Flygarmonumentet
Flygarmonumentet is a memorial in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Flygarmonumentet is situated nearby to the college Göteborgs Folkhögskola, as well as near the convention center VGR Campus Nya Varvet.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Älvsborg Bridge and Röda Sten Konsthall.
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. Älvsborg Bridge is situated 1 km northeast of Flygarmonumentet.
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. Röda Sten Konsthall is situated 1 km northeast of Flygarmonumentet.
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. Old Älvsborg is situated 1¼ km northeast of Flygarmonumentet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nya Varvet and Högsbohöjd.
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. Eriksberg is situated 2½ km northeast of Flygarmonumentet.
Flygarmonumentet
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.68266° or 57° 40′ 58″ northLongitude
11.89097° or 11° 53′ 28″ eastOpen location code
9F9HMVMR+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 1309368386OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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