My Gothenburg Experiment turned into something of an unexpected surprise...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ค. 2023
- What's it like to be dropped in a new city with ZERO knowledge, research or planning? In this video I wake up in Gothenburg, Sweden and try to find my way around without the help of maps, reviews, sense of direction, or any real idea of how things will turn out. And what I find is, in my mind anyway, probably the PERFECT city!
Hi, I’m Steve, a travel reviewer from Scotland. Join me on my adventures as I discover my own country, often visiting places for the first time, so hopefully it's as much of an eye-opener for you as it is for me! Don't expect expert opinion, just a very honest journey of discovery. Sometimes featuring my intrepid sidekick Alicja, sometimes featuring adventures beyond the borders of Scotland. Enjoy!
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Do I live in Gothenburg? Yes. Did I just watch a 33 minute video of someone walking around my town, to places I have been to? Yes. Was it a waste of my time? Absolutely not. Love seeing my city from a fresh pair of eyes!
Haha thank you! :)
Yes! Me too..loved it!
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Travellers’ eyes are see everything anew.
A beautiful city and fell in love with that island, think I could move there too.
Loved the first hotel room
Actually there is a strong connection - some of the most influencual familys in Gothenburg in the past, Chalmers, Keiller and Carnegie were scotts. They built à lot of things there. Chalmers University of technology is located in Gothenburg and is ranked as one of the best engineering universitys in the world and the founder was scottish! There were a lot of other scottish merchants and entrepeneurs there to, especially between 1600-1800.
Don't forget the Dicksons (whom also were Scottish originally.) Steve walks past one of their old brick apartment buildings during the Haga segment. There's a whole bunch of brick buildings very remeniscient of British-style architecture in nearby Annedal which used to belong to the Dickson Foundation (originally built to house low-income workers), but are now privately owned I believe and quite expensive.
And the early Scots settlement of the city lead to the rolling R's of the Gothenburg accent and names like Glenn and Morgan being far more common in the area
@@lennyvalentin6485 gothenburg is called little london ;) due to british influence 1700-1800s (also some slight dutch style buildings)
And going back further Swedes used long boats to visit Scotland.
Ups, Carefully, this is Europe`s Bagdad...
As a Swede living in Gothenburg it’s so nice seeing it from your perspective! I love my city, but since I’ve been living here for a time it’s easy to forget how beautiful it really is, since it becomes everyday life. So refreshing seeing it through your eyes!
Thanks so much Christoffer! I had a wonderful day (so Johan I can't agree with you!)
@@user-lr9mo9my6j no point in educating you, as you've clearly made your mind up. And first point of bringing up 100kr beers says one thing; You've not even been to gothenburg.
@Johan dahlin Well, you can always leave .......?
@Johan dahlin Ok bud, dont think its me thats full of hate tho.
Comments like Johan’s tells you something about the person, he has never lived anywhere else. Move somewhere else for five years or so and then you’ll get an appreciation of what a fantastic country you live in.
3:40
Here's the text translated to English =)
"The Nordics' largest sailing ship!
The barque Viking was built in 1906 at Burmeister & Wain's shipyard in Copenhagen and has sailed to countries such as Australia, South Africa and Great Britain. At 108 metres, it is still the largest sailing vessel built in the Nordics. For many years the ship was used as a seamen's school and since 1957 it has had Lilla Bommen as its home address.
In 2021, The barque Viking took a well-deserved vacation at Falkvarv in Falkenberg. There, the hull, bottom, mast and rig were painted and new technology was installed. The shipyard visit was part of an extensive renovation of the ship that is ongoing between 2019-2021, where the entire wooden deck is also being redone."
THank you!
Thank you SO much for doing this!!!!
@@steve-marsh 👍
Thank you for the info!
Thank you very much 👍
Kronan is one of two forts protecting the old town of Gothenburg. As they built the town they realised that the two hills around it would be a dangerous place of attack on the city. So they built Kronan and the other one named Lejonet (The Lion) to protect the city from seiges.
Thanks so much for this!
There's even a secret passage underground built to smuggle weapons and ammunition between the two forts in case of a Danish attack, it goes right under Haga where you were walking.
Speaking of Haga, you were smack in the middle of it and missed the Haga bulle! It's a massive Swedish cinnamon bun only available in the Haga district. Maybe next time, eh?
@@njorun1829oh, I did not know about the tunnel, cool!
Skansen Kronan and Lejon are redoubts. The Old Town was the main fortress. In Haga you walked on Kaponjärgatan which was a caponier between the main fortress and the redoubt. It also had a moat that was filled and turned into a street when Haga was built, 18th century.
