Gothenburg, Sweden

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Gothenburg

Gothenburg is Sweden's second city and main port, built along the Gota river with a canal-lined centre laid out by Dutch engineers in the 1600s. It has a working harbour feel, wide avenues, and easy access to the rocky west-coast archipelago.

Photo: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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