Bohus Fortress

Bohus Fortress lies in , , , north east from where the splits into two branches. It commands the surrounding area from a cliff 40 m high, with the river forming a natural moat around it.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: fortress just north of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Bohus fästning”
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nordiska folkhögskolan and Kungälv city hall.

College
Photo: Averater, CC BY 3.0.
is a college, which is situated 500 metres north of Bohus Fortress.

Heritage site
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is a heritage site, which is situated 460 metres northwest of Bohus Fortress.

Heritage site
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is a heritage site, which is situated 640 metres northwest of Bohus Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rödbo and Kungälv.

Hamlet
Photo: D.O.G.A., Public domain.
is a locality situated in Gothenburg Municipality, , . It had 278 inhabitants in 2010.

Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city and the seat of in , . It is also a part of Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area. It had 22,768 inhabitants in 2010.

Village
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is a locality situated in , , Sweden. It had 5,798 inhabitants in 2010. is located in the town. is situated 4 km south of Bohus Fortress.

Bohus Fortress

Latitude
57.86176° or 57° 51′ 42″ north
Longitude
11.99986° or 11° 59′ 60″ east
Open location code
9F9HVX6X+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1206478078
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1408860
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Satellite Map

Discover Bohus Fortress from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Bohus Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bohus gotorlekua”
  • Chinese: “博胡斯堡壘”
  • Chinese: “布胡斯城堡”
  • Czech: “Bohus”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Bohus”
  • Danish: “Bohus fæstning”
  • Danish: “Bohus fästning”
  • Dutch: “Bohus (vesting)”
  • Dutch: “Bohus fästning”
  • Dutch: “Bohus”
  • Finnish: “Bohus fästning”
  • Finnish: “Bohusin linnoitus”
  • French: “Bohus fästning”
  • French: “Bohus”
  • French: “fort de bohus”
  • French: “fort de Bohus”
  • French: “fort De Bohus”
  • French: “forteresse de Bohus”
  • French: “Forteresse de Bohus”
  • German: “Bagahus”
  • German: “Festung Bohus”
  • Italian: “fortezza di Bohus”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Bohus”
  • Japanese: “ブーヒュース城”
  • Japanese: “ボーフス要塞”
  • Macedonian: “Тврдина Бохус”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Båhus festning”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bohus festning”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Båhus festning”
  • Norwegian: “Bohus fästning”
  • Polish: “Bagahus”
  • Polish: “Twierdza Bohus”
  • Portuguese: “Bohus fästning”
  • Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Bohus”
  • Russian: “Бохус”
  • Russian: “Бохусская крепость”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوهوس سارای”
  • Swedish: “Bohus fästning”
  • “Bohus fästning”

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Highlights include Nya stenhuset and Klocktornet.

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