Hi Steve! Gothenburg resident here. The boats you passed in 4:41-4:58 is actually all part of a ship museum called ”Maritiman”. I happen to work there, and you can go inside some old warships there (including the big grey destroyer ship), and we even have a submarine (sadly closed for the time being).
I’m sorry to tell you that the big red light ship is going to be destroyed due to it currently being to expensive for the museum to repair. If you happen to have 2 million sek laying about, we’d be happy to save her, but there is a similar one in Stockholm being preserved, so we have little choice. But if you’d like to visit the museum sometime, you are welcome aboard!
Oh that's sad to hear, they will all be gone one day, but yes, that's a lot of money and difficult decisions have to be made I guess! Thanks for the info, would love to come back and spend some proper time there rather than just making a video :)
Warms a Göteborgers heart to see this depiction and of appretiation for our city. Sometimes we who live here are too stern to Göteborg because of the trafficjams, the suburbs and all the constructionworks that's going on all the time. Easy to forget the good parts of Majorna, Slottskogen, Götaplatsen, Liseberg, the tramsystem and the closeby archipelago. Thanks for sharing
Thanks so much, absolutely loved your city!
Can’t wait to visit👌🏻
Scottish workers in Gothenburg were some of the first football players in Sweden. The oldest football club, Örgryte IS, fielded seven Scottish players in the first football match in Sweden in 1892. Örgryte today has got an away kit inspired by the Scottish national teams' kit.
Fantastic info, cheers!
You mentioned how you liked that the islands felt like a community and not overly exploited and turned into summer homes. I believe one major reason is that until 1997 they were under military restrictions and off-limits to non-citizens.
Oh man, I get kinda mad at myself watching this... I've lived in Gothenburg all my life but I've always struggled to appreciate it. It's so different seeing it from an outside view.
PS: The food is a funny one too. Finding Swedish restaurants is often harder than finding Italian, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Thai, American or Chinese ones.
Cheers Carl! Thanks to your city for giving me such a great day !
True. Eating out at restaurants is not part of the Nordic culture. One have to either go to a large factory canteen or place serving lunch "dagens" with a bunch of worker/electrician/plumber vans outside to experience the local kitchen.
Yeah, about the food I would say swedes eat Swedish food at home, but when they/we go out we want something more "exotic" or special than the usual food at home. Unless it is lunch in a place with a lot of workers, yes.
There is a Scottish connection with Gothenburg. A shipping line called ‘The Wilson Line’ started by a Scot to ship coal to Sweden and timber back to Scotland. I worked for that company, which became a global logistics company, and travelled to the HQ in Gothenburg many many times. Lovely city and I hope I can get back there one day soon.
Superb info, thanks so much!
Gothenburg is also known for names names like Johnny, Conny, Larry, Danny, Tommy, Kenneth, Dennis, Kenny etc and the name that Gothenburg is most known for is... GLEN. When IFK Gothenburg won the UEFA cup back in 1986 there were 4 Glens in IFK Gothenburg team.
These names came from Scots working in Gothenburg back in the days. These names are first names here in Gothenburg and not nick names.
@@anklepick9524 They must have been going about having sex with alot of ladys!
I enjoyed that tremendously. Thanks a lot.
Moved to Gothenburg from UK in 2006. Never looked back. Fantastic city, perfect blend of industry, beauty and leisure.
Some of the most prominent men in Gothenburg's history were Scots. They came during the 18th and 19th century when Gothenburg was known to be a city were you could try your luck and there was a good chance you would succeed if you were industrious, even without connections, unlike Stockholm. It was also home to the East India Company, so the city was big on merchandise and business.
The richest man in Sweden at one point was a Dickson. In his palace he installed the first water closet in Sweden, which he demonstrated to the king when he was visiting once. He built the first public library (first in Scandinavia!), open and free for all, and left a lot of money to help the poor.
Chalmers University of Technology is world-renowned. Keiller owned the tallest mountain (which you can see across the water in the beginning of the video) and left it to the public to be made into a park. (A fun fact about that mountain, it's called Ramberget (Ram mountain). A local boy left for America and took some apple seeds with him. He changed his name to Rambo, meaning Ram resident. The Rambo apple later inspired a writer to name his protagonist Rambo.) The Campbells, Halls and Carnegies were other very prominent families.
There were three main waves of Scots coming to Gothenburg. You didn´t mention the first, Scotish soliders that manned the fortress in the 17th century.
Glad to see that you made the trip out to the islands, most tourists seem to miss them. The archipelago of the west coast is truly stunning!
