Göteborg

Göteborg is Sweden's second largest city. It is situated on the West coast and has around 500.000 inhabitants. There are several yearly events of which Göteborg International Film Festival is one of the biggest and most important. For more information go to www.goteborg.com».

In The New York Times there is an interesting travel report about Göteborg, read it here».

Göteborg in numbers:

(From Göteborg & Co, more information here»)

481.410 inhabitants (Göteborg Region 872.155)
1 county governor
1 Poseidon statue
1 opera house
25 theatres
1 Feskekörka fish market
18 museums
50,000 trees
2 market halls
175 square metres of green space per citizen
207 trams
13 tramlines
2 airports
570 restaurants
4 restaurants with one star in the Michelin Guide Rouge
62,000 students
2 universities
1 national orchestra
6 Paddan sightseeing boats
6.560 hotel rooms with 12.796 hotel beds
56 hotels
2.232.000 overnight stays in hotels
704 room at Hotel Gothia Towers, the biggest hotel in Scandinavia
3.200.000 visitors to Liseberg Amusement Park and Christmas Market
5.000 roses in the Rose garden of Trädgårdsföreningen park
30.000 runners in Göteborg half marathon
150 shops in Nordstan shopping mall
157 cafés
6 archipelago passenger ferries and 3 harbour ferries
10.940 ship-moorings a year
2.650.000 ferry passengers a year
19 golf courses within 30 minutes by car

and last but not least:
1 the biggest film festival in Scandinavia: Göteborg International Film Festival