Gothenburg, Sweden Travel Blogs

Gothenburg
Jan 31, 2005 (7 photos)

... and playing recorders. We had our fill and moved onto the Sky Bar for a quick beer. Marvelous views of a snow covered Gothenburg by night. Then down to the legendary Dancin' Dingo bar. It was packed solid. Apparently it was pay week and everyone was ...

Swinging in Sweden
Nov 28, 2003

... banters of "you idiot"! Well, when I saw the customs guy at first, this was not a bad result compared to the alternative. Gothenburg, a city of about 50,000 people I think, really nice place and really good bars! I could tell you that the next day we ...

The Dancing Dingo
Dec 16, 2002 (5 photos)

... with 2 Swedish girls, Jessica and Louise, and a French girl, Liz. As Ryanair had another special, we bought a flight to Sweden, to discover Gothenburg and to see Jessica. Plus, there was the added advantage of being able to go to another Aussie bar, The ...

Return to the Dingo
Jan 31, 2005 (6 photos)

In the words of our Lord We went to Gothenburg again Lucy went ice skating again We went to the Dancing Dingo again We got rolling drunk again I had another hangover again And that is all I am going to say about that

Living in a wee Zoo
Aug 22, 2005 (2 photos)

Only a few days in Goteborg with Chris' old school mate Phil, who we met in Sydney. We're sharing a flat with him and his girlfriend, a fiesty Rottweiler-Doberman cross that's just urinated all over the flat and a mad parrot that's currently sitting on my ...

Tunnel Vision!
Aug 19, 2008

... access at McDonald's wasn't available until after 10. So I left Copenhagen without knowing exactly where the hostel was. I arrive in Gothenburg and stop at an information booth to see if they know how to get to this hostel. The information booth was closed ...

This & That in Gothenburg!
Aug 21, 2008 (8 photos)

... chatted with Nick. So no matter where I am, I am always in contact with family. Isn't technology awesome!   -Touring Gothenburg. Laundry clean, I decided to head into town...during rush hour. The hostel is about 9 kms from the center of town. ...

Gothenburg
Jul 26, 2007 (4 photos)

... parking space much easier than in Lund. Horrifyingly, this was the first time we needed to pay for any parking during the holiday! Gothenburg centre is a nice compact size - about a half hour walk across it. Again, a good mix of new and old buildings. ...

Moving on to Gothenburg
Apr 9, 2008 (2 photos)

... at 5.30am and had breakfast at the hotel, packed up our bags and walked to the central station to catch the train to Gothenburg. Waited until platform for train was posted and then waited at the platform. No info on where we had to be on the platform ...

Jun 03, 2009
Jun 3, 2009 (91 photos)

Walking Tour of Gothenburg
Apr 10, 2008 (7 photos)

Got up at 8.30am and went to breakfast at the hotel. We then went on a walking tour around Gothenburg starting at Kungsportsplatsen square which was mostly a construction site covered in scaffolding. We walked down to Saluhallen, the market place ...

Crying in the Rain
Aug 2, 2008

Took a rainy train from Oslo to Gothenburg.  We are staying at a hostel in Dalagarda - a very odd place which I can only describe as a hostel in a hospital beside an out of town shopping centre.  quite nice though, if institutional.  It ...

Gothenburg
Jul 10, 2004

... , constant rain will be our lasting impression of this city, and the basis of a swooping generalisation over the whole of Sweden... jolly good! Gothenburg scores... a lowly 4/10 I'm afraid. It wasn't good. It wasn't bad. The weather wasn't kind to it. ...

Goteborg
Jul 3, 2006 (4 photos)

In Gothenburg we went up the "lipstick tower" as well as exploring the Botanic Gardens.

Leaving Gothenburg
Apr 11, 2008

Got up at 7.15am and had breakfast at the hotel. Checked out and caught train to Stockholm. Train trip took about 3 hours and we were given coffee, coke and sandwiches on the train.