I just stumbled across you video.. And I must say, it was so heartwarming to see. I live in Gothenburg myself and It was just wonderful to join you on this travel, to see my city with new eyes again. I am so happy for you that you got to see Gothenburg really from its best side! :) Thank you for the beautiful video!
Thanks so much for having such a wonderful, welcoming city!
I've wanted to go to Sweden for a while and this has just re affirmed why. It looks stunning and so peaceful.
I think it might be my new favourite country!
Stockholm is a must do! It's my favourite city!
The Swedish west coast is lovely for sure. Many nice little coastal villages along it.
Lmao I can just say that as a Swede I don’t get the hype at all
@@alfatejpblind6498 as someone who lives in the english countryside, it baffles to as to why people from Asia come to visit my town. It's so random
Another native Gothenburg person here and I just wanted to add how amazed I was to see you found pretty much the only place in the city center with meatballs, I saw that you were near it and literally cheered in front of my screen when you found it. 😂 They are slightly above your standard lunch menu prices (nothing outrageous though) but I imagine they fall into the tourist trap category a bit.
Also if you like boats, in addition to the Maritiman museum you should try to catch Ostindiefararen Götheborg whenever it's not out sailing, it's a replica of a 1800's ship built entirely by traditional methods.
I think Styrsö and Donsö are the most populated islands (they even have the bridge haha), the rest of us city folk tend to only go out on day trips to have picnics and go bathing. My family has a tradition of going to Vrångö every year, there there are some houses next to the ferry but then the rest of the island is a nature reserve so there is quite a variety between the islands!
I don't know if you did but it's ok to go inside most churches during opening hours and have a look around.
Also, the oldest 1970 trams are reaching the end of their lifetime so if you wait too long before coming back they'll be gone. They don't traffic all the lines since some routes that go into the suburbs go through nature and if they break down there it's difficult to get to them. Ironically the 20-year old Italian trams (like the one you took on the way back from Saltholmen) are apparently also reaching the end of their lifetime, but fewer of us will be sad to see them go since they've been trouble from day one.
There are plenty of places with meatballs :)
Looks Idyllic! I moved to Sweden with my wife and two daughters last year, and have been equally blown away by how nice it is to live here. I live in the Blekinge region (in the southern part of Sweden east of Skåne) so have gotten a chance to explore some of the islands near Karlshamn (where I live), and they are all idyllic as well. I also got to spend a couple of weeks on the very big island of Gotland last summer and highly recommend it. We're going back again this August for the annual Medieval Festival in Visby (the largest/oldest city on Gotland) and I'm really looking forward to it!
Far from idyllic
Welcome to Blekinge, Ben! I really recommend paying a visit to the Karlskrona archipelago if you haven't already. During summer, the ferries from the city center can take you to eleven different islands!
@@Antonio_Serdar It's idyllic for a lot of people. Stop being negative. The medieval weeks of Gotland have been a big part of Swedish cultural appreciation for many gotlanders and they want to share that with that event.. If you've never been there during that event then you should really do. It is really nice.
Travel was a wonderful part of my life. But now, physical challenges make it impossible. So thanks for taking us all along on these lovely trips. And frankly, this Coloradan could listen to you read the phone book ,with that delightful Scottish brogue!
There are thousands of islands in Sweden but the look of these island are actually quite unique and you can only find them on the west coast of Sweden. Stockholm Archipelagoes looks totally different for example. Visiting them was a great decision!
Thanks for this, I need to go back and give them a proper few days exploration!
Sweden is the country with the most islands in the world (267,570) so there's a lot of variety when it comes to islands.
When I was a young fella on the ships, I spent 7 days in hospital in Gothenburg in 1962. I remember people were very kind to me and brought me gifts. Cheers, Steve.
There's a Gothenburg experience! :D
Yes, Steve, I will never forget such lovely people!
Never would I guessed that I'd watch a vlog about my city of birth and actually enjoy it a lot!
Thank you so much Steve, you deserve a huge like and subscription!
You definitely got yourself a fair overall view of my city and you even managed to squeeze in the lovely archipelagos!
I'm looking forward to plough through the rest of your videos! :)
Hey thanks so much! What a wonderful place, can't wait to return!
That was a really lovely video! You managed to hit some of my favorite areas and spots of Gothenburg on your random walk. My grandparents lived in Gothenburg so I spent quite a lot of time there as a kid, even though I’m from Stockholm. Your ferry trip makes want to go to Gothenburg again so I can do the same. Cheers!
Cheers Tomas! What an incredible city and country! Possibly my favourite yet!
