Gothenburg — City in Västergötland, Sweden. Leave Gothenburg after breakfast, explore a European city, and fly home the same evening — no hotel, no overnight.
Gothenburg ( GOTH-ən-burg; Swedish: Göteborg [jœtəˈbɔrj] ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden 400 km from the capital, it is the gubernatorial seat of Västra Götaland County, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area. King Gustavus Adolphus founded Gothenburg by royal charter in 1621 as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony. In addition to the generous privileges given to his Dutch allies during the ongoing Thirty Years' War, e.g.
Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) is Sweden's second largest city with 600,000 inhabitants, and about 1 million in the metropolitan area. The city lies on Sweden's West Coast, at the outlet of the Göta River. Gothenburg has a long industrial heritage, which is still present with companies such as the Volvo, as well as Scandinavia's largest port. The city hosts numerous national and international sporting and music events such as Gothia Cup, Partille Cup and Way Out West. Gothenburg is also home to the largest amusement park in the Nordics, Liseberg.
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Gothenburg — City in Västergötland, Sweden.
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