Visits with Olson's and Saxin's
Jun 15, 2007 (13 photos)

We're still a bit uncertain about our Oslo - Gothenburg transportation and I'm wanting to get to the rail / bus station as soon as we can to be assured of exactly how we'll get to Gothenburg.  Our host took us to an Oslo suburb station called Sandvika ...

24 Hours from Kvikkjokk
Aug 3, 2008

... a good breakfast and chores (25 pound fine if you didn't clean your room) we left the institution for an explore of Gothenburg. Abandoned the novelty of going to the Volvo museum as the transport was so frustrating, and went to Slottskogsparken for a ...

On to the Saxin's in Gothenburg
Jan 4, 2008 (10 photos)

... of Church worship is the fellowship and the bonding that takes place. Off to the train station and on to Gothenburg or Goteburg as they say here. This is Sweden's second largest city located on the west coast. It's the home of Volvo. We leave at 10: ...

Searching for Sven
May 30, 2006

... middle of nowhere and no other jets in sight. We've spent the day searching for what we were sure were some hidden gems in Gothenburg, but alas, none to be found. Instead we decided to take on the unenviable task of trying to find the seedy part of this ...

Dancing with Linnea and Pelle -KC
Sep 15, 2005 (3 photos)

Met Linnea and Pelle my second time in Oz. They were exchange students studying in Melbourne. And they were also dancers! We got along great!! Went to visit them in Sveeden and had a great time with them! Linnea is a wonderful cook! Yum!!

Just passing through!
Aug 29, 2009

The information about this stop is contained in the last post and this is just being used as a place marker......

Sabbath at the Saxin's
Jan 5, 2008 (1 photos)

... . Then the night goes on and on and on and it's not really that late. After dinner three of us went into Gothenburg for a visit. Afterwards I called up to Norway and a brand new person receiving the Good News wants to know more about the Church and ...

West Coast Riot
Jun 28, 2008

25.6 - 27.6.2008                               Göteborg. Ruotsi. Ei jäänyt epäselväksi mikä on ...

Swingin Sweden
Jun 9, 2007

... and told us that when we came back through Gothenberg that we could stop by his place for some more coffee and a chat. Morale in Sweden was definitely on the up, and we headed on for the old town. We stumbled upon some party of some kind with, what ...

Damn the diving is cold in Scandinavia...
Oct 14, 2006 (9 photos)

... I haven't been diving in Scandinavia the last 2 years. Orust is a rather large island 45 minutes by car from Gothenburg. It's the loveliest place, very picturesque, with great scenery of the coast as well as farmlands. There are horses, free roaming ...

Traveling around Sweden a bit
Nov 9, 2005

I booked my flight to Barcelona intentionally out of Gothenburg, so I would have the opportunity to explore a bit of Western Sweden. I took the train to Gothenburg for the day...i'll finish updating soon...

Last day of a phenomenal trip to Europe
Jan 24, 2007 (20 photos)

... .  We know that Paul and Kira will put them to good use and that this will speed up conversions in Sweden!  We got the Gothenburg library exactly 4:30 pm. Mr. Bernt Saxin and his son Stefan who attends Gothenburg University then drove me to their ...

Cold Göteborg, what a shock
Feb 20, 2007

Testing

Dzien 1 - Goteborg, Szwecja
Jul 31, 2009 (8 photos)

Dolecielismy  - wszyscy zdolalismy wstac o niewyobrazalnej dla normalnego czlowieka porze (przed 4:00) i dzieki umiejetnosciom pilota wyladowalismy delikatnie na plycie lotniska City Airport w Goteborgu, mimo szalejacego na zewnatrz wiatru. I tu ...

Ostatnie atrakcje
Aug 14, 2009 (13 photos)

Tego dnia mielismy odpoczywac... ale bez namysłu szybko zgodziliśmy sie na kolejne kilometry w samochodzie i podróz do miasteczka rodem z Dzikiego Zachodu - High Champarral.