Unfortunate you came here just a couple weeks before all the trees started and bushes was done blossoming. Turns the city to a real green gem, a great combination together with the architectual stone/brick houses. Great video anyhow, i enjoyed it very much!
Hadn't blossomed yet. ***
Sommarens grönska får verkligen städer som Göteborg och Jönköping (som för övrigt har medelmåttig arkitektur) att skina!
Thanks! I’ve been living In Gothenburg for all my life (soon 55 years) and it’s so easy to become blind to all the beauty and get focused on the negative. So this was eye opening and refreshing!
It sure was an eye opener for me! Incredible city, absolutely my perfect kinda place :)
Shout out from Washington state in the USA! Just found your channel recently and am enjoying it so much! You guys do a terrific job and I’m adding several places you’ve shown to the ‘want-to-see’ list when we get over to Scotland some day. Keep it up!!
I'm so glad you found meatballs for lunch! And I love your approach to traveling, and your attitude is so infectiously positive. Cheers from someone who grew up near Gothenburg!
Also a fellow Swede living in Gothenburg here! If you go back you should visit Slottskogen, it's like a massive forest "park" almost in the the city, it's kind of close to Haga. In the summer it is packed with people enjoying the sun, playing games etc. There's also something close to a zoo in it with moose, goats, penguins and loads of other animals! :)
Used to roam Slottskogen as a child, because we lived right down the street, on Vegagatan. The pond there froze over in the winter and we'd go ice skating there. Goodness - the memories... I loved that mini-zoo:) Plus, the natural science museum is right there. If I'm not mistaken, there was a recreation of a Viking ship as well as an enormous whale skeleton!
As somene who lives in Gothenburg it was really fun and interesting to see how it's perceived by someone coming here for the first time without any forehand knowledge or plan. From the looks of it I'd say you made the most out of your short stay.
Thanks! A really fun day, but I wish I'd had longer, could easily spend a couple of days just going round the archipelago!
@@steve-marsh I am born and raised in Gothenburg. I have worked with people from around the world for many years, and they are usually quite amazed of the nature. We Swedes take nature for granted, but I have learned that people from France, Germany and even the US are amazed by the nature we have. We had some arabs who saw snow for the first time even.
Thanks for a great show, and it was very fun to see my home town from your perspective.
@Johan dahlin Hur mår du tjabo? Verkar väldigt tjurig över göteborg
I loved your video Steve. I was in Gothenburg last week for a long weekend and enjoyed it as much as you did. It helped me to relive my trip. I also stayed at the Royal Hotel, the oldest in Gothenburg. It’s been refurbished and has managed to retain its old character. All the staff were very friendly and helpful. It was great to go back to the hotel after a day of sightseeing and enjoy the free homemade cakes and tea or coffee. Gothenburg really is a beautiful city and it helped that the weather was perfect. The highlight for me was the amazing botanical gardens which were among the best I’ve seen anywhere. The Slottsskogen Park in the centre of the city is also well worth a visit. I also did the ferry trip to 3 of the islands and would certainly recommend it.
Wow Steve I´m so happy I saw this. I am born and rised in Gothenburg and loved this video and I´m so glad you liked my town. You have only been scratching at the surfes ofc, there is a lot more to explore. If you come back and ever need a guide or tips I´m happy to help =). My brother in law who also lives here, is from Scotland as well so that is a fun coincidence. In Gothenburg we love our turists and are very proud of our city, however we worry that the construction and shy people will make visitors dislike the experience. So happy you are happy with your visit. Warms my heart!
Never seen anyone this excited to go to Gothenburg
Haha 🤣
What a beautiful city, never been in Sweden myself but Gothenburg looks absolutely stunning..Loved those water taxis, great way to travel to the different parts and outskirts of Gothenburg.. Stunning video ❤😊
Cheers Mark, I was blown away with it all to be honest!
Wasn't quite prepared to stumble upon my old home today when TH-cam's algorithms recommended your video, but here we are. You see, I used to live in that wooden house you pass by at the 10:20 mark when I was a student at uni. Thanks for sharing, glad that you enjoyed the city. It's a gem for sure.
Haha no way! :D Loved the city, will be back!
I did the same exact route as you, without researching in advance and such about a year ago, it's fantastic to see you went where I went!
Thank you. It was truly lovely revisiting my hometown through your eyes.
You made it more beautiful than I remebered.
I come from the island of Donsö, it’s a lovely place to live and the nature is beautiful.
Glad to see that you love my home as much as I do!
