Collage is a restaurant in Gothenburg led by chef Stefan Karlsson, according to Visit Sweden. Its description connects the restaurant to bistros in Paris and New York. The listing says the menu is “out of the ordinary” and describes the drinks as “dreamlike”; those are its characterisations. It also says the restaurant brings the charm of Montmartre together with the energy of New York’s Meatpacking District.

The premises have had several uses over roughly 200 years. Visit Sweden says the building has been a cigar factory, a wine warehouse and a glass and china shop. The history places Collage in a building previously used for manufacturing, storage and retail. The listing describes the venue as offering “buzz into the wee hours”. For visitors, the description presents a meal and drinks visit with the building’s past as part of the setting. It frames the restaurant through both its bistro influences and the changing uses of its premises.