Sweden
Västra Götaland County
Gothenburg Municipality

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is 's second largest city with 600,000 inhabitants, and about 1 million in the metropolitan area. The city lies on Sweden's west coast, at the outlet of the Göta river.
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  • Type: City with 608,000 residents
  • Description: second-largest city in Sweden and capital of the Västra Götaland County
  • Also known as: “Goteborg”, “Göteborg”, “Goteburg”, “Gothenburg, Sweden”, and “Gottenborg”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include New Ullevi and Scandinavium.

Stadium
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Ullevi, sometimes known as Nya Ullevi, is a multi-purpose stadium in Gothenburg, . It was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then has also hosted the World Allround Speed Skating Championships six times; the 1995 World Championships…

Stadium
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is an indoor arena located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971.

Stadium
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Gamla Ullevi is a football in Gothenburg, , that opened on 5 April 2009. The stadium replaced the city's previous main football stadium, also called Gamla Ullevi, and is the home ground of GAIS, IFK Göteborg and Örgryte IS.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Masthugget and Guldheden.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is an area on 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.

Gothenburg

Latitude
57.7072° or 57° 42′ 26″ north
Longitude
11.967° or 11° 58′ 1″ east
Population
608,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
GOT
United Nations Location Code
SE GOT
Open location code
9F9HPX48+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25930131
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2711537
Wiki­data ID
Q25287
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Gothenburg” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Goteborg”
  • Afrikaans: “Göteborg”
  • Afrikaans: “Gotenborg”
  • Afrikaans: “Gotenburg”
  • Albanian: “Göteborg”
  • Amharic: “ዬተቦርይ”
  • Amharic: “ግቴቦርግ”
  • Arabic: “جوتنبرج”
  • Arabic: “غوتبرغ”
  • Arabic: “غوتنبرغ”
  • Arabic: “غوتنبيرغ”
  • Arabic: “غوتينبيرغ”
  • Arabic: “غوطبورغ”
  • Arabic: “يوتوبوري”
  • Aragonese: “Gotemburgo”
  • Armenian: “Գյոթեբորգ”
  • Asturian: “Gotemburgu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Göteborq”
  • Azerbaijani: “Göthenburq”
  • Balinese: “Göteborg”
  • Basque: “Goteborg”
  • Basque: “Göteborg”
  • Basque: “GOTHENBURG”
  • Bavarian: “Göteborg”
  • Bavarian: “Gotnburg”
  • Belarusian: “Гётэбарг”
  • Belarusian: “Гётэборг”
  • Bengali: “গোথেনবার্গ”
  • Bosnian: “Geteborg”
  • Bosnian: “Göteborg”
  • Breton: “Göteborg”
  • Bulgarian: “Goteborg”
  • Bulgarian: “Göteborg”
  • Bulgarian: “Гьотеборг”
  • Bulgarian: “Гьотебург”
  • Burmese: “ဂိုသန်ဘာ့ဂ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Goteborg”
  • Catalan: “Göteborg”
  • Catalan: “Gotemburg”
  • Catalan: “Gothenburg”
  • Cebuano: “Göteborg”
  • Central Kurdish: “یۆتۆبۆری”
  • Chechen: “Гётеборг”
  • Chinese: “Götebor”
  • Chinese: “哥德堡”
  • Chinese: “哥特堡”
  • Chinese: “哥登堡”
  • Chinese: “歌德堡”
