Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Gothenburg, Sweden

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 8.9 km
Ascend 210 m
Descend 219 m

Explore Gothenburg in Sweden with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in GothenburgIndividual Sights in Gothenburg

Sight 1: Röhsska museet

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The Röhsska Museum, is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a museum focused on design, fashion and applied arts.

Wikipedia: Röhsska Museum (EN), Website

428 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Bältespännarna

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Bältespännarna

The Knife Wrestlers is a sculpture in the style of Romantic nationalism created by the Swedish sculptor Johan Peter Molin in the middle of the 19th century. It depicts two men involved in a fight with knives. The sculpture was Molin's breakthrough work and was for some time well known in Europe. Multiple copies of the sculpture were made. Today, copies are located in Gothenburg in Bältespännarparken, in front of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm, in Vänersborg and in Mästarnas park in Hällefors.

Wikipedia: The Knife Wrestlers (EN), Website

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Karl IX:s ryttarstaty

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Karl IX's equestrian statue or "Kopparmärra" is an equestrian statue in Gothenburg, Sweden, depicting Karl IX. It was created by the sculptor and professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, John Börjeson, and was inaugurated in 1904 in the middle of Östra Hamngatan at Kungsportsplatsen. In 1936 it was moved to the east side of the street, northeast of the intersection with Södra/Östra Larmgatan.

Wikipedia: Karl IX:s ryttarstaty i Göteborg (SV), Website

309 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Gothenburg Cathedral

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Gothenburg Cathedral is a cathedral in Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. It is the seat of the bishop of the diocese of Gothenburg in the Church of Sweden.

Wikipedia: Gothenburg Cathedral (EN)

415 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Möte

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Meeting is a sculpture at Kaserntorget in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Möte (skulptur) (SV)

401 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Flickan och sjötrollen

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Flickan och sjötrollen

The Girl and the Sea Trolls, also known as the Wooded Fountain, is a sculpture by Ivar Johnsson, placed in 1919 on Flora's Hill in Kungsparken in central Gothenburg. The sculpture consists of a grey granite well tub in which a naked girl in diabase stands on a pillar. Around the tub there are three sea trolls. The tub was designed by architect Arvid Fuhre.

Wikipedia: Flickan och sjötrollen (SV)

575 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Hagakyrkan

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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.

Wikipedia: Haga Church (EN)

592 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Järntorgsbrunnen

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Järntorgsbrunnen, or using the artists title, De fem världsdelarna, is a sculpture by Tore Strindberg, inaugurated October 12, 1927 at Järntorget, Göteborg, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Järntorgsbrunnen (EN), Website

146 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Genom arbete i arbete

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Genom arbete i arbete

Through Work in Work is a sculpture group, made by Sam Westerholm, at Olof Palme's place at Järntorget in Gothenburg. It was inaugurated in September 1986 by Stig Malm in connection with a Nordic workers' conference.

Wikipedia: Genom arbete i arbete (SV)

708 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 10: Oscar Fredriks kyrka

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Oscar Fredrik Church is a church in Olivedal in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was drawn by Helgo Zetterwall and erected in the 1890s. Belonging to the Gothenburg Oscar Fredrik Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened on Easter Sunday 1893. The style is Neo Gothic, but the influence is not the Nordic gothic style but rather the style one can find in the large cathedrals in continental Europe. The church and the parish got its name from king Oscar II.

Wikipedia: Oscar Fredrik Church (EN), Website

466 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Masterna

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The masts are a wooden sculpture created in 1971 by Erling Torkelsen and placed in the middle of Masthuggstorget in Gothenburg.

Wikipedia: Masterna (skulptur) (SV)

276 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Sankt Johannes kyrka

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St. John's Church is a church building that has been managed by the Gothenburg City Mission since 1996. It is located in the Stigberget district of Gothenburg Municipality.

Wikipedia: S:t Johanneskyrkan, Göteborg (SV)

360 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Masthuggskyrkan

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Masthugg Church in Gothenburg, Sweden, was built in 1914. Its position on a high hill (Masthugget) close to the city and near the Göta älv makes it a striking sight – the church tower is 60 m (200 ft) high in itself. The church represents the National Romantic style in Nordic architecture and was designed by Sigfrid Ericson. The church, which has become one of the symbols of Gothenburg, is a popular tourist attraction.

Wikipedia: Masthugg Church (EN)

432 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 14: Gathenhielmska Huset

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The Gathenhielmska house is a cultural memorial house in the first neighborhood Gatenhjelm at Stigbergstorget 7 in Majorna in Gothenburg. Since 1987, the house is owned by the municipality of Gothenburg. It houses a residence of 160 square meters. The house was in 1964 declared a building memory. On 10 July 1943 it was first built protection under the 1942 Law on Cultural Historically Strange Buildings.

Wikipedia: Gathenhielmska huset (SV), Website

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Kvinna vid havet

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Woman by the sea, also called the Sjömanshuswrun, is a sculpture by Ivar Johnsson. It is located at Sjömanstornet at the Sjöfartsmuseet Aquariet in Gothenburg.

Wikipedia: Kvinna vid havet (SV)

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Pennsylvaniamonumentet

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The Pennsylvania monument, also the new Swedish monument or the Delawarestenen, is a monument that was inaugurated in 1937. The monument is in the Old Varvsparken at the Maritime Museum in Gothenburg.

Wikipedia: Pennsylvaniamonumentet (SV)

297 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Kulturreservatet Gathenhielm

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The Gathenhielm Cultural Reserve, also known as the Gathenhielm Cultural Reserve or Gathenhielm Reserve, is a cultural reserve in Majorna, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Kulturreservatet Gathenhielm (SV)

670 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 18: Bergslagsunrnan

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Bergslagsunrnan

The Bergslagen urn is a cast iron urn designed by Eric Grate and with several reliefs shows the Swedish iron industry in a historical perspective.

Wikipedia: Bergslagsurnan (SV)

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Carl Johans kyrka

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Carl Johan Church is a Church of Sweden parish church on Sagberget, in Gothenburg. The church, designed by Fredrik Blom, is named after King Charles XIV John, who a year before the opening ceremony in 1826 was on a visit to the nearby porter brewery at Klippan.

Wikipedia: Carl Johan Church (EN)

1967 meters / 24 minutes

Sight 20: Röda sten

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Röda Sten is an area in the Sandarna district of the Port of Gothenburg. It is located under the southern abutment of the Älvsborg Bridge on Södra Älvstranden in direct connection to the Klippan area. The postal address of the area is "Röda Sten".

Wikipedia: Röda sten (SV)

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