Five Appealing Tours in Gothenburg Sweden
February 3rd, 2011
Gothenburg is Sweden’s second largest city, located on the west coast of Sweden. This is a city of one of the best tourist destinations in Sweden. If you have the opportunity to come to this city, maybe you can read the first few points of interest in Gothenburg following.
1. Liseberg amusement park
Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg is the largest amusement park in Scandinavia. This park is a pleasant place for all ages. Here you can enjoy the concerts of popular artists who provide musical entertainment with exotic flowers as background colors. This park is open daily from May to August (last weekend in April and September / October). Special in December, you can enjoy typical Swedish Christmas market and horse riding. The entry ticket price SEK 55 (approximately $7.9, 00)
2. Slottsskogen
Slottsskogen literally means “jungle fortress.” In Slottsskogen, you can visit the natural museum of historical Gothenburg (Naturhistoriska Museet), children’s zoo (Barnens Zoo), and the family zoo (Djurgardarna). You also do not miss feeding the seals at 2 pm local time. This park is also home to the city’s oldest observatory. On casual days, you can go to the grass area for sunbathing and picnic or play miniature golf shady forests between Gothenburg. Some entertainment such as folk dances and popular concerts can also be your nikilometerati here. You do not need to spend money to come here.
3. Botaniska Tradgarden (Botanical Garden)
Gothenburg Botanical Garden is the largest of its kind in Sweden with a total area of 175 hectares (ca 430 ha) which is largely a nature preserve. Botanical garden located at the Carl Slottbergs Gata 22A is home to more than 12,000 plant species. Here also there is a bamboo grove, herb garden, a Japanese valley, a stone garden, greenhouse with exotic, and so forth. This botanical garden is a beautiful place, unique, and relaxing with lots of places to sit and rest. If you want to visit this place you have to provide money to SEK 20 (approximately $2.9, 00)
4. Southern Gothenburg Archipelago
Southern Gothenburg Archipelago lies off the coast of Gothenburg and completely free of cars. This archipelago has 5,000 permanent residents and 6000 residents in the summer. In Norse saga, this archipelago is called Elfarsker (“River Island”), which has the mouth of the river Göta Alv there. The islands are very famous as the location for the duel in the Viking era. There are several beautiful islands for water play atupun visit in South Gothenburg archipelago is but the most popular are Aspero, Styrso and Vrango. As a suggestion, you can menikilometerati boat tour around this area.
5. Kungsportsavenyn (“Avenyn”)
Kungsportsavenyn, commonly known as “Avenyn” (meaning “Avenue”), is the main street in Gothenburg, Sweden. This is the city’s most popular street for shopping and restaurants of all price ranges. With a total length of about 0.6 miles, this region stretches from the waters at the edge of the old city of Gothenburg and ended at the plaza Gotaplatsen. In this area you can also find the Museum of art and culture of Gothenburg. Because of the size and popularity, Kungsportsavenyn is easily found in the Gothenburg city center.