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Delve into Nordstaden
The district Nordstaden of Gothenburg in Göteborgs stad (Västra Götaland County) is a district located in Sweden about 247 mi south-west of Stockholm, the country's capital town.
In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Moelndal, Partille, Moelnlycke, Kungaelv and Kungsbacka. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 5°C / 41 °F
Morning Temperature | 2°C / 36 °F |
Evening Temperature | 5°C / 40 °F |
Night Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 54% |
Air Pressure | 1006 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 4% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
3°C (37 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Rain and snow, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
10°C (49 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
8°C (46 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel Pigalle
SCANDIC CROWN
Hotel Opera
Riverton
AVALON HOTEL
Eggers
SCANDIC NO 25
Gothenburg Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel
First Hotel G
Clarion Collection Hotel Odin
Videos from this area
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Winter in Gothenburg
Winter images from Gothenburg in Sweden, December 2010. These and many other pictures can you see in my Panoramio account: http://www.panoramio.com/user/3186716.
Visiting Gothenburg | Euromaxx city
With a population of around half a million, Gothenburg is Sweden's second largest city. The port on the nation's west coast is home to a large number of cafes and designer boutiques, pairing...
Trams in Gothenburg Sweden. Straßenbahn Göteborg Schweden 2011
Trams in Gothenburg Sweden. Straßenbahn Göteborg Schweden 2011.
Discover Gothenburg
Discover wonderful Gothenburg. Everything is close at hand in this compact city on the west coast of Sweden. Whether you yearn for the tranquillity of the coast and islands, fascinating...
Old trams in Gothenburg Sweden. Alte Straßenbahn Göteborg Schweden
Spårvägssällskapet Ringlinien is a nonprofit organization in Gothenburg who are actively committed to preserving the history of public transport. http://www.ringlinien.org/ The old trams...
City Rush (timelapse)
Afternoon at the city centre mall in Gothenburg, made out of 1350 RAW exposures using the excellent interval timer built into the Nikon D300. Lenses used were the Nikkor AF-S 17-55/2.8 and...
short trip to sweden in 09/2006 (train spotting)
Kleine Zusammenfassung einer 3 Tagesreise nach Schweden mit Stopp in Dänemark. Eisenbahnbilder und Videos aus Nyköbing, Götebourg, Öxnered und Munkedal. Some train videos and pictures...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Mölndal Municipality
Mölndal Municipality (Mölndals kommun or Mölndals stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, just south of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in Mölndal, which lies within the Gothenburg urban area, and the whole municipality is part of Metropolitan Gothenburg. In 1911 a municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough within a rural municipality, handling matters of urban character) named Mölndal was instituted in the municipality of Fässberg.
Göteborgsoperan
The Gothenburg Opera, Swedish: Göteborgsoperan, is an opera house in Gothenburg, Sweden. In marketing, the name is often spelled as "GöteborgsOperan", which however is not grammatically correct.
Mölndal
Mölndal is a part of the Gothenburg urban area on the west-coast of Sweden, and constitutes the administrative centre of Mölndal Municipality. About 40,000 of the municipality's 60,000 inhabitants live here.
Gothenburg Law Court
The Gothenburg Law Court in Göteborg, Sweden is a Beaux-Arts style foundation structure which is used primarily as a law court.
Nordstan
Nordstan (English: North town) is a shopping centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is the largest shopping centre in Scandinavia, with approximately 180 shops and 150 offices. The shopping centre's total area is about 320,000 square metres divided into nine interconnected buildings, where retail and restaurant floor space makes up around 70,000 square metres. The covered streets and squares comprise 8,000 square metres.
Nils Ericson Terminal
The Nils Ericson Terminal is a major bus terminus in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is placed in the city centre just next to Gothenburg Central Station (Centralstationen), and across the street from the main Nordstan shopping centre. The main street and most hotels are within walking distance from the terminal. The terminal serves the entire Västra Götaland County with bus traffic.
Diocese of Gothenburg
The diocese of Gothenburg is a diocese of the Church of Sweden. Since September, 2011 the Bishop has been Per Eckerdal. 1949–1970 it was Bo Giertz. The diocese includes the provinces of Bohuslän, Halland, and south-west parts of Västergötland. The episcopal see of the diocese is in Gothenburg Cathedral.
Röhsska Museum
The Röhsska Museum (Swedish: Röhsska museet för konsthantverk och design, earlier named Röhsska konstslöjdsmuseet) in Gothenburg, Sweden, is a museum focused on design and applied arts. It was created through donations from Wilhelm and August Röhss and opened to the public in 1916; it has since expanded. The museum has a fine collection of Chinese art and craft and a permanent exhibition of Swedish design stretching from the early 20th century until the present day.
Gothenburg Synagogue
The Gothenburg Synagogue at Stora Nygatan, near Drottningtorget, Gothenburg, Sweden, was built in 1855 according to the designs of the German architect August Krüger. The synagogue has 300 seats.
Viking (barque)
The Viking (better known by the ship type as a prefix, Barken Viking) is a four-masted steel barque, built in 1906 by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is reported to be the biggest sailing ship ever built in Scandinavia.
