Hisingen
Hisingen is the fifth-largest island of Sweden, with an area of 199 km2. It is a river island, formed by the split of the Göta Älv at Bohus, and is defined to the east and south by the main arm of that river, to the north by the smaller arm, and to the west by the Kattegat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Hisingsparken and Glöstorpskyrkan.
Hisingsparken
Park
Photo: Lonezor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hisingsparken is the largest park area in Gothenburg, Sweden, covering approximately 320 hectares. The park is located on the island of Hisingen, within the districts of Slättadamm, Kärrdalen, Tuve, and Säve.
Tuve Church
Church
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The Tuve Church is a medieval church in Gothenburg, western Sweden. It is located on the Hisingen island, and it is part of the Tuve-Säve parish. It is a Romanesque stone church, consisting of a rectangular nave and a narrow choir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kvisljungeby and Trulsegården.
Kvisljungeby
Suburb
Kvisljungeby is a locality situated in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 639 inhabitants in 2010. Kvisljungeby is situated 3½ km west of Hisingen.
Trulsegården
Suburb
Trulsegården is a locality situated in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 211 inhabitants in 2010.
Backa
Suburb
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Backa also known as Hisings Backa is a suburb in Gothenburg, and was one of Gothenburg’s 20 districts. On January 1, 2011 Backa merged with two other districts of Gothenburg, Kärra-Rödbo and Tuve-Säve, to form the district of Norra Hisingen. Backa is situated 6 km east of Hisingen.
Hisingen
- Type: Island
- Description: island of Sweden
- Category: landform
- Location: Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Swedish—“Hisingen” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Hisingen”
- Albanian: “Hisingen”
- Basque: “Hisingen”
- Cebuano: “Hisingen”
- Chinese: “希辛延岛”
- Chinese: “希辛延島”
- Chinese: “希辛根”
- Czech: “Hisingen”
- Danish: “Hisingen”
- Dutch: “Hisingen”
- Estonian: “Hisingen”
- Finnish: “Hisingen”
- French: “Hisingen”
- German: “Hisingen”
- Greek: “Χίσινγκεν”
- Hebrew: “היסיניין”
- Hungarian: “Hisingen”
- Indonesian: “Hisingen”
- Japanese: “ヒジンゲン島”
- Macedonian: “Хисинген”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hisingen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hisingen”
- Norwegian: “Hisingen”
- Papiamento: “Hisingen”
- Persian: “تورشلاندا”
- Polish: “Hisingen”
- Portuguese: “Hisingen”
- Russian: “Хисинген”
- Slovenian: “Hisingen”
- Spanish: “Hisingen”
- Swedish: “Hisingen”
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