It’s fun to see my home town and island from your point of view 😊
I've thought about going to Gothenburg in the past, but that was when we didn't have a rich vein of TH-cam videos to give us inspiration. It's now definitely on my to-do list, I could spend days just wandering around those islands taking photos! Thanks for that. 😊
Photographers dream mate! Aye, TH-cam makes my list bigger too :D
This was a cozy viewing pleasure, thank you for the content!
Again, mind blowing ! That was amazing tour Steve...:):):)
Love your travel style, so similar to my own. My one visit to Gothenburg I had pretty much exactly 24 hours from train to train and did similar things around town including the Maritam maritime museum (which you'd probably like) and a canal boat tour (nice enough but VERY touristy) - I think getting the tram and ferries to the islands was a much smarter choice!
Thanks so much, it’s the best way to travel eh? Scoot around and see so much :)
Thank you Steve for such a lovely video. Sweden is a beautiful country with beautiful people
Well said! Another place it's taken way too long for me to discover!
Love your work Steve, what a beautiful city clean and neat just goes to show what a little pride in your surroundings can achieve and those islands where fantastic. Thank you for taking me along and till next time stay safe and cheers.
The cleanliness really stood out, along with how friendly and kind the locals were, really amazing!
Paying plenty of taxes helps with good societies.
what a great video Steve! You visited almost all the same places I visited last summer so it was nice to see everything again. I really enjoyed your chill style where you explain something in your beautiful accent and then let the camera do the talking. Super stuff my man! I subscribed after 2 minutes :)
Really appreciate it mate :)
What an incredibly beautiful place. I could so easily live there. Great video once again Steve.
Same! Wonderful city!
This was a brilliant watch Steve, really loved it. Cant help feeling Scotland would be more like Sweden if it was more independent minded and had access to that North Sea Oil from the late 70s.
AMAZING! It must be great to just pick a city and just arrive and explore! Its great to see places ive never been to in your videos! Thank you for making them! They're really enjoyable to watch.
Thanks so much for coming along, yeah, I love being able to do this :)
This was such a trip down memory lane for me. I grew up on Styrsö and Haga, which were both prominently shown here. It is a fantastic experience to see these places through the eyes of someone who hav not seen it before. Thank you Steve for this amazing video!
Thanks so much Gabriel!
Wow, that could possibly not only be the perfect city but those islands looked like something out of a fairytale. Yet another brilliant video showing that there is so much to see and do in a day. I was also surprised (nay shocked) at the prices! I was expecting things to cost a lot more. Your day travel pass was less expensive than a single fair into Edinburgh from the airport by tram. Not to mention the lunch. Mind you, if you had a beer, you could probably add another tenner. Definitely inspired me to go there and see more of Sweden and the Scandinavian countries. The houses were something else! 👍✌️
Cheers Alan, really appreciate this comment as it suggests the feel of the city and islands came through well on the video. Incredible place!
@@steve-marsh Very much so Steve. You captured it all very well 👍
I visited Gothenburg many years ago and it still looks as quiet. I liked the port area a lot but I think you much enhanced your trip with a visit to those lovely islands.
Yeah Gary that was the best decision of the day!
Looked amazing Steve, as always, thanks for sharing.
Really liked this video. I am a Swede who have live in Gothenburg for about 10 years, now living about 40km to the northeast. I must say you really pin point the best parts of the city. Too bad everything is getting renovated... This made me really want to go on a trip to Gothenburg to see my favourite spots. Next time you go you should go to Majorna, which is an old working class part of the city (close to the Stena ferries) but is nowadays more of a bohemian area of the city with a lot of great restaurants and pubs (the tram you took to get to Saltholmen goes through Majorna). Very authentic and nice part of Gothenburg. And you sure did the right thing to go ferry-hopping, the archipelago is stunning even for someone who has lived there for many years.
Cheers Anders, really enjoyed my time there, but the main thing I take from it is my need to return! (and shame for not discovering Sweden earlier)
Gothenburg is a great city, Steve . My sister emigrated there 40 years ago . She says in the Angered area and has a big lake at her back door . From there I think you can take a canoe across a number of lakes all the way across the country to Stockholm
Thank you, Steve. Well done on approaching 60,000 subs!
Thanks so much Clare! Blows my mind!
Awesome! I was raised on one of those islands (Styrsö) and lived there for about 25 years but now living in Gothenburg. Great fun to see you walk around and enjoy the city.
Good evening from NZ. I’m lost for words! Such a stunning place. The islands were like a little utopia. No signs of unrest at all. Thank you for taking us there. I said £20 for the meatballs too so that must have been a very pleasant surprise.
And I'd have happily paid £20 for that lunch! Utopia is the word!!!
