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Covers the history of the city and region from prehistoric times to the present, with emphasis on the 19th-century Swedish East India Company, which was once housed in the building.
The Museum of Gothenburg is a local history museum located in the city centre of Gothenburg in western Sweden. It is located in the East India House, originally built as the Swedish East India Company offices in 1762. The city museum was established in 1861.
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Deutsche Kirchengemeinde Göteborg
The church of Gothenburg's German community, built in 1748. This church is likewise the third church standing here, as the earlier ones have burned down.
Kronhuset
Built in 1643-1655, and briefly home of the Swedish Parliament. It houses Göteborgs Musik, and the surrounding buildings are now cafes and crafts workshops. It is Gothenburg’s oldest still-standing non-religious building.
Göteborgs Domkyrka
Built in 1815, in the centre of old town. The seat of the Diocese of Gothenburg. It is the third church standing there – the earlier two burned down in city fires. Domkyrkoplan, the park surrounding the church, used to be the cemetery of the second church.
Opera House
By Lilla Bommen is the modern opera house of Gothenburg where great operas, both new and old, as well as musicals are performed regularly. You can take a guided behind-the-scenes tour to learn how the performances are created.