Arrived in Goteborg about 9am and had plenty of time to find the hotel we were going to stay at for the next 2 nights. For our 25th anniversary, we reserved a cabin on the Barken Viking, an old sailing ship that was first renovated into a school for sailors (1957) then renovated & transformed into a hotel, restaurant & conference center (1995). Everything is still quite authentic! The last time it sailed was about 1948.
And our cabin:
Also this day we explored Maritiman, Gothenburg's "Maritime Adventure Center" on the Göta River, almost right next to the Barken Viking. There are 19 vessels there. We made it onto the submarine (of course!), the destroyer and the lightship. The harbour ferry formed the entrance where we bought the tickets & got a cup of coffee. Then we accessed the vessels from the pontoon. Again, not enough time!
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| Still able to make it down the hatch! |
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| view of submarine Nordkaparen from destroyer |
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| Destroyer HMS Småland |
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| I could even make it through a hatch! |
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| Destroyer, sub, fireboat - view from pontoon |
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| Gothenburg's famous wheel - 60 meters high |
Bob was a little interested in going on the Ferris wheel but no way would I do that! It's also right there close to the waterfront. Their "wheel" is also used as a landmark - so many times people use it for direction!
The Barken Viking restaurant was not open for dinner so we had to find someplace else. There were many places within walking distance and good thing because the streets were a bit confusing! We did manage to find a pretty good restaurant, Jensen's Bofhus, so had a good evening.
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