I've always imagined Sweden to be beautiful, but even those expectations were exceeded here. What a brilliant move to head out to the islands, they were just wonderful. Man, I could live there given half a chance and some language skills. I over clocked on the lunch cost (£20), so great value there too. I loved that first hotel, but the second was pretty nice too. More to come as well, we are getting spoiled at the moment. Cheers.
Cheers Peter, you can probably tell this is my kinda place too :D
Its not an absolute must to learn Swedish. English is very common and well spoken here :)
@@eriklundin7714 You can do fine without knowing Swedish in Gothenburg, but not knowing the language of whatever country or region you live in will always be a big disadvantage, regardless of how well the locals speak English.
@@JoakimLarsson570 indeed. The Dutch are pretty proficient in English, too, and as a tourist, there's really no big need to learn the language, but when you want to live there, administrations are in Dutch, finding work is a lot easier when you *also* speak it, etc. It's the difference between a house guest and a roommate, the former is not tasked with cleaning the common area, a roommate is when it's his turn.
@@JoakimLarsson570 absolutely. Not only that but it’s disrespectful too.
Really fun to see you turisting around in my home town...
And what an cracking day you managed to do whit lots of sceenary and places to see in Gothemburg
Well done Steve!!!
Thanks Martin! Absolutely loved it!
Steve, I really like and in fact love watching your videos. I wish I could run into you the next time I’m in Scotland, which is hopefully soon. This video is possibly your best one yet. I’ve wanted to make it Sweden for some time now-and you’ve made me really need to make that a priority. It seems so peaceful and beautiful in every way. Thanks for posting this and keep the videos coming!
Thanks so much mate! I'm sure our paths will cross one day! :) Gothenburg blew my mind, it really was just perfect!
Loved this video - Gothenburg is a very picturesque city and I agree that the suburban houses were beautiful and the islands idyllic. Another one for the "must visit" list!
Well deserving to be in the list! :)
@Johan dahlin
You need to get a hobby dude.
@Johan Dahlin
You really, really need to go outside and travel some more and gain some perspective.
Really nice vid, and fun that you went w/o planning 😁
Btw, don't know if you noticed but the first ferry you saw docking at Donsö was the same boat you took back in the end. The ferries are named so there's just one Valö. 🙂
I live in Gothenburg, but I lived in Edinburgh back in 2014 for work and got to know some great people. One of them is still a close friend who comes to visit every now and then. He loves Gothenburg, and he is especially fond of Swedish pizza! It's nice to hear another Scottish perspective, glad you also enjoyed our city!
Yet again Steve, another 'masterpiece'! I was totally absorbed from start to finish - as ever, many thanks indeed. :)
Hey really appreciate that Kieron!!!!
I used to live in Gothenburg, but I moved to Skara with my dogs to get more out in the countryside. I still work in Gothenburg, though, and I thank you for your lovely video and your perspective of "Göteborg ". It's so easy to become a bit home blind but you opened up my eyes to the everyday beauty of the city. Next time you come to Sweden you're welcome to Skara. 😊
Thanks so much for the tip (and another reason to return!) :)
Impeccably clean and tidy....that island with the golf carts is something special. Thank you kindly for taking us along to that gem off the beaten path. Cheers☕😎
I really appreciate you coming along with me :)
The three wheeled mopeds used to be the transportation mode used on the islands, but the golf carts have become common in later times. One island doesn't allow motorised traffic so there you find wheelbarrows parked in the harbour instead.
I am from the UK and been to Gothenburg twice..loved it and was my first time in Sweden of which have been numerous times. Great video.
What a lovely video! Watching you explore my hometown and its islands on a beautiful summer day was very relaxing. Glad you enjoyed your stay!
Hey thanks so much! Love your city, it's incredible!
A great adventure and some fine places to visit. The island -hopping was fascinating - echoes not only of the Scottish islands, but also of Norway. It seems that the Gothenburg transport is well sorted. My experience has been of the Stockholm archipelago, where a friend has a cottage. The scenery there is very different - far more trees and greenery until you get far out into the edges of the archipelago, where bare rocks take over. Stockholm also has lots of ferries - both across and around the harbour and going far out into the archipelago.
Another archipelago I clearly need to experience :)
Hope you'll explore more of Sweden.
I lived there for 6 years. Such a nice country.
I was so impressed with Sweden, will be back for sure!
Hi Steve not been watching for a while, life etc! We really enjoyed this as its on our list for the Scandinavian road trip at some point.
