Museum
The Museum of World Culture
Go to encounter objects and stories from across the world alongside exhibitions on historic and current issues.
Göteborg
Design and architecture in Gothenburg
89 places in Gothenburg for Swedish design and architecture. The Museum of World Culture, The Gothenburg Cathedral and Göteborgs Remfabrik top the list. Updated November 2026.
Design and architecture in Gothenburg
Activity
The Gothenburg Cathedral
Go to see the cathedral’s Neoclassical interior, including its gold altarpiece and sculpted angels.
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Museum
Göteborgs Remfabrik
See textile machinery in a factory that the museum says was left as it was when production stopped in 1977.
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Attraction
Masthuggskyrkan
Go for the elevated views over Gothenburg’s harbour, river and rooftops.
Göteborg
Activity
Örgryte nya kyrka
To see the restored neo-Gothic interior and its two organs, including a north-German baroque organ.
Göteborg
Activity
Hagakyrkan
Go to see Adolf W. Edelsvärd’s design and, if a service, concert or event suits your visit, attend it at the church.
Göteborg
Activity
Annedalskyrkan
See the church’s south-facing chancel, an unusual arrangement compared with the east-facing chancels typical of Swedish churches.
Göteborg
Activity
Vasakyrkan
Go to see the church’s Neo-Romanesque architecture and the Ascension mural in its chancel.
Göteborg
Activity
Oscar Fredriks kyrka
Go to see the church’s Neo-Gothic interior, including its painted choir and historic organ.
Göteborg
Museum
The Röhsska Museum
Go to see how design and craft are presented across periods and regions, including in an open storage display of more than 500 chairs.
Göteborg
Museum
Radiomuseet
To follow radio technology from early crystal receivers and spark transmitters to modern digital radio and mobile phones.
Göteborg
Nature
The Palmhouse
Go to see exotic plants in tropical warmth inside a glass-and-cast-iron building modelled on London’s Crystal Palace.
Göteborg
Activity
Härliga Haga
Haga brings a historic streetscape, independent shops and cafés together in a district you can explore on foot.
Activity
Masthuggskyrkan
Go for the elevated view over Gothenburg’s harbour entrance, river and western rooftops.
Activity
Mysiga Majorna
Go to explore a Gothenburg district where historic architecture, independent shops and food venues sit within walking distance of one another.
Activity
Världskulturmuseet
Go to encounter objects, stories and voices from different parts of the world in one museum.
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Activity
Gothenburg City Theatre
Go to see a performance in a theatre whose listed 1934 building combines 1920s classicism and 1930s functionalism.
Göteborg
Activity
Hagabadet
Go for a spa visit in Art Nouveau-style bathing areas at a bathhouse founded in 1876.
Göteborg
Museum
Kortedala Museum
See original furniture and personal belongings arranged in a reconstructed two-room home representing a young family’s dwelling between 1955 and 1966.
Göteborg
Venue
Scandinavium
Go to see a concert or sporting event at an arena that hosts international championships as well as Frölunda HC matches.
Göteborg
How this list is made
Ranked by the Herald score: recognition (guides, heritage, visitor numbers, the tourism boards), interest from abroad (English Wikipedia), what Sweden Herald readers rate and read, how recently the facts were checked, and the editors. Nothing a place pays changes its place in the list.
We do not have enough reader ratings for these places yet, so for now the order rests on the outside signs and on how much the world looks for each place. Ratings will count once readers have given them.
Updated 8 November 2026
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