full, and on Fridays and Saturdays there's a cover charge at the door for the live music upstairs. (Free entry before 9pm).
Ostra Hamngatan 50 B
| type: | Pubs |
| World66 rating: | |
| ClosingTime: | 5am |
| closingtime: | 5am |
Konserthuset
Edit ThisThe Concert Hall is renowed for it's magnificent acoustics. It is said to be in the top-ten of the world. The Concert Hall is home to the symphony orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi.
Götaplatsen
tel.: 031-7787800
| type: | Concerts |
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Sjömagasinet
Edit ThisSeafood restaurant located in an old warehouse (1775) of the East India Company. Not the chaepest place around, but with a nice view over the harbour.
| type: | Eating out |
| World66 rating: | |
| address: | Klippan 6 |
| tel: | 031-246510 |
Café Napoleon Bonaparte
Edit ThisOpen untill late at night.
Vasagatan 11
| type: | Pubs and Bars |
| World66 rating: |
Castro
Edit ThisGay and lesbian bar and nightclub. Two floors, two bars, one dancefloor.
Open wednesdays, fridays and saturdays.
| type: | Gay and Lesbian |
| World66 rating: | |
| ClosingTime: | 02:00 |
| tel: | +46 (0)31-145888 |
| url: | www.castro.nu |
| address: | Första Långgatan 32 |
| email: | castro@haket.se |
Zapphobar
Edit ThisLesbian bar for women 28 years and older, only one saturday each month.
| type: | Gay and Lesbian |
| World66 rating: | |
| ClosingTime: | 03:00 |
| url: | www.zapphobar.com |
| address: | Restaurang Trappan, Järntorget |
| email: | postmaster@zapphobar.com |
Park Lane
Edit ThisAlways busy night club. Popular with the locals, good bar despite the expensive booze, live enterainment and a casino.
Avenyn 36
| type: | Gay and Lesbian |
| World66 rating: | |
| ClosingTime: | 05 |
Niva
Edit ThisNiva is a place to party. You can have a drink, a bite, and a dance. Every Wednesday Soultrain (21-3) with dj's Denny and Jocke.
Kungsportsavenyn 9
| type: | Pubs and Bars |
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Dancin' Dingo
Edit ThisAustralian bar just off the Avenyn (Avenue).
| type: | Clubs and dancing |
| World66 rating: | |
| address: | Lorensbergs gatan |
Hemma Hos
Edit ThisIntimate place in the old Haga district. Every sunday a special buffet with hot and cold Swedish dishes at a friendly price.
| type: | Eating out |
| World66 rating: | |
| address: | Haga Nygata 12 |
| tel: | 031-134090 |
The Golden Days
Edit ThisTraditional English restaurant and pub. Inexpensive and good. Their speciality is the pepper steak in whiskey and brandy.
| type: | Eating out |
| World66 rating: | |
| address: | Södra Hamngatan 31 |
| tel: | 031-132022 |
The Auld Dubliner
Edit ThisIrish pubs are a bit like MacDonalds, there's at least one in every self respecting town in the world, and they're all more or less the same.
Sometimes that's just what you want.
It can get pretty full, and on Fridays and Saturdays there's a cover charge at the door for the live music upstairs. (Free entry before 9pm).
A few shamrocks and an Irish name do not an Irish pub make. Some of the barmen are on the downright unfriendly and arrogant side.
| type: | Pubs |
| World66 rating: | |
| address: | Ostra Hamngatan 50 B |
Operan
Edit ThisThe Opera House is one of the prides of Gothenburg. Opened in 1994, it is one of the most modern opera houses in the world. It hosts concerts, operas, operettes and ballets, and has 1250 seats. Even if you don't want to see a performance, it's worth to take a look at the spectacular building.
Christina Nilssons gata
031-131300
| type: | Theatres and Concert halls |
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McDonalds
Edit ThisFor those of you who aren't adventurous enough to try the local specialities. Or who have had quite enough of those local specialities and are fed up with the fermented herring and the smorbrod. Sometimes it can be reassuring to know that some things are the same everywhere.
Angered Centrum 1
Kungsgatan 17
Fredsgatan 6
Kungsgatan 55-57
Kungsportsavenyn 32
L:a Klädpressaregatan 4
Backaplan
Kungsportsavenyn 5
Götgatan 16
Vallhallagatan 1
Linnégatan 30
Stig Center
Ekenleden 6, McDonald's Express
| type: | Eating out |
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Stadsteatern
Edit ThisThe City Theatre is the largest theatre on the Swedish west coast. It gives most of its performances in Swedish.
Götaplatsen/Avenyn
| type: | Theatres |
| World66 rating: |
Ölstugan Tullen
Edit ThisBar in restaurant Gilestugan. It has regular theatre, jazz, and poetry performances.
Järntorget 6
| type: | Pubs and Bars |
| World66 rating: |
Fiskekrogen
Edit ThisSwedish-style fish restaurant, the oldest in Gothenburg. Not very cheap, but you could do a lot worse.
| type: | Eating out |
| World66 rating: | [rate it] |
| address: | Lilla Torget 1 |
| tel: | 031-112184 |
