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In Sweden, the standard time is Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00; Swedish: centraleuropeisk tid). [1] Daylight saving time is observed from the last Sunday in March (02:00 CET) to the last Sunday in October (03:00 CEST). [2] Sweden adopted CET in 1900. [3]
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 ...
Sweden, [f] formally the Kingdom of Sweden, [g] [h] is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), [4] Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the fifth-largest country in Europe.
Gothenburg's largest shopping centre (8th largest in Sweden), Nordstan, is located in central Gothenburg. [102] The Haga district. Gothenburg's Haga district is known for its picturesque wooden houses [98] and its cafés serving the well-known Haga bulle – a large cinnamon roll similar to the kanelbulle. [103]
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (kommuner). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population. [needs update] The formal capital and seat of the governor of Västra Götaland County is Gothenburg.
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 municipality with an elected ...
Göteborg Landvetter Airport (IATA: GOT, ICAO: ESGG) also known as Gothenburg Landvetter Airport [3] [4] is an international airport serving the Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) region in Sweden. With just over 6.8 million passengers in 2018 it is Sweden's second-largest airport after Stockholm–Arlanda. [2] Landvetter is also an important ...
The Gothenburg quadricentennial jubilee (Swedish: Göteborg 2021) was originally scheduled to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2021 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the city. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden , organizers have postponed the celebrations to 2023, while a small-scale event will still take place in 2021. [ 1 ]