Göta älv
The Göta älv is a river that drains lake Vänern into the Kattegat, at the city of Gothenburg, on the western coast of Sweden. It was formed at the end of the last glaciation, as an outflow channel from the Baltic Ice Lake to the Atlantic Ocean and nowadays it has the largest drainage basin in Scandinavia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tubaist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sweden; with the Klarälven, the longest river system in the Nordic countries
- Also known as: “Göta Älv” and “Göta River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Älvsborg and Älvsborg Bridge.
Old Älvsborg
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Älvsborg, now generally known as Old Älvsborg or Älvsborg Castle to distinguish it from the later New Älvsborg and Älvsborg Fortress, was a medieval castle situated on the rocky outcrop known as Klippan, on the south bank of the Göta Älv river within the urban area of the modern city of Gothenburg.
Älvsborg Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Claes Krantz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Älvsborg Bridge is a suspension bridge over Göta älv in Gothenburg, Sweden, connecting the island of Hisingen with the mainland. It was designed by Sven Olof Asplund, and inaugurated on 8 November 1966 by Swedish communication minister Olof Palme.
Röda Sten Konsthall
Arts center
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Röda Sten Konsthall is a contemporary art center located in the district of Majorna under Älvsborg Bridge in Gothenburg, Sweden. Konsthall roughly translates to "Art Gallery" however the organization is much more similar to a German Kunsthalle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nya Varvet and Eriksberg.
Eriksberg
Suburb
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eriksberg is an area on Hisingen in Gothenburg where Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB had their shipyard until bankruptcy in 1979. For over a century the area was dominated by shipbuilding but a crisis in the 1970s destroyed the industry.
Göta älv
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Göta älv from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Göta älv” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جوتا”
- Asturian: “Ríu Göta älv”
- Basque: “Göta”
- Belarusian: “Гёта-Эльв”
- Belarusian: “Ёта Эльв”
- Belarusian: “Рака Гёта Эльв”
- Bulgarian: “Гьотаелвен”
- Catalan: “Göta älv”
- Catalan: “Göta Älv”
- Cebuano: “Göta älv”
- Cebuano: “Göta Älv”
- Chinese: “約塔河”
- Chinese: “约塔河”
- Croatian: “Gota alv”
- Croatian: “Göta älv”
- Czech: “Göta älv”
- Czech: “Göta”
- Danish: “Göta älv”
- Dutch: “Gota Alv”
- Dutch: “Göta älv”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جوتا”
- Estonian: “Göta jõgi”
- Finnish: “Göötajoki”
- Finnish: “Göta älv”
- Finnish: “Göta”
- Finnish: “Götajoki”
- French: “Gota alv”
- French: “Göta älv”
- French: “Gothelbe”
- German: “Göta älv”
- German: “Götaälv”
- Hebrew: “יטה אלב”
- Hungarian: “Göta älv”
- Hungarian: “Göta-folyó”
- Icelandic: “Gautelfur”
- Italian: “Göta älv”
- Japanese: “イェータ川”
- Korean: “예타강”
- Ladin: “Göta älv”
- Latin: “Albis fluvius”
- Latin: “Gothelba”
- Latvian: “Jeta”
- Latvian: “Jēta”
- Lithuanian: “Jota”
- Lithuanian: “Jotaelvenas”
- Macedonian: “Гета”
- Macedonian: “Јета”
- Malay: “Gota Älv”
- Malay: “Göta älv”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Göta älv”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gøta elv”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gøtaelva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gøtaelven”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gøtelv”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Göta älv”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Göta-Elv”
- Norwegian: “Göta älv”
- Ossetian: “Гётæ-Эльв”
- Persian: “گوته الو”
- Persian: “یوتا”
- Polish: “Göta alv”
- Polish: “Göta älv”
- Polish: “Göta”
- Portuguese: “Göta älv”
- Portuguese: “Göta älven”
- Portuguese: “Rio Gota”
- Romanian: “Göta älv”
- Russian: “Гета-Эльв”
- Russian: “Гёта-Эльв”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Göta älv”
- Slovenian: “Göta älv”
- Slovenian: “Götaälv”
- Slovenian: “reka Göta”
- South Azerbaijani: “یوتا چایی”
- Spanish: “Gota alv”
- Spanish: “Gota älv”
- Spanish: “Göta alv”
- Spanish: “Göta Älv”
- Spanish: “Gota”
- Spanish: “Göta”
- Spanish: “Rio Gota”
- Spanish: “Rio Göta”
- Spanish: “Río Gota”
- Spanish: “Río Göta”
- Sundanese: “Göta älv”
- Sundanese: “Göta Älv”
- Swedish: “Gautelfr”
- Swedish: “Göta älv”
- Swedish: “Göta Älvdalen”
- Swedish: “Götaälven”
- Turkish: “Gota alv”
- Turkish: “Göta alv”
- Turkish: “Göta älv”
- Ukrainian: “Гета-Ельв”
- Venetian: “Fiume Göta”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Göta”
- Western Frisian: “Göta älv”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Färjestaden and Färjenäs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Röda sten and Rya Nabbe.
Sweden: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Stockholm, Uppsala, Gothenburg, and Malmö.
Curious Streams to Discover
Uncover intriguing streams from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Göta älv”. Photo: Tubaist, CC BY-SA 3.0.