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Västra Götaland County

Fish Church

Feskekörka is a building in Gothenburg, Sweden, that formerly housed an indoor fish market. Its name is based on the building's resemblance to a neo-Gothic church.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Email: kontakt@feskekorkan.se
  • Type: Seafood market
  • Description: building in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Feskekôrka”, “Feskekörka”, and “Fiskekyrkan”
  • Roof shape: gabled
  • Wheelchair access: limited
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dicksonska folkbiblioteket and Folkteatern.

Community center
Photo: Raphael Saulus, CC0.
is a community center, which is situated 170 metres south of Fish Church.

Theater building
Photo: Folkteatern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a regional theatre in , . The theater receives grants and assignments from the Västra Götaland Regional Council. The theatre was built in 1951 at Järntorget and has from the start had close connections with the worker's movement. is situated 340 metres west of Fish Church.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater, which is situated 250 metres west of Fish Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kungshöjd and Haga.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Suburb
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is a city district in , , renowned for its picturesque wooden houses, 19th century-atmosphere and cafés. Originally a working class suburb of the city with a rather bad reputation, it was gradually transformed into a popular visiting place for tourists and Gothenburgers.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Fish Church

Latitude
57.701° or 57° 42′ 4″ north
Longitude
11.9578° or 11° 57′ 28″ east
Inception
1874
Open location code
9F9HPX25+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41530300
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­marketplace
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­retail
Open­Street­Map feature
shop=­seafood
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q3820291
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Fish Church” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Feskekôrka”
  • Catalan: “Feskekôrka”
  • Danish: “Feskekörka”
  • Dutch: “Feskekorka”
  • Dutch: “Feskekôrka”
  • German: “Feskekôrka”
  • German: “Fischkirche”
  • Portuguese: “Feskekörka”
  • Slovenian: “Feskekôrka”
  • Spanish: “Feskekorka”
  • Spanish: “Feskekôrka”
  • Swedish: “Feskekôrka Inom Vallgraven]])”
  • Swedish: “Feskekôrka”
  • Swedish: “Feskekörka”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Fish Church”. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.