Saturday, July 2, 2011

Gothenburg - Midsummer festivities and a conference

The IATA slot conference was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Would I have visited this place if it were not for the conference? Probably not! But am glad I was given the opportunity to visit as it was also Midsummer which is a celebratory occassion for the Swedes.

Midsummer festivities generally begins on the Friday when the Swedes head enmasse out to the country side to their family homes. Swedes are generally attuned to nature and everyone leaves town, everything shuts down and the streets are deserted. We got to experience that! But unfortunately we didnt get to see any of the festivities.

The symbol of midsummer

Check the link below for more information on the Midsummer Festivities.
http://www.sweden.se/eng/Home/Lifestyle/Traditions/Celebrating-the-Swedish-way/Midsummer/

Gothenburg is a small city and is easily covered on foot. It is also a city with plenty of canals and one should try and do the padden boat tour so as to see the city from a different perspective.


The Theatre

The Tradgardsforeningen garden

The canal


The Opera House

The Harbour



The Art Museum on the famous Aveny street

The Padden boat tour

The footbal stadium

The old city seen from the boat


We had dinner on this Barken Viking boat. It is now a hotel.

The strawberries in GOT were delicious

Liseberg is Northern Europe´s largest and most beautiful amusement park, and one of Sweden´s most popular attractions of any kind.


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