  • Chuvash: “Гётеборг”
  • Cornish: “Göteborg”
  • Corsican: “Göteborg”
  • Corsican: “Gotemburgu”
  • Croatian: “Goteborg”
  • Croatian: “Göteborg”
  • Croatian: “Gothenburg”
  • Czech: “Göteborg”
  • Czech: “Gothenburg”
  • Danish: “Göteborg”
  • Danish: “Gøteborg”
  • Dutch: “Göteborg (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Goteborg”
  • Dutch: “Göteborg”
  • Dutch: “Gotenburg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوتنبرج”
  • Esperanto: “Geŭteborgo”
  • Esperanto: “Goteborg”
  • Esperanto: “Göteborg”
  • Esperanto: “Gotenburgo”
  • Esperanto: “Gothenburg”
  • Estonian: “Göteborg”
  • Estonian: “Gothenburg”
  • Ewe: “Göteborg”
  • Faroese: “Göteborg”
  • Fijian: “Gothenburg”
  • Finnish: “Göötepori”
  • Finnish: “Göteborg”
  • French: “Goteborg”
  • French: “Göteborg”
  • French: “Gotembourg”
  • French: “Gothembourg”
  • French: “Gothenburg”
  • Galician: “Gotemburgo”
  • Georgian: “გეტებორგი”
  • German: “Göteborg”
  • Gilaki: “گۊتنبرگ”
  • Greek: “Γκαίτεμποργκ”
  • Greek: “Γκέτεμποργκ”
  • Gujarati: “ગોથેનબર્ગ”
  • Hebrew: “גוטבורג”
  • Hebrew: “גוטנבורג”
  • Hebrew: “גטבורג”
  • Hebrew: “גטנבורג”
  • Hebrew: “יטבורי”
  • Hindi: “गोथनबर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Göteborg”
  • Icelandic: “Gautaborg”
  • Ido: “Göteborg”
  • Indonesian: “Goeteborg”
  • Indonesian: “Goteborg”
  • Indonesian: “Göteborg”
  • Indonesian: “Gothenburg”
  • Interlingua: “Göteborg”
  • Interlingua: “Gotemburgo”
  • Interlingua: “Gothenburg”
  • Interlingua: “Gothoburgum”
  • Interlingue: “Göteborg”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐃᐅᑕᐳᕆ/iutaburi”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐃᐅᑕᐳᕆ/iutapuri”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐃᐅᑕᐳᕆ”
  • Irish: “Göteborg”
  • Irish: “Gothenburg”
  • Italian: “Göteborg”
  • Italian: “Gotemburgo”
  • Japanese: “イェーテボリ”
  • Japanese: “イェーデボリ”
  • Japanese: “イェーテボリー”
  • Japanese: “イェーテボリィ”
  • Japanese: “イエテボリ”
  • Japanese: “エーテボリ”
  • Japanese: “エーテボリー”
  • Japanese: “ゴーセンバーグ”
  • Japanese: “ヨーテボリ”
  • Japanese: “ヨーテボリー”
  • Japanese: “ヨーテボリ市”
  • Japanese: “ヨウテボウリ”
  • Javanese: “Göteborg”
  • Kalaallisut: “Göteborg”
  • Kannada: “ಗೊಥೆನ್ ಬರ್ಗ್”
  • Kannada: “ಗೋತೆನಬುರ್ಗ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Göteborg”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Gyoteborg”
  • Kashubian: “Göteborg”
  • Kazakh: “Гётеборг”
  • Kirghiz: “Гөтеборг”
  • Korean: “고센버그”
  • Korean: “고텐부르크”
  • Korean: “예테보리”
  • Kurdish: “Göteborg”
  • Ladin: “Göteborg”
  • Latin: “Gothoburgum”
  • Latvian: “Gēteborga”
  • Latvian: “Gēteburga”
  • Latvian: “Göteborg”
  • Latvian: “Gotenburga”
  • Latvian: “Gothenburg”
  • Ligurian: “Göteborg”
  • Limburgan: “Göteborg”
  • Lithuanian: “Geteborgas”
  • Lithuanian: “Gėteborgas”
  • Lithuanian: “Gioteborgas”
  • Lithuanian: “Goteborg”
  • Lithuanian: “Gotenburgas”
  • Livvi: “Göteborg”
  • Lombard: “Göteborg”
  • Low German: “Göteborg”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Göteborg”
  • Luxembourgish: “Göteborg”
  • Macedonian: “Гетеборг”
  • Malagasy: “Göteborg”
  • Malay: “Göteborg”
  • Malay: “Gothenburg”
  • Malayalam: “ഗോഥെൻബർഗ്”
  • Malayalam: “യാതെബോറിയ”
  • Maori: “Gothenburg”
  • Maori: “Kotenepara”
  • Marathi: “गोथेनबर्ग”
  • Marathi: “ग्योटेबोर्ग”
