Göteborg

Some birds bathing in a fountain in Göteborg's city center.

Göteborg

Buds

Swedes love their converse shoes!

Passing by the skärsgårdar (archipelegos)

Our picnic spot :o)

Fika in Old Town (Anja from Germany-left, Anna from Finland-right)

Relaxing in a park
(Anna, Anja, Me, Susanna)

Göteborg at sunset

We randomly saw some fireworks!

Nemo at the Universeum!

Liseberg

Two weekends ago, I went with a group of international students to Göteborg (Gothenburg, in English). The train and hostel was arranged by the international student association, but other than that, we were free to do what we pleased! I spent the weekend with my friend Anja (who I have talked about before), and two friends from Finland, Anna and Susanna. I had gone with both of them to Lapland, so it was fun to reconnect with them over the weekend.

We were only there two nights, but we made the most of our time! Since Göteborg is pretty far south in comparison to Karlstad, everything was in full bloom. It was beautiful! The sun was shining, the grass was green, and flowers were popping everywhere. It was clear that the season of good weather had begun because EVERYONE was outside. I hadn't seen that many people at one time since I first arrived.

The city definitely has its own unique "vibe". It seemed to be a younger city, both in architecture, and its inhabitants. It definitely has its own culture, which was fun because we got to experience something new.

On the first day, we had beautiful weather, so we decided to take a 30 minute ferry ride to a skärgård (archipelego) for a picnic. It was so fun! In order to get to the harbor, we had to take the tram all the way down to the end of one of the line, which was great because we were able to see different areas of Göteborg. The island itself was quite idyllic. It was so cute and had "typical" Swedish architecture with lots of little red and yellow cottages. We found our way to a big rock with a great view and spent a couple of hours eating lunch and enjoying the weather and scenery. That night we walked around Old Town, as well as downtown Göteborg, had fika, and just explored.

The following day we went to the Universeum, which is a big aquarium/museum in Göteborg. It was fun to look at all of the animals and take some pictures. We also made our way over to Liseberg, Göteborg's major theme park, and walked around a bit. Unfortunately, we didn't go on any rides because we are too cheap. haha! But we figured we could go on a roller coaster at home :o) Later that afternoon, we headed back to Karlstad. It was a very relaxed weekend, and we all had a great time seeing a new city!