Really appreciate all your shares and wish you all the best on your wee rove abouts 🙏👍
Hey thanks so much! Hope you’re doing well :)
Brilliant trip Steve thanks for taking us along 👍
An absolute pleasure!
The ferry, Stena Carisma, that you saw used to operate Gothenburg-Frederikshavn until 2013 when it was taken out of service due to a high fuel consumption rate. It has been parked there since then. The ferry was marketed as an express ferry, taking around 2h compared to Stena Danica and Stena Jutlandica's around 3,5h. A few years back, Stena Vinga was also added to the same route, so it seems like the travel time, Stena Carisma's selling point, is not of essence on this route.
Thanks so much for this info! Always seeking out a new ferry route to try, but looks like it won't be this one!
@@steve-marshStena...the company founded by a man from Donsö.
@@steve-marsh ah, but take the Danica! It's a great outing and Fredrikshavn's cute. I especially recommend a whiskey sampling in the Stena duty free shop 😂 cheers
If it wasn't for you I would never know these places existed. I want to live on those little islands so dreamy 😮❤ Thanks for taking us on your fun adventures 😊
I'm there with you! :D
Maybe not so dreamy in Nov.Dec. and January....😁😁
Another Great watch Steve...have loved watching your channel thrive over the years...keep up the good work sir
Thanks so much Gary! Appreciate it :)
This is great, really great stuff Steve. I can imagine me and my better half using your trip guidance to do some short breaks. So good of you to note hotels, tickets and prices for us: totally ace and much appreciated! Atb…Terry
I don't know if you already know this but when you were looking for a place to eat meatballs you actually found a place called "The meatball cellar" (Köttbullekällaren) xD
I haven't actually been to Gothenburg even though I am from Sweden, the archipelago looks similar to what we have on the east coast as well though :D
If you ever come back to Sweden I would recommend Gotland if you haven't gone there already! It's so beautiful there in the summer!
I had no idea thanks! :)
Fantastic that you managed to find köttbullekällaren! But there are definitely less expensive places to lunch nowadays.
Back in the day my grandfather sometimes went there while being a docker. Of course he used to bring me there as a kid and talk about the harbour.
Unlikely if its not at IKEA. He found a real gem at the meat ball cellar.
I really appreciate your style of shooting video that captures the actual feel of the place instead of constantly talking about it.
What a great video Steve. Really brought back great memories of my own trip to Gothenburg about 15 years ago. I remember staying very close to the foot of the hill where the castle is. I spent a lot of time in the coffee shops in the streets with the old warehouses and Haga district. I was then delighted to see you head out to the islands and Styrsö in particular. I remember having similar weather on my visit there and the was amazed by the place and how well served it is by the ferries. There looks to be more golf buggies these days. The only transport I remember were the two-stroke bikes with the pallet up front.
Ah glad to cover somewhere familiar to you :) I really want one of those bikes you know!
Just made the connection more recently in that in Scotland a child can be referred to as a wee “bairn” - the Swedish (and Norwegian/Danish) word for child is “barn” and pretty much pronounced the same way as bairn. One of many language connections probably related to those Viking visitors from times past, but this one more specific to you!
Good job on doing proper eating at lunchtime - dagenlunch deals will always get you the best value, especially buffet. I guessed 125kr, but knowing general dagenlunch price is cheating 😜
The ferry you filmed (Stena Line) is no longer running, it has been laying there for many years, too expensive to operate. But there are several other ships that go from Gothenburg, the routes are Gothenburg - Fredrikshamn (Denmark) and Gothenburg - Kiel (Germany). The one to Denmark takes about 3 hours and to Germany 14 hours approx. There were many more routes in the past, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Kristiansand, Harwich etc
Thanx a lot for your pleasant company on this tour. C, Denmark (neighbour to Sweden)
Glad you had a great time here in Gothenburg. I've lived here most of my life, and it was quite the experience watching my hometown like this,. Amazing video, thank you!
It was AWESOME! Thanks Lisa!
Ha, that place is literally called The Meatball Cellar
Haha no way!
As a native Gothenburger this really was refreshing - will probably help me to an updated outlook. You get homeblind as time goes by, right..?
So true!
This is the first video of you I've seen, it just randomly popped up on my feed. I am from Göteborg and this video really put things into perspective. You arrive, all curious about the city and all the little things I and many other swedes would consider mundane because we live there with our boring everyday lives.
I do not know why you showed up in my feed, but I'm glad you did. Happy you enjoyed my childhood home!
Really appreciate you watching a video that might not have been overly enticing to click :D Thank you!
