The hagabulle
A giant cinnamon bun, the district's emblem.
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Start at Feskekorka on the canal, walk five minutes south to Haga Nygata for coffee and a cinnamon bun, then climb the hill behind it for ten minutes to Skansen Kronan for the view, then descend west toward Slottsskogen park โ a fully connected walking route covering four sights in about three hours.
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Haga is Gothenburg's oldest suburb, laid out in 1648 outside the city walls to house workers and the poor, and it remained a poor quarter for centuries until the council decided in the 1970s to demolish it entirely under a renewal plan. Broad public protest stopped the demolition and saved the district โ which is today among the most attractive in Sweden. Its architecture is distinctive: the landshovdingehus, three-storey houses with a stone ground floor and two timber floors above. The reason was legal: building regulations barred timber buildings above two storeys for fear of fire, so builders worked around them with a stone base that fell outside the count. Its main street, Haga Nygata, is cobbled and pedestrianised, lined with cafes, craft shops and antique dealers. Its best-known local tradition is the hagabulle โ an enormous cinnamon bun considerably larger than your palm, which has become the district's emblem. Skansen Kronan fort looks directly down on it from the hill.
A giant cinnamon bun, the district's emblem.
Cobbles, cafes and antiques, car-free.
Haga Nygata, 413 01 Gothenburg