The outer decks
Walkable, above the water's edge.
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A continuous strip walkable in an hour. The **opera house** is at its middle, and in front of it **Maritiman** โ 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.
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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 โ 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 โ 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 โ 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.
Christina Nilssons gata, Gothenburg