Founded: |
1621 |
| Number of inhabitants: | 501,429 |
| Area: | 450 square kilometres |
| Largest companies: | Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks, Astra Zeneca, Ericsson |
| Airports: | Landvetter Airport and Göteborg City Airport |
| International ferry links: | Denmark (Fredrikshavn) and Germany (Kiel) |
| Docks: | Scandinavia’s largest, which handles 185 million tons of goods each year. |
| Universities: | The University of Gothenburg and Chalmers Technological University. |
| Number of students: | 60,000 |
| Cultural attractions: | Opera, symphony orchestra, 20 museums, 54 art galleries |
| Libraries: | 27 across all city districts |
| Hotels: | 63 with a total of 7,640 rooms |
| Hotel stays (nights): | 2,632,000 per year, including 811,000 international guests. |
| Restaurants: | 668 including 5 with stars in the Michelin Guide |
| Number of visitors to Liseberg Amusement Park: |
2,825,000 per year including 550,000 at the Christmas market |
… over 100 languages are spoken in Göteborg’s schools
… the level of education in Göteborg increases every year – over 40% of the population are university graduates.
… Norwegian, German, and British visitors are the most common hotel guests in Göteborg.
… Göteborg’s fishing harbour turns over around a quarter of a billion Swedish crowns every year.
… car traffic within the city of Göteborg decreased by 5.9%, according to the latest figures – mainly due to the ring road around the city centre.
… Göteborg has 7,000 municipal mooring points for small boats.
… Göteborg issues the most academic exams in the whole of Sweden.
… the 86-year-old amusement park, Liseberg, in the centre of Göteborg, is the Nordic countries largest attraction and is open a good 160 days of the year.
… Göteborg has an annual film festival which attracts 140,000 visitors.
… of Göteborg’s half a million inhabitants, over 20% were born abroad.
… the head office of the world’s largest ferry line, Stena, is in Göteborg.
… Göteborg redeveloped its old shipyards on the northern banks of the Göta River to an area for modern accommodation and high-tech research and development companies.
… Göteborg annually hosts the world’s largest youth football tournament, Gothia Cup, which draws 35,000 young footballers, both boys and girls, from around the globe.
… Göteborg has the Nordic countries largest hospital, Sahlgrenska, with up to 3000 beds.
Göteborg is arranging three informal council meetings during its half-year period as Chair of the EU. A further 20 or so EU-meetings in total are being arranged in Göteborg and Västra Götaland.
Are you interested in conducting an interview? Sustainable development is a common theme among representatives from politics, academia, and trade and industry in Göteborg and Västra Götaland.
Are you interested in going on a study visit? We’re pleased to offer the chance to study a range of things from biogas production to recycling, among other things.
