Gothenburg
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Gothenburg

Sweden · Västra Götaland County

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden 400 km from the capital, it is the gubernatorial seat of Vastra Gotaland County, with a population of approximately 600,000 in the city proper and about 1.1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.

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Local time
UTC+1 · 7 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region
Västra Götaland County
Main language
Swedish
On the map
57.71° N, 11.97° E

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