Get Swedish in Göteborg
1.**MERGE INTO INDUSTRIAL AGORAPHOBIA: RÖDA STEN**
We walk by the bank of the river Göta Älv approaching the Älvsborgs Bridge . The normal thing is to see cyclists and runners passing us on both sides and in all directions: here sport is a way of life. Everything is wide, the mouth of the river, the huge sidewalk, the distances... pure agoraphobia . Suddenly, we come across a graffiti cube behind which is a small skate park, it is Röda Sten, a center for contemporary art, a hipster meeting place and vintage cafe/restaurant with a very complete self-service menu. The plan is simple: a tour of the museum, a coffee and, on leaving, climb the hill just behind the skate park to see sunset from the heights of the city. You will not be the only one: total swedish plan.
The old electric where you can enjoy local art and graffiti
2. TASTE A 100% GOTHEN BURGER MENU
meatballs Large meatballs accompanied by mashed potatoes: this is what you have to order to make yourself a Swedish. If you also do it at ** Smaka ** (Vasaplatsen 3), doubly right: they are homemade, forceful, delicious and in addition to mashed potatoes, they are accompanied by lingonberries to make the perfect mix, the ultimate bite. To cry with pleasure. That yes, one arrives at the meat after having tasted the salted butters with different breads that greet you as soon as you sit at the table (and to serve with wooden pallets): the Portuguese touch of the "manteiga" as a starter is a real hoot.
Swedish Meatballs with Cranberries
prawn sandwiches . The second must to taste the Norwegian essence. All you need is a slice of bread with a butter base and the delicious prawns presiding over the sandwich: this is a good smørrebrød . Where to try it? The best known place (and the most expensive) is the restaurant in the **Gothia Towers, Heaven 23**, because while your mouth is watering with the prawns you enjoy an impressive view of the city, with the Amusement park presiding over the scene.
The 'mythical' smørrebrød
Eat in the market. But if you want to show off your knowledge worthy of a Gothenburger, you have to eat in the city's markets. The best known, “the fish church” , the Feskekorka that since 1874 serves the product of the day to take home or taste on the spot. Another essential, and the funniest, saluhallen , with countless places to eat from meatballs to lentils going through the mythical shrimp sandwich (but more affordable than the one in the Gothia Towers and, what the hell, more authentic.
Saluhallen Market
3. YOU WILL LOVE COFFEE ABOVE ALL THINGS
And its most faithful companion, the cinnamon cake, there called kanelbulle . The city is full of cafes, all of them endearing, appetizing, perfect for a moment of rest or gossip with friends. Da Matteo takes the honors for the specialness of the place, both that of its cafeteria in Vallgatan (a large space with direct passage through their ovens where they make bread and pastries) like the one in victoriapassagen (in the bowels of Gothenburg houses) .
It is also essential to walk through the neighborhood of the artists and craftsmen, Make, and go for coffee in an ecological store and in a second-hand market. Here it is Le Petit Cafe , a Frenchified name for a chic and very bohemian atmosphere. Its terrace is one of the most beautiful in Haga Nygatan and in summer it becomes essential. Another great area to practice caffeine is Majorna, a beautiful neighborhood , of typical Swedish colored houses, tidy, friendly for walking and full of young families. Much more residential and quiet where you can find the ** Café Zenit ** and the essential Cum Pane , for bread- lovers .
For pan-lovers in the Majorna neighborhood
Four. BECOME A BREWERY HIPSTER
When you walk through Göteborg you will notice something different in its people, in its style, in how tattooing is a way of life and aesthetics, a motto of life. But if there is a hipster and beer epicenter, that is the street Andra Langgatan , a place with a maximum : drinking craft beer between beards, braids, tattoos and septums.
The essential addresses to enjoy the local barley on this same street are rover (American style diner specializing in hamburgers and with a selection of more than 30 Scandinavian and American beers, such as Ocean, from the city itself or Ballast Point from San Diego), Publik Café (with a very original selection, almost signature , like the Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout from Boonville, California, all in the company of a DJ who spins with vinyl) and Brygghuset (the exotic beer tap as a way of life and the long beard of the bartenders as an attraction).
Publik: vinyls, beards, Elvis and beers
5. KNOW ITS SECRETS
There are two essential, relaxed, perfect plans that you have to do if you step foot in Göteborg. The first has a strong local flavour: it runs through the Kulturreservatet Gatenhielmska , a hill in the Majorna neighborhood whose houses date from the 18th and 19th centuries, the oldest in the city that are still preserved, intact. But in this coquettish zone only artists live : it is the premise to be able to choose to rent one of these centennial houses, having created art in honor of the city of Göteborg, be it a book or a sculpture.
Kulturreservatet Gatenhielmska
The other plan is to spend the whole day relaxing, on our own and at the rhythm of the waves: a getaway to the archipelago. Stÿrso It is one of the largest islands, but no less peaceful for that. It has the benefit of offering lonely viewpoints and hidden rocks where to rest from the world observing the calm waters and listening to pure natural silence.
On the island there are only neighbors, among them many children, motorcycles adapted to tour the island, Swedish design houses, traditional Swedish coastal houses and cats. paradise, wow . When you feel like going back to the real world, your restaurant, Bratten's Wardshus , will reward you with an impressive beef burger with all the sauces imaginable and homemade potatoes. You will shed a tear of taste pleasure while you watch the sunset sipping your Ocean.
Stÿrso
6. MUSIC, PARTY, NIGHT AND MORE MUSIC
The city's love for music is evident. Götaplatsen is the square of culture : around the sculpture of Poseidon rise the great epicenters of Gothenburg culture (the Gothenburg Concert Hall , the Gothenburg Museum of Art, the Gothenburg City Theater and the Municipal Library) . But the musical notes go further, until Göteborg Operan, the grand opera, built in 1994. Here it is normal for children, young people and adults to get together to enjoy a classical music concert but... And what about rock?
Göteborg has two great music and night spots in the city. Avenyn, the area with the highest concentration of pubs, concert halls, bars and cafes in the city and our beloved Andra långgatan, which cannot be missing. So we come across three big clubs, the kind that (strange thing in Göteborg) close after 3 in the morning.
It is the case of Yaki-Da , an entire house converted into a FIESTA (and a luxurious restaurant on its top floor) . You can find yourself in a stately room where a DJ plays rap and hip hop music behind a grand piano that could be heard in the New York Bronx; or you can opt for the large pop music room... Here his thing is to get lost and not miss that flirty mini stage on the top floor where every night some local group plays in a small format.
The place to be
Another essential, Pustervik (at Järntorgsgatan 12), here you can play a game of basketball (really) as well as participate in a dance contest, in a theme party or simply enjoy the concerts that are scheduled or dance until you feel throw out
A little more out of hand lies Linne Terrassa which, as can be deduced from its name, is located in the Linné neighborhood and boasts of having one of the busiest, most beautiful and fun terraces in the city. Summer is all yours.
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Tram in Göteborg in front of the Opera