Gothenburg Self Guided Tour of Canons and Canals
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Explore Gothenburg on a self-guided audio walk through secret kings, daring smugglers, remarkable inventions, and hidden stories.
Highlights
Stand where a founder's statue had to be cast three separate times
Piece together the night a four-year-old was secretly made king behind locked gates
Spot the painted gnomes, then hear how a local invention ended up left on the Moon
Pause before a young diplomat's portrait and learn how he vanished after saving thousands
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English | French | German | Spanish | Italian | Dutch | Polish | Russian | Portuguese
Duration
2 hours and 30 minutes
Itinerary
Gustav Adolfs Torg
Stand before a founder's statue that had to be cast three separate times.
Christinae Church
Step inside the merchants' church and learn why a fifth of the city once spoke German.
East India House (Museum of Gothenburg)
Uncover how a bankrupt exile built an empire smuggling tea past the British crown.
Kronhuset
Piece together the night a four-year-old was secretly made king behind locked gates.
Franska Tomten
Search this quiet square for any trace of the colony Sweden traded it for.
Stenpiren
Trace the riverfront where shipyards once rose and fell, and a ship first sailed for America.
Gothenburg Cathedral
Look up at arches an architect was too afraid to watch open.
Stora Saluhallen
Follow the ironwork from a shipyard's prime into a market built over old ramparts.
Kungsportsplatsen
Decode the nickname Gothenburgers gave a king's statue, and why it's wrong twice over.
Bältespännarna
Encounter two bronze rivals bound together for a duel with no way out.
The Avenyn
Cross the boulevard Gothenburg built to rival Paris, and hear about its cheeky sea god.
Tomtehuset
Spot the painted gnomes, then hear how Gothenburg's engineers ended up leaving cameras on the Moon.
Raoul Wallenberg Monument
Pause before the face of a young diplomat who vanished after saving thousands.
Haga Church
Notice a humble brick church, then find a cathedral silhouette that's actually a fish market.
Haga Nygata
Compare timber house fronts born from a governor's stubborn loophole around the fire laws.
Skansen Kronan
Climb toward a fortress built for a battle that never actually came.
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