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Volvo Museum

VOLVO MUSEUM

Welcome to Volvo Museum where you can follow Volvo’s development from the very start in 1927 until today for Volvo's different lines of business: trucks, buses, construction equipment, marine, aero, cars - and other products.

The museum also has many exciting exhibits. Besides the first vehicles: ÖV4, the truck LV28 and the bus LV45, you will also find prototypes and much more.

Among the prototypes, there are experimental cars, e g the VESC which preceeded the 240-series, the first more..

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address:	Arendal Skans
url:	www.volvomuseum.se
tel:	0046 (0) 31 - 66 48 14
email:	museum@volvo.com

Elfsborg fortress

The Elfsborg fortress - or Elfsborg Fästning - is located on a small island near the entance of the harbour. It dates back to 1670 and for a long time was the crucial part in Gothenburgs defence against the Danes.

Guided tours leave from Lilla Brommen from May to September. You can also walk around by yourself, and visit the museum and the cafeteria.

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openinghours:	May to September

Nordiska Akvarellmuseet

The wow feeling
photo by: morsan

For you who are really interesred this, is not situated in Gothenburgh but at Tjörn, an island (fouth largest island in Sweden), 80 kilometers north of Gothenburgh, However I can really recommend it and especially their restaurant "Water", really good food.

The Nordic Watercolour Museum contains galleries for temporary and permanent exhibitions of water colours. The museum focuses on Nordic artists such as Solveig Adalsteinsdóttir, Vanessa Baird, Jan Hietala, Kati Immonen and Arne Isacsson, but international artist also have exhibitions. The museum is located on the more..

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address:	Södra Hamnen 6, Skärhamn
url:	www.akvarellmuseet.org
tel:	0304-60 00 80

Liseberg

Liseberg is the largest amusement park in Scandinavia. It was founded in 1923 and is still a favourite in Gothenburg. Rides include the Flume ride and the Lisebergsbanan, a 1400-meter long roller-coaster.

Tickets: SEK 60 (children under 7 free)

Ride ticket: SEK 10

Phone: +46(0)31-400 100

Fax: +46(0)31-401 798

type:	Palaces
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address:	Liseberg AB
openinghours:	usually 11.00-20.00

Konsthallen

The Konsthallen art museum is a museum of modern art located in the same building as the Hasselbad Centre and the Göteborg Konstmuseet. It hosts changing exhibitions of contemporary art.

Opening hours

September - April

Tues, thur, fri : 11 - 16 (Mon closed)

Wed : 11 - 21

Sat - sun : 11 – 17

May - August

Mon - fri : 11 - 16

Sat - sun : 11 – 17

type:	Museums
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address:	Götaplatsen 412 56
url:	www.konsthallen.goteborg.se
tel:	031-61 29 81

Museum of World Culture

Being the latest addition to Gothenburg's museums it is well worth a visit.

type:	Public Buildings
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url:	www.varldskulturmuseet.se

Göteborgs Utkiken

At the top of this 86 m. harbour building is a small bar from where you have a magnificent view over the city and harbour. Be sure to tip your waitress.

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Göteborgs Maritima Centrum

The Gothenburg maritime museum offers tours around fifteen ships. Steam boats, war ships, tugs and barges, the Maritime Museum’s got it all. You can smell the atmosphere (among other things) on a fishing boat from the 1930’s, walk around a submarine, or climb the dockside crane.

Note that not all the ships are accessible for disabled persons.

Opening hours

March – May, September – November

daily from 10 – 16

June, August

daily from 10 – 18

July

daily from 10 – 19

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address:	Packhuskajen 8
url:	www.gmtc.se
tel:	031 - 10 59 50

Naturhistoriska museet

The Museum of Natural Science is located in the Slotskogen park. It has a fine collection of 19th century curiosities (e.g. a Siamese twin in formalin) and stuffed animals from all over the world. The museums prize exhibit is a 15 m. stuffed baby blue whale from 1865. Once a year this whale is literally open to the public: you can inspect the inside, with its wooden floor, flowered tapestry and mahogany benches.

