
Museum of Gothenburg
See Äskekärrsskeppet, the only Viking ship exhibited in Sweden, alongside exhibits tracing Gothenburg’s history.
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124 places in Gothenburg where the past is the point. Updated November 2026.

See Äskekärrsskeppet, the only Viking ship exhibited in Sweden, alongside exhibits tracing Gothenburg’s history.
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Go to see the museum’s displays of Nordic birds, fossils and Olof Gylling’s 1920s dioramas.
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Go to see maritime exhibitions alongside aquariums with fish, seaweed forests and a living coral reef.
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Go to see how personal stories and objects connect Gothenburg’s healthcare history with wider changes in medicine and society.
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Follow the Fältstudier audio works to hear recorded stories at suggested locations in Gamlestaden.

Combine a visit to a historic garden with fika and a walk through beech forest to a nineteenth-century folly.
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See Gothenburg’s tram history through depot vehicles, period exhibits and a tram simulator with a 1950s driver’s console.
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The museum brings everyday objects and furniture from Lindome together in a former factory, with free admission.
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To follow radio technology from early crystal receivers and spark transmitters to modern digital radio and mobile phones.
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Visit to see the church that was a filming location for Andra akten.
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See Molin’s Bältespännarna sculpture in the park that takes its name from it.
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Go to see exotic plants in tropical warmth inside a glass-and-cast-iron building modelled on London’s Crystal Palace.
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See a wide range of plants in one garden, including collections from 130 countries and an arboretum in the adjoining nature reserve.
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Explore a submarine, a destroyer and a lighthouse vessel together at a museum on the quay.

See a Viking ship alongside exhibits tracing 12,000 years of Göteborg’s history.
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Take a guided tour of an 18th-century castle, then explore its gardens and cultural reserve.

Haga brings a historic streetscape, independent shops and cafés together in a district you can explore on foot.

Walk past more than twenty artworks while seeing Gothenburg’s former shipyard landscape and waterfront landmarks.

Go for the elevated view over Gothenburg’s harbour entrance, river and western rooftops.
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Updated 8 November 2026
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