Wirginska huset

Wirginska huset is a building in Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Wirginska huset 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 Wirginska huset.

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 Wirginska huset.

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 Wirginska huset.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nya Varvet and Högsbohöjd.

Nya Varvet

Suburb

Photo: Dagjoh, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nya Varvet is a district, a former naval base, and a prison in the Municipality of Gothenburg. The district covers an area of 80 hectares. From 1876 to 1931, the area constituted the Nya Varvet Rural Municipality.

Högsbohöjd

Suburb

Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Högsbohöjd is a suburb.

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 Wirginska huset.

Wirginska huset

Type: Building
Location: Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

57.68271° or 57° 40′ 58″ north

Longitude

11.89044° or 11° 53′ 26″ east

Open location code

9F9HMVMR+35

OpenStreetMap ID

way 77902675

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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