Opening Hours:

May – August

Mon - Sun from 11 – 17

Sept - April:

Tue - Fri from 9 – 16

Sat - Sun from 11 – 17

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address:	Slottsskogen
url:	www.gnm.se
tel:	031 - 775 24 01, 02

The Fish harbour

If you're an early riser, the fish harbour - or 'fiskehamnen' - is a good place to wait for the rest of the world to wake up. Watch the fish auctions, but don't wave or nod to any friends, or you might unexpectedly be the owner of a large crate of fish.

Göteborgs Stadsmuseum

One of the country's largest museum for cultural history. It illustrates the history of Gothenburg and Sweden from the Vikings to the present days. Exhibitions include a nice atmospheric Viking section and everyday items from the first half of the 20th century.

Opening hours:

May - August

dayly from 11-16

September - April

tues-sun from 11-16

mon from 11-20

Entrance fee

adults 40 kr.

children 7-20 10 kr.

Hasselblad Center

This museum of photography was founded in 1989. It's located within the Gothenburg museum of art and hosts changing exhibitions on contemporary photography. It also has a growing collection wich focusses on Nordic works by photographers such as Miriam Backstrom, Dawid, Marjaana Kella, Maria Miesenberger, Esko Mannikko, Trine Sondergaard and Lars Wallsten.

Entrance fee

Adults: SEK 40 (includes entrance the Goteborg Museum of Art)

Children 0 - 20: free

Group admissions: (ten or more people) discount of SEK 10

Free with the Gothenburg Card.

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Konstmuseet

Gothenburgs largest art museum is located at the end of the grand avenue Kungsportsavenyn. It shares a building with the Hasselbad Centre. The collection consists of paintings, sculptures, etc from the 15th to the 20th century. It includes some works by Flemish and Dutch masters like Rubens, works from the early 19th century ‘Danish golden age’, 20th century works by Isaac Grünewald and Hilding Linnqvist and sculptures by Gerhard Henning, Pal Svensson, and Aristide Maillol. A special place is reserved for the ‘Gothenburg Colorists’, a group of painters (e.g. Tor more..

Lödöse museum

Archaeological museum, located about 45 km north of Gothenburg. It’s devoted to the history of Lödöse, the original Gothenburg in the Middle Ages. There’s a permanent exhibition on Medieval life in Swedens oldest harbour, and several smaller exhibitions that change from time to time.

Entrance fee

Adults: SEK 40

Children 0 – 17 free

Opening hours

October – March

Tues – Fri: 13 - 16

Sat - Sun: 11 – 19

April – September

Tues – Sun from 10 – 18

Mondays closed

Medicinhistoriska museet

Museum for the history of medical science. Located in the former Sahlgrenska Hospital, it shows the history of Swedish health care from the 19th century. Special emphasis is put on the Gothenburg conditions.

Opening hours

Tues, Weds, Fri from 11 - 16

Thurs from 11 - 20.

Ostindiefararen Götheborg

At the Terra Nova shipyard The Swedish East India Company AB is currently building the East Indiaman "Götheborg", a magnificent 18th century-style ship, out of oak and pine. She will be an exact replica of the historical ship "Götheborg".

The original Göteborg sank in 1745 outside Göteborg harbour when arriving from China. Fabrics and tea were recovered from the holds and sold. These sales went so well, that the voyage actually made a profit, despite the ship being lost! The ship then was more or less forgotten until 1986, after which she was recovered an is now more..

Röhsska museet

The Röhs museum has a large collection of arts and crafts from the 17th century to the present day. The 20th century section focuses on Swedish design and crafts. Sub-collections include East-Asian objects (ceramics, swords, etc.), metal showpieces, furniture and ceramics.

Opening hours

September - April

Tue from 12 - 21

Wen - Fri from 12 – 16

Sat - Sun from 12 – 17

May – August

Mon - Fri from 12 - 16

Sat - Sun from 12-17

Please observe that due to maintenance, some of the collections may be closed to the more..