What you’re seeing above is a man that got ready is for a city tour in fifteen minutes upon waking up. We received an amazing city tour from an amazing tour guide. We had Swedish and American trivia thrown at us throughout the tour with jokes all around. I was expecting a super tourist-esque tour of the city but my expectations were blown out the water.
The sad part of my morning was the fact that I did not get any breakfast that everyone was raving about. To start my morning I pounded a Swedish sports drink and was on my merry way. The first stop on the tour is depicted above, and that was “the fish church”. My professor was a super nice guy and he basically bought everyone smoked salmon for breakfast. The fish church was really cool and all the fish is caught and served in the same day there. If you look at the third picture on the right, you can see a small restaurant all the way in the back with very reasonable prices for all dishes.
After adventuring around the port by the fish church, our tour guide gave a us brief showing of the Gotaplatsen! This is a cultural icon of the city with a statue of Poseidon as the center piece. The statue itself is surrounded by fine arts buildings like the Gothenburg theater, art museum, and concert hall. It was a cloudy day with rain storms scattered throughout, but little rain never killed anyone! This particular attraction serves as the entrance of the “avenyn” a notorious street for boujee shops and restaurants.
Pictures are an absolute for this tour and I think everyone definitely got their fill. The running joke we all had was to take pictures of people taking pictures. Now the person taking the first initial picture definitely got some great shots, but every one around them definitely made the most of the joke. We had a fantastic time at the Gotaplatsen and were hungry for more adventuring and that’s exactly what we did.
Upon leaving the avenyn entrance area we made our way towards the Haga district, a nice brick road area that saw a lot of foot traffic. Along the way for this particular part of the tour we made a few brief stops. We saw a few historical buildings that were revered highly in Swedish culture. One particular building that stuck out to me the most the German church and few of the buildings around it. This was a Protestant church that was established in Sweden. The interior was breath taking and I wish I took more pictures. Around the corner of this icon was a chocolate shop that apparently sells some of the best chocolate in the entire country. There is a high demand for dentists in Sweden because the Swedes eat more candy per person in the entire world!
I had no idea what to expect from today and kept my mind open to anything. I woke up too salmon and will be slumped tonight after some crepes. Tomorrow we are headed to the islands and anything after could be a mystery. We have had a few surprises along the way so far and I am open to a few more. Until tomorrow!
Today’s Takeaway’s:
- Sweden consumes 37 pounds of candy per person every year
- A Swedish general (name not given) is buried above ground at the “German Church”, and the sarcophagus was untouched by every fire the city has ever had
- Smoked salmon is really good for breakfast and crepes make for great desserts
- The Swedish camera company, Hasselblad created the cameras used to take pictures of the footprints on the moon landing
- The Swedish LOVE cinnamon rolls without icing
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