Well again off to a country that I've not been and will likely never get too but what a treat, a most beautiful, clean and peaceful place. Thank you for your travels Steve, all the walks and the adventures!!! This wonderful place with the sea, no vehicles what a gem!!! Have a wonderful week!!!
You too Cheri! Yes, the cleanliness of the place really stood out to me, wonderful city!
The group of ships at 4:45 - that's actually Maritiman, a naval museum. You were probably there too early for them to be open but when they are, you can buy a ticket and walk around and explore those ships, including the large destroyer in the background and a submarine, highly recommended.
Wow I had no idea, ANOTHER reason I need to return!!!
@@steve-marsh That destroyer takes a long time to get through, make sure to plan accordingly.
Its closed off at the moment cause radiation sources were found on board.
@@datadavis The submarine is closed, but the rest of the museum (including the destroyer) is still open 😊
@@bookishdaydreams4993 ok, said in the news the bots were closed off for further inspection.
That particular Stena ship hasn't gone anywhere in a while, but we have others docking in the port every now and then. They typically go to Denmark or Germany.
As for the other small ferry you saw, if they have a gren flag (like the ferry behind you had), they are free to ride :)
Cafe Husaren at Haga is also famous for its huge cinnamon buns.
Thanks for this, I can almost smell the cinnamon from here! :)
Happy to see you enjoyed Gothenburg! It’s a lovely place to live.
Another enjoyable & most interesting video there now well done again & good luck on the next one 👍👍👍
Cheers Michael! This trip continues for another couple of videos :)
I love Gothenburg, but I love Stockholm even more. Both are great summer cities with tons to do, both cities are great to stroll through as well, if the weather allows for it that is.
There’s absolutely a Scottish connection to Gothenburg, there were a lot of Scottish immigrants coming here in the 1700’s. There’s a common joke in Sweden that everyone in Gothenburg is named Glenn, a name that was imported to Sweden by the Scottish.
Great info! Thanks :)
It's always so lovely seeing your own country trough a foreigners eyes. And you picked the part of the country where I spent my childhood summers with my grandparents (they were from Bohuslän, the "province" Gothenburg is located in and lived in Uddevalla and Kungshamn out by the coast), so seeing those rolling hills in the sunshine took me back 30 years. ❤️
Thanks so much Anna for watching
Beautiful, from your first hotel to the city, the suburbs, the ferries and islands. Truly lovely.
I think you can tell I likes it eh? 🤣
What a gorgeous place to live and/or explore. The weather helped but compared with UK cities, it was so clean and well maintained. Those meatballs have me planning a trip to Ikea next week 😂
The cleanliness really stood out to me!
Meatballs are so easy to make at home. Mix beef and pork mince add seasoning eggs and onion if you like. Fry or cook in the oven if making a big lot. If you want them soft add some breadcrumbs to the mixture.
Looks like a lovely city, good video.
Only time I've been to a city without knowing anything was when I went to Wrocław a few years ago.
Saw cheap flights and convinced my mates to go. Having been to Warsaw and Kraków before, I knew Poland is a great country to visit. I enjoyed Wrocław more than Kraków (Also, a great city).
Amazing how cheap the public transport is despite Sweden is being an expensive country 👍
Oh love Wrocław! Was the first Polish city I visited
very much agreed. Krakow is of course beautiful, but totally overrun by tourists, nowadays. And Warsaw is the capital, with all the good and the bad that entails.
A city I quite liked was Łódź. Rather more late 19th, early 20th century style, but some great bars and restaurants, and a big cinema history. Toruń is great as well, very hanseatic.
A really nice portrait of my home town. It is interesting seeing the town through someone elses eyes and seeing it in another light. You are welcome back anytime! There's a lot more to see!
Thanks so much, oh I believe it! Can't wait to come back and explore some more!
Thanks for the Saturday morning video, Steve - it's a wonderful piece of escapism in a hectic world! ... and what a gorgeous place! Cheers!
Thanks so much :)
I have been infatuated with the whole of Scandinavia for many a year. I visited Gothenburg a few years ago and loved it. Despite having watched you for years I have managed to restrain myself from giving places to travel to suggestions because you get plenty I am sure. However you might want to consider the Faroes it is a short flight from Edinburgh, Torshavn also has the best chippy I have ever been
Would you believe I’m going there in a couple of weeks, only for 2 nights but still! I was last there in 2015 and loved it :)
@@steve-marsh Great!
@@steve-marsh You will have a boss time it is great. On my last visit I travelled north to a "town" called Klaksvík, found a very nice brewery and some truly jaw dropping scenery, the chippy is at 1 Vaglið Torshavn. Wish I was going with you, enjoy!