Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Gothenburg, Sweden
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6.3 km
169 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 GothenburgSight 1: Landala kapell
Landala Chapel, originally the Cathedral's new annex in Landala, then Landalakapellet, is a church building in the Landala district of Gothenburg, run by the Evangelical Fatherland Foundation.
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Sight 2: Statue of Poseidon
Book Free Tour*Poseidon with a well tub or just Poseidon is a bronze sculpture that stands at Götaplatsen in central Gothenburg. The sculpture, which depicts the sea god Poseidon, was created by Carl Milles and was inaugurated in 1931. It is one of Gothenburg's most famous landmarks.
Sight 3: Lorensbergsteatern
The Lorensberg Theatre is a theatre building in Gothenburg, Sweden. It has the address Karl Gerhards Plats 1 and the property designation Lorensberg 29:2. The theatre was designed by the architect Karl M. Bengtson, the stage was designed by the German C. Roeder, and was built on the initiative of and partly financed by the restaurateur Sophus Petersen, who ran the restaurant in Lorensbergsparken at the time.
Sight 4: Karin Boye
Karin Boye is a bronze portrait sculpture by Peter Linde in two different designs, one in Gothenburg and one in Huddinge city centre.
Sight 5: 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.
Sight 6: Incantatio
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.
Sight 7: Solringen
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.
Sight 8: 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.
Sight 9: Museum of World Culture
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."
Sight 10: Mechanica
Mechanica is an amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was inaugurated on April 25, 2015 when the park opened for the summer season of 2015.
Sight 11: Stora Gårda
Stora Gårda is a manor house in Örgryte, Gothenburg, Sweden, which has a long history. The Swedish National Heritage Board has noted "Medieval, Nyare tid" for the buildings on the site where Stora Gårda Herrgård still stands today. The oldest entry so far can be found in Gustaf Olofsson Stenbock's land register of 1550.
Sight 12: Stora Torp
Stora Torp is a manor house in Örgryte, north of the Delsjö nature reserve, at Alfred Wigelius väg in Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. The property has 9,600 square meters of area and 3,200 square meters of residential and office space. Stora Torp was originally a large country estate dating back to the 1550s. During the period 1550 to 1777 the property was called Torpit or Torpett and that "Jöns and Jon at Torpitt" were noble farmers there. They belonged to Sten Eriksson Leijonhufvud's farm Kärra, now Kärralund. After his bloody end in 1568, Kärra came to belong to his widow "Count Ebba." After "Count Ebbas", Stora Torp, like Lärjeholm, was owned by Field Marshal and Privy Councillor Herman Wrangel. The year 1625 is a year recorded in this context.
Sight 13: 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.
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