Explore Gothenburg

Gothenburg Cathedral, also called Gustavi Cathedral, is the seat of the Church of Sweden's bishop of Gothenburg. The present neoclassical church by Carl Wilhelm Carlberg replaced a building lost in the fire of 1802; it was consecrated in 1815 and its tower finished in 1825. Inside, white and gold Empire fittings surround an 18th-century altar saved from the fire.

Trädgårdsföreningen is a 19th-century park in central Gothenburg between the Vallgraven moat and Nya Allén, founded in 1842 on the initiative of the amateur botanist Henric Elof von Normann. Its centrepiece is the Palm House, a glass and iron greenhouse from 1878; the park also holds the Gothenburg Rosarium with several thousand roses, lawns, cafés and sculptures.

Feskekörka, Gothenburg dialect for 'fish church', is an indoor fish market hall on the Rosenlund Canal, opened in 1874 to designs by city architect Victor von Gegerfelt. Its steep roofs and tall pointed windows recall a neo-Gothic church. Under the open timber roof are fish and seafood counters, and the hall also holds several restaurants and a bar.

Skansen Kronan is a redoubt on the Risåsberget hill above the Haga district, designed by Erik Dahlbergh and built from 1687 to keep attackers from placing artillery above Gothenburg. The octagonal stone tower, with walls four to five metres thick, is topped by a gilded crown. The interior is a function venue; the hilltop with its cannons is open to walk around.

The Gothenburg Botanical Garden covers about 175 hectares around the Stora Änggården estate, most of it the Änggårdsbergen nature reserve with an arboretum. Opened in stages from 1919 and inaugurated in 1923, its cultivated part of some 40 hectares holds a large rock garden, the Japanese Glade and rhododendron collections. The greenhouses are being rebuilt.