  • Marathi: “योहतेबोर्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Götebor”
  • Minangkabau: “Göteborg/Gothenburg”
  • Moksha: “Гётэборг”
  • Mongolian: “Гётеборг”
  • Northern Frisian: “Göteborg”
  • Northern Sami: “Göteborg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Goteborg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Göteborg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gøteborg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gothenburg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Göteborg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gøteborg”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gothenburg”
  • Norwegian: “Göteborg”
  • Norwegian: “Gøteborg”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Göteborg”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gotemborg”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Geatnaburg”
  • Ossetian: “Гетеборг”
  • Ossetian: “Гётеборг”
  • Persian: “گوتبورگ”
  • Persian: “یوتبری”
  • Persian: “یوتبوری”
  • Persian: “یوتوبوری”
  • Piemontese: “Göteborg”
  • Polish: “Goeteborg”
  • Polish: “Goteborg”
  • Polish: “Göteborg”
  • Portuguese: “Gotëborg”
  • Portuguese: “Göteborg”
  • Portuguese: “Gotemburgo”
  • Portuguese: “R27”
  • Quechua: “Gotemburg”
  • Romanian: “Goteborg”
  • Romanian: “Göteborg”
  • Romanian: “Gothenburg”
  • Russian: “Гетеборг”
  • Russian: “Гётеборг”
  • Russian: “Готебург”
  • Russian: “Йётебор”
  • Russian: “Йотебор”
  • Rusyn: “Гетеборг”
  • Sardinian: “Göteborg”
  • Scots: “Göteborg”
  • Scots: “Gothenburg”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Göteborg”
  • Serbian: “Göteborg”
  • Serbian: “Гетеборг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Geteborg”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Göteborg”
  • Shona: “Gothenburg”
  • Silesian: “Göteborg”
  • Sindhi: “گوٽيبورگ”
  • Sinhala: “ගොතෙන්බර්ග්”
  • Slovak: “Goteborg”
  • Slovak: “Göteborg”
  • Slovenian: “Göteborg”
  • Slovenian: “Gothenburg”
  • Somali: “Göteborg”
  • Spanish: “Goteborg”
  • Spanish: “Göteborg”
  • Spanish: “Gotemburgo”
  • Spanish: “Gotenburgo”
  • Spanish: “Gothemburgo”
  • Spanish: “Gothenburg”
  • Sundanese: “Göteborg”
  • Sundanese: “Gothenburg”
  • Swahili: “Göteborg”
  • Swahili: “Gothenburg”
  • Swedish: “Gbg”
  • Swedish: “GBG”
  • Swedish: “Göteborg”
  • Swedish: “Götet”
  • Tajik: “Гӯтебург”
  • Talysh: “Goteborg”
  • Tamil: “கோதன்பர்க்”
  • Tamil: “கோதென்பெர்க்”
  • Tatar: “Гөтеборг”
  • Telugu: “గోథెన్బర్గ్”
  • Thai: “กอเทนเบิร์ก”
  • Thai: “เยอตาบอร์”
  • Thai: “เยอเตอบอร์ย”
  • Turkish: “Göteborg”
  • Turkish: “Göteburg”
  • Turkish: “Gothenburg”
  • Uighur: “گوتېنبۇرگ”
  • Ukrainian: “Гетеборг”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Göteborg”
  • Urdu: “گوتھنبرگ”
  • Urdu: “یوہتیبوری”
  • Uzbek: “Gyoteborg”
  • Venetian: “Göteborg”
  • Veps: “Göteborg”
  • Vietnamese: “Göteborg”
  • Vietnamese: “Gothenburg”
  • Volapük: “Göteborg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gothenburg”
  • Welsh: “Göteborg”
  • Welsh: “Gothenburg”
  • Western Frisian: “Goateboarch”
  • Western Frisian: “Göteborg”
  • Western Panjabi: “گووتھنبرگ”
  • Wu Chinese: “哥德堡”
  • Yiddish: “געטעבארג”
  • Yue Chinese: “哥德堡”
  • Zeeuws: “Göteborg”
  • “Göteborg”

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