Liseberg and Gothia Towers (Heden district)

-World Trade Center, Svenska Mässan, Universeum, Världskulturmuséet, Korsvägen, Evenemangsstråket

Liseberg is a very popular amusement park, the largest one in Sweden, and the country’s most popular attraction. It opened in 1923 and is situated at the highway entrance to Gothenburg, in a hilly area, part of the Heden district. You can find two large rollercoasters (Balder and Helix), a flumride and a 116m high landmark tower with a catapult, Liseberg Atmosfear (also called Lisebergstornet) among its attractions, as well as numerous restaurants and live venues.

Opposite Liseberg you find Scandinavia’s largest hotel, the Gothia Towers, which consists of three glass skyscrapers with glass-enclosed elevators, connected via skybridges, rooftop restaurants and a glass-bottom spa is among the attractions. It was originally built in 1984 with just two towers, but a 3rd tower was built in 2014 while the other ones increased their heights. It now has over 1200 rooms.

Just next to Liseberg is also Universeum, a futuristic science center and museum that opened in 2001. It is very large and features a tropical rain forest, an aquarium, space vehicles and objects, a glass elevator that rides through a waterfall and many animals and birds. The Museum of World Culture (Världskulturmuséet, opened in 2004), is a very large, boxy modernist museum building in the area, with a much more interesting interior. Svenska Mässan (Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre) and World Trade Center are adjacent to the Gothia Towers, opposite Liseberg, in a quite dull building 8-storey white complex. However, there are plans for a 4th hotel tower with even more rooms, on top of Svenska Mässan. From Korsvägen (Cross Road), many of Gothenburg’s blue trams depart and many importants roads meet. All these attractions are part of Evenemangsstråket (Thouroughfare of Events), an area in the Heden district with many attractions.