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Gothenburg holidays

July 2023

  • Gothenburg : pool swimming harbour

    Gothenburg at 400: Sweden’s second city discovers its fun side

    Ranked the world’s most sustainable destination, the city has new free swimming pools, extra theme park attractions and is a beacon of Scandi design

October 2017

  • Leah Harper, second from right, and friend enjoy fika in Alingsås with Gunilla (left) and son

    Meeting the locals is a piece of cake in Gothenburg

    From jogging in a nature reserve to joining in the Scandi ritual of fika, a new initiative in west Sweden gives visitors the chance to connect with the inhabitants

April 2016

  • Aerial of Gothenburg

    Insider's guides
    An insider's guide to Gothenburg: unspoiled green spaces and steel guitars

    Nor Toma shows us around her city on the west coast of Sweden, from romantic Nordic architecture to cinnamon buns and steel guitars

February 2016

  • Amid icy conditions, a walkway across water leads to wooden buildings that are part of the Nordic Watercolour Museum in Bohuslän, Sweden. Photograph by PJ Boman.

    Visit Sweden
    Natural highs: the west coast of Sweden – in pictures

    We let photographer PJ Boman (aka @absinthemindedswede) take over our Instagram feed for an insight into Sweden’s west coast, with its fjords, fika and oysters

September 2015

  • The dance area at Gothenburg’s Liseberg amusement park.

    Dancing with the past in Sweden

    Generations of Vendela Vida’s family have loved Gothenburg’s Liseberg fairground. Now the novelist continues the tradition by returning to the city with her own children

August 2015

  • Cool cafes: a snapshot from the #GuardianGothenburgMeet, taken by @niklasanderssonphoto.

    Alternative Europe
    Instameet Gothenburg: local photographers capture the city

    As part of our series of alternative city guides, we arranged an Instameet in Gothenburg, giving photographers a chance to grab a fresh perspective on the city
  • A skateboarder at Gothenburg's lvsborg Bridge.

    Alternative Europe
    The alternative city guide to Gothenburg, Sweden

    The fourth in our series of guides to Europe’s alt cities takes us to Gothenburg, which has spruced up its once rundown neighbourhoods and reinvented itself to show off the best of cutting-edge Swedish design, food and music. Local people immersed in the city’s creative rebirth offer their highlights

    • Alternative Europe
      Instagram snapshots: Gothenburg through the eyes of locals

    • Alternative Europe
      The best of Gothenburg, Sweden: readers' travel tips

    • Alternative Europe
      Share your Gothenburg tips with GuardianWitness or #GuardianGothenburg

April 2015

  • View over Gothenburg's rooftops of and churches.

    Gothenburg city guide: what to visit plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels

    With its sun-dappled islands, waterways, cobbled streets and laid-back vibe, Sweden’s second city is a must-visit in spring and summer

July 2014

  • Kings of Convenience

    Scandinavia playlist: where to go and what to listen to

  • Sweden's western archipelago

    Sweden’s wild west coast

September 2011

  • Take a swim off the Swedish island of Tjorn

    Coasting along on a Swedish road trip

  • Kids on Lake Nyckelsjön, Sweden

    Log in – a family adventure at a Swedish lake cabin

December 2010

  • Lovingly served coffee in Gothenburg.

    Coffee and calories in chilly Gothenburg

    Residents of Sweden's second city are expert at dodging the winter winds in cosy, sociable cafes, as Susan Greenwood learns on a caffeine-fuelled tour

January 2010

  • kumbh mela festival india

    30 fantastic new trips for 2010

    From a newly accessible ski area in Eastern Europe to a little-travelled corner of India, we have scoured the brochures for this year's most unusual and innovative ideas

October 2009

  • Terme di Saturnia, Tuscany, Italy

    How to have a holiday for nothing

    From swapping your home to going on a pilgrimage, there's more than one way to have a buckshee break

October 2008

  • Oasis backpackers

    European city breaks

    A round-up of the best ways to visit cities in Europe for less

September 2007

  • Light the way

    Thirty minutes outside Gothenburg, the small town of Alingsås holds a yearly festival of lights.

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