The outer decks
Walkable, above the water's edge.
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The Gothenburg Opera stands directly on the harbour edge, opened in 1994, and its shape is deliberate: a **ship**. A sloping roof falls towards the water, the structure recalls a hull, and its outer decks can be walked on. The intention is stated — Gothenburg is a shipbuilding city, and the quay the opera stands on was a yard. The architect Jan Izikowitz designed it after a competition, and the result is among the most successful modern Swedish public buildings. It stages opera, ballet and musical theatre in a season running from autumn to spring, with performances **in their original languages with surtitles**, many of them in English as well — so ask, because that opens it to non-Swedish speakers. For anyone not attending a performance: the building is free to see from outside, and the walk along the quay around it is among the best in Gothenburg — historic ships are moored in front of it, with the floating Maritiman museum.
Walkable, above the water's edge.
Historic ships moored in front of the building.
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Maritiman — the Floating Maritime MuseumMaritiman is **the largest floating ship museum in the world**: nineteen histori3 minutes walk4.5
Kronhuset and the KronhusbodarnaKronhuset is **the oldest standing building in Gothenburg**: a red brick arsenal4 minutes walk4.1
Gustaf Adolfs torgGustaf Adolfs torg is Gothenburg's official square, ringed by its administrative6 minutes walk4.1
The Museum of GothenburgThe Museum of Gothenburg occupies the Swedish East India Company building of 1756 minutes walk4.5
Gothenburg CathedralGothenburg Cathedral stands in the middle of the city, and is the **third** buil9 minutes walk4.5A continuous strip walkable in an hour. The **opera house** is at its middle, and in front of it **Maritiman** — the largest floating ship museum in the world, nineteen historic vessels joined by gangways including a submarine and a destroyer you can go down into. West of it is **Barken Viking**, a 1906 sailing ship turned hotel. Further on is **Jubileumsparken**, with a public swimming pool on the water and a sauna built from reclaimed materials. And the Stena ferries to Denmark and Germany leave from the quay. The walk is free; the museums are ticketed.