Rya skog

The Rya Forest is a in , Sweden. It is located on the island, on the northern bank of the Göta River. It has an area of 17 hectares.
Wikipedia
Photo: Kajervi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: nature reserve in Västra Götaland, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Rya Forest”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rya Göteborg Power Plant and Älvsborg Bridge.

Power station
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a power station.

Bridge
Photo: Claes Krantz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a suspension bridge over in , , connecting the island of with the mainland. It was designed by Sven Olof Asplund, and inaugurated on 8 November 1966 by Swedish communication minister Olof Palme.

Castle
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Älvsborg, now generally known as or Älvsborg Castle to distinguish it from the later and , 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 .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nya Varvet and Bräcke.

Suburb
Photo: Dagjoh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a district, a former naval base, and a prison in the . The district covers an area of 80 hectares. From 1876 to 1931, the area constituted the Rural Municipality.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an area on in 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.

Rya skog

Latitude
57.6969° or 57° 41′ 49″ north
Longitude
11.88498° or 11° 53′ 6″ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
9F9HMVWM+QX
Geo­Names ID
6619717
Wiki­data ID
Q7383778
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rya skog” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Rya skog”
  • Czech: “Rya skog”
  • Danish: “Rya skog”
  • Dutch: “Rya skog”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “غابة ريا”
  • Finnish: “Rya skog”
  • French: “Rya skog”
  • German: “Rya skog”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rya skog”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rya skog”
  • Polish: “Rya skog”
  • Portuguese: “Rya skog”
  • Romanian: “Rya skog”
  • Spanish: “Bosque Rya”
  • Spanish: “Rya skog”
  • Swedish: “Rya skog”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Skarvikshamnen and Rya Nabbe.

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