Götaverken
Götaverken was a Swedish shipbuilding company that was located on Hisingen, Gothenburg. It was founded in 1841, and ceased building ships in 1989.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Boatyard
- Description: shipbuilding company in Sweden
- Also known as: “Goetaverken”, “Götaverken Arendal”, “Götaverken Cityvarvet”, “Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstads”, “Göteborgs Nya Verkstads”, and “Keillers Werkstad i Göteborg”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Karlatornet and Backa Theatre.
Karlatornet
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Karlatornet is a skyscraper completed by Serneke in Lindholmen in Gothenburg, Sweden. The tower reached its final height of 246 meters in June 2023. It has 74 floors above ground.
Backa Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Kristoffersen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Backa Theatre is a youth theater located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It focuses on producing theater for children and their families. The theater was founded in 1978 by Eva Bergman, Ulf Dohlsten, and Maria Hedborg as part of Gothenburg City Theatre. Backa Theatre is situated 370 metres south of Götaverken.
Radiomuseet, Göteborg
Museum
Photo: Historiker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Radiomuseet, Göteborg is a museum, which is situated 500 metres east of Götaverken.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindholmen and Slottsberget.
Lindholmen
Suburb
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lindholmen is a former island in the Göta Älv river, now part of the larger island of Hisingen, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Lindholmen was not attached to Hisingen until 1864, or perhaps even later, and the western part of the channel separating the two islands is preserved in the form of the inlet Sannegårdshamnen, which now functions as a marina.
Götaverken
- Categories: shipyard and transportation
- Location: Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Götaverken” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Götaverken”
- Dutch: “Götaverken”
- Finnish: “Götaverken”
- Finnish: “Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstads AB”
- Finnish: “Göteborgs Nya Verkstads AB”
- Finnish: “Keillers Werkstad i Göteborg”
- French: “Götaverken”
- German: “Götaverken”
- Japanese: “イェータヴェルケン造船所”
- Japanese: “ゲタベルケン社”
- Japanese: “ヨータヴァルケン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Götaverken”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Götaverken”
- Norwegian: “Götaverken”
- Norwegian: “Gøtaverken”
- Polish: “Götaverken”
- Portuguese: “Götaverken”
- Slovenian: “Götaverken”
- Swedish: “AB Götaverken”
- Swedish: “Götaverken”
- Swedish: “Göteborgs mekaniska verkstad”
- Swedish: “Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstad”
- Swedish: “Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstads AB”
- Swedish: “Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstads Aktiebolag”
- Swedish: “Göteborgs Nya Verkstads AB”
- Swedish: “GVA”
- Swedish: “Keillers mekaniska verkstad”
- Swedish: “Keillers Werkstad”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lindholmsplatsen and Lindholmen.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Radisson Blu Riverside Hotel and Sannegårdshamnen.
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