Göteborg, 10-12 July

After 64 locks and probably the same number of opening bridges, we make it to Göteborg, a month after having entered the Göta Kanal in Mer on 15 June. It was an incredible experience!

Belisama at Lilla Bommens marina

Göteborg is the largest harbour in Scandinavia. With a long history of activity, Göteborg has a lot to offer...

The flagship of Göteborg is the Viking four-masted barque built in 1906. It is the largest sailing ship ever build in Scandinavia. Viking is one of the ten four-masted barques still existing. It is now permanently moored at Lilla Bommens as a hotel and a restaurant. 

View of Göteborg from Masthuggkyrkan

The Lilla Bommens guest harbour is the oldest harbour in Göteborg, from the early 1600s'. 

Evert Taube, on Jussi Björling place, next to Lilla Boomers marina

Göteborg has a lot to offer. We started with the Carl Milles Poseidon statue at the Museum of Art.

Poseidon by Carl Millés, in front of the museum of art

Below are detailed pictures of unicorns, faunes and tritons ornamenting the fountain of Poseidon by Carl Millés.

The Delaware monument was unveiled in 1938 in Willmington, Delaware, in memory of the first Swedish settlements in America. A copy of the monument wxas erected in 1958 in Göteborg, at the place where the Swedish migrants embarked for the journey to Delaware.

Masthuggskyrkan (Masthugg church) if located at the most prominent point of Göteborg, overseeing the Göta älv (river). It was built in 1908 in the national romantic style. 

The triptych with Jesus ascension, surrounded by Jesus' prayer battle in Gethsemane (left) and the crucifixion (right). 

 

The full-rigged Java votive ship.

The botanical garden

A small variety of the dahlias in the botanical garden

The rose garden, hosting 1200 different species of roses

Albert Edelfelt, At sea, 1883

Bruno Liljefors composition

Anders Zorn, Ute, 1888

Anders Zorn oil paintings: Rosita Mauri (left),1888 and Night effect (right), 1895

 

Carl Larsson water colours, 1894: Ulf and Pontus (left), Suzanne (center), Lisbeth (right)

  

Edvard Munch, the sick girl, 1896

Edvard Munch, the vampire, 1893

Below are a pictures of Per Hasselberg sculptures on display in the Göteborg Museum of Art.

The camera

The telephone

Farfadem and Snöklockan