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Gothenburg (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ θ ən b ɜːr ɡ / ⓘ; [4] abbreviated Gbg; [5] [6] Swedish: Göteborg [jœtɛˈbɔrj] ⓘ) is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden.It is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.
Coat of arms of Gothenburg.The lion is symbolic of Götaland, [1] and its shield bears the Three Crowns, the national emblem of Sweden.. The history of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) begins with the foundation of the city in 1621, although by that time people had already been living in the area for thousands of years, since the Neolithic Period, and moreover there had already been a series of ...
Electrified. 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC. The West Link (Swedish: Västlänken) is an underground railway tunnel under construction in Gothenburg. The purpose of the project is to increase capacity and reduce travel times. Three new stations will be built – Gothenburg Grand Central, [4][5] Haga and Korsvägen – the latter two being underground stations.
Gothenburg fish market. Gothenburg Municipality (Göteborgs kommun or Göteborgs stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Gothenburg. When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863 the City of Gothenburg, founded and chartered in 1621, became a city ...
Gothenburg Central Station (Swedish: Göteborgs centralstation, Göteborg C) is the main railway station of Gothenburg and it is the oldest railway station in Sweden still in use. [1] The station serves 27 million passengers per year, [ 2 ] making it the second largest railway station in Sweden after Stockholm Central Station which it predates ...
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990 out of the Swedish death metal scene. Their lineup has changed several times, with vocalist Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte being the only consistent members since 1995. In Flames helped pioneer melodic death metal along with fellow ...
Götaplatsen. Coordinates: 57°41′49.8″N 11°58′46.5″E. Götaplatsen at night. Götaplatsen is a public square in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the southern end of Avenyn, the city's main boulevard. [1] The square was inaugurated when Gothenburg held a major international industrial exhibition, In 1923, celebrating the city's 300th anniversary.
The Gothenburg Botanical Garden is situated in a formerly completely rural area, where earlier a great country estate named Stora Änggården was located. The garden was initially funded by a donation from the Charles Felix Lindberg Foundation, in special memory of Charles Felix Lindberg [ sv ] himself. Lindberg was a Swedish businessman and ...