City Museum of Gothenburg
The City Museum of Gothenburg is located in an 18th century house originally built for the Swedish East India Company in the city centre of Gothenburg, Sweden. The museum itself was created in 1861 with the British Victoria and Albert Museum as model. The City Museum is a Cultural History museum and displays Gothenburg and West Sweden’s history from the Viking Age to present day.
Vasastan, Gothenburg
Vasastan is a district in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. While nearby Haga was a suburb for the working class with wooden houses Vasastan was built in stone in neo-renaissance and baroque style for the wealthy middle class. Vasastan was built in the latter half of the 19th century when the city expanded outside the city walls.
Valand School of Fine Arts
The Valand School of Fine Art formed Valand Academy on 1st July 2012, together with the former School of Film Directing, the former School of Photography and the Department of Literary Composition at the University of Gothenburg. The Valand School of Fine Art was founded as the Gothenburg Drawing School (Swedish: Göteborgs Musei-, Rit- och Målarskola) in 1865 and has been part of the University of Gothenburg since 1977.
Götatunneln
The Götatunneln (Göta Tunnel) is a road tunnel under the inner city of Gothenburg in Sweden. It is 1,600 metres long. Construction began 2000 and it was opened for traffic June 2006. The tunnel is separated in two tubes, each carrying three lanes of traffic. The cost including road connection was 3 billion SEK.
Vasaplatsen, Gothenburg
Vasaplatsen is a triangular public square in the district of Vasastaden in Gothenburg, Sweden. Since two tram lines crosses here, there are four combined tram and bus stops on the square close by each other that all go under the name Vasaplatsen. All public trams and buses in Gothenburg are operated by Västtrafik. In 1992, 13 people lost their lives and around 30 people were injured when a driverless tram came down the hill from Kapellplatsen and collided with another tram at Vasaplatsen.
Kungsportsplatsen
Kungsportsplatsen is a square in the city centre of Gothenburg, Sweden. The square was constructed 1852 and got its name after the King's gate (the name literally means The King's gate place). The gate was the main entrance to the fortified city, which was and still is surrounded by a moat. When the city grew outside the moat and there was no need to defend the city any longer the gate was torn down. At Kungsportsplatsen there is a statue of king Charles IX, which was placed there 1904.
Gustaf Adolfs torg, Göteborg
Gustaf Adolf's square is a located in central Gothenburg, Sweden. It was named Stortorget (the Big square) until 1854 when a statue was raised over the founding father of Gothenburg, king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Surrounding the square you can find Gothenburg City Hall (the former stock exchange building), the law court, and the main canal of Gothenburg.
Trädgårdsföreningen
Trädgårdsföreningen is a park and horticultural garden in central Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located next to Kungsportsavenyn. The park was founded in 1842 by the Swedish king Carl XIV Johan and on initiative of the amateur botanist Henric Elof von Normann. In the park there is an acclaimed rose garden with some 4,000 roses of 1,900 species. The rose garden has been awarded three stars in the Guide Michelin.
Gothenburg Central Station
Gothenburg Central Station (Swedish: Göteborgs centralstation, Göteborg C) is the main railway station of Gothenburg. The station serves 27 million passengers per year, making it the second largest railway station in Sweden after Stockholm Central Station. The station opened in October the 4th, 1858. The station is situated in the city of Gothenburg, right by Drottningtorget. The Gothenburg Central Station, Centralhuset and Nils Ericson Terminalen is a part of Resecentrum, Göteborg.
Gothenburg Cathedral
The Gothenburg Cathedral (Swedish: Gustavi domkyrka / Göteborgs domkyrka) is a cathedral in Gothenburg, the second largest city in Sweden. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop in the diocese of Gothenburg of the Church of Sweden.
Gothenburg City Hall
The Gothenburg City Hall, also known as the Stock Exchange, is a building in Gothenburg, at the north side of the Gustaf Adolf Square. The building was designed by architect Pehr Johan Ekman and opened on December 1, 1849. Following the consolidation of stock trading to the Stockholm Stock Exchange, the building housed the municipal offices of the City of Gothenburg. The City Council has conducted its meetings there since January 5, 1863.
Vasagatan (Gothenburg)
Vasagatan is a major street in central Gothenburg named after King Gustav Vasa. It stretches from Sprängkullsgatan in west to Heden in east. Along it are well known establishments like the Röhsska Museum, Göteborgs universitets traditional main building and Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law. The street is known for its many cafés, and it has several restaurants. It is said to have the most dense bicycle traffic in Gothenburg.
Avalon hotel (Gothenburg)
The Avalon hotel is a hotel at Kungsportsplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was nominated for the Kasper Salin Prize in 2007. It is part of Design Hotels AG.
Gothenburg stave church
The stave church of Gothenburg, was Gothenburg's first church building and one of its first buildings constructed since its city plan was drawn up. Completed in 1621 on one of the city's first five blocks, bounded by the streets Kungsgatan, Västra Hamngatan, Kyrkogatan and Korsgatan, the stave church stood on the same plot now occupied by Gothenburg Cathedral. The church was intended from the outset to be temporary.
Göta älvbron
Göta älvbron is a bridge located in Gothenburg, Sweden, carrying normal road vehicles and trams. The bridge was constructed in 1937 to 1939 and in 1966 it was widened. Constructed of steel beam, the bridge has a total length is 927 meters and width of 20 meters. The mid span has a free height of 19.5 meters.