Goteborg in 24 hours: Part 1 - Slottsskog and Oscar Fredriks Church

24 July 2018

I explored places of Gotland within 24 hours. Here, my partner and I did a similar 24-hour short trip in Göteborg (pronounced as 'Your-teh-boh-ry') today. He drove the night before till 3am and we slept in a resting area which is about 20km from Göteborg. As usual, we slept in the car. Haha! We woke up the next day at 9am and continued the drive. 

My partner had in mind to park the car at a garden and we will walk to town. So, he went to Slottsskog (which means 'castle + forest') which is opposite The Botanical Garden. He parked for 7 hours and paid SEK50. 

First place of visit - Slottsskog. We walked around the park which has a mini zoo (the notice stated there were moose but did not see any) and a small aquarium for seals. It was a bit cloudy. The weather was lovely. It was not too warm for us. Fortunately, or unfortunately (as most would say), a bird shit on me, and it landed on some of my hair. This is the second time during the summer that a bird has pooed on me. Hmph. We managed to get some of the shit off my hair but I still felt dirtied (or lucky?) by it. Overall, 3 times in Sweden. 

The little aquarium for the seals. There were 4 of them.

Part of the mini zoo. Ducks and geese of various kinds.

Different types of goats.

Supposedly a viewpoint but the trees were not maintained and has covered up the view.

Saw a tower that can see the whole view of Göteborg but it was only opened on certain days. It did not interest me because I think it was not worth paying SEK80 for.

We walked out of the Park and headed towards town.

Second place of visit - Oscar Fredriks Church. The contrasting lime green and brown on the structure was beautiful. Really stands out. Plus the benches in the church were also mustard green in colour. This church has free entry. We saw a cleaning lady in the church.

It was free to light the candles, but you can donate if you wish.

Headed out of the church and wandered along the streets. We noticed how the buildings maintained their old form and architecture designs. Buildings that you will most probably see in Europe.

For lunch, we shared 10 pieces of sushi at a restaurant close to the Main Square. SEK91 - we were charged SEK10 extra because my partner wanted to have salmon fish on his sushi instead of some other fish. So, the chef said that it will cost extra. Meals comes with miso soup and green tea.