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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Practical facts

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

Near Gothenburg

• Skagen · 83 km away
• Aalborg · 143 km away
• Helsingør · 190 km away
• Aarhus · 203 km away
• Copenhagen · 229 km away
• Malmo · 242 km away

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