Göteborg is the Swedish spelling of the name (it's pronounced like "Yot-e-boy") and the English version of the name is Gothenburg. It is the second largest city in Sweden (Malmö is third and Stockholm is first).
Obligatory history section - skip past the ===== if you just want to read about our trip:
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Göteborg was founded in 1621 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden as a port city. It was named after the 'Geats' (the Swedish variant of the Goths) - the name means Geat Castle. In French the city is Gothemburg (but no Batman sadly).
Göteborg was an important city as it was Sweden's only access to the North Sea and Atlantic at a time when most of the Skåne/Halland region was held by Denmark and the northern area of Bohuslän was held by the Norwegians.
The city was walled in the 17th century, but the walls were torn down in 1810. Göteborg was very exposed, being situated on a thin strip of land between Denmark and Norway (common enemies of Sweden in the 1600s) and it wasnt until the Treaty of Roskilde that Sweden took possession of the Skåne/Halland region, freeing Göteborg to focus on trade rather than war.
The town focused initially on fishing, but in 1731 the Swedish East India Company was founded and traded with China.
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Our trip started on the 28th of December. Most of the 3hr drive was freeway, so there weren't a lot of sights to see, but we did capture some cool stuff:
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| An old style windmill |
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| Farms |
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| Looking out over the bay |
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| I did like this sign on the side of the road - Sockmaster.se. After checking the website it turns out that it is a clipping tool that can be used to clip pairs of socks together - Daniel J, watch out I think I have next years Xmas pressie for you.. |
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| Cameron took this picture on his IPad in the car and emailed it to, so it had to go up on the blog. |
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| A very cool tunnel, dug straight through the rock |
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| More farms |
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| And snow! |
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| An awesome bridge over the road |
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