Editing Gothenburg (section)

=== Characteristic buildings ===
[[File:Barken Viking i Göteborg.JPG|thumb|left|Skanskaskrapan]]
The [[Gothenburg Central Station]] is in the centre of the city, next to Nordstan and Drottningtorget.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stationsinfo: Göteborg Centralstation |trans-title=Station info: Gothenburg Central Station |url=http://www.stationsinfo.se/station/GoteborgCentral/ |website=stationsinfo.se |publisher=Samtrafiken |access-date=27 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728091309/http://www.stationsinfo.se/station/GoteborgCentral/ |archive-date=28 July 2015}}</ref> The building has been renovated and expanded numerous times since the grand opening in October 1858. In 2003, a major reconstruction was finished which brought the 19th-century building into the 21st century expanding the capacity for trains, travellers, and shopping.<ref>{{cite book |title=Tåg 62: SJ-utställning i Göteborg 11 maj – 15 juli, En exposé över järnvägen igår, idag och imorgon |trans-title=Train 62: SJ-show in Gothenburg 11 May to 15 July, An exposé of Railways yesterday, today and tomorrow |editor=Claes Horn |publisher=Statens järnvägar |date=1962 |page=5 |first=Claes |last=Krantz}}</ref> Not far from the central station is the [[Lilla Bommen (building)|Skanskaskrapan]], or more commonly known as "The Lipstick". It is {{cvt|86|m|ft}} high with 22&nbsp;floors and coloured in red-white stripes. The skyscraper was designed by [[Ralph Erskine (architect)|Ralph Erskine]] and built by [[Skanska]] in the late 1980s as the headquarters for the company.<ref name=vasa>{{cite web |title=Åttiosex meter över Göta Älv |trans-title=Eighty-six meters above Göta Älv |url=http://vasakronan.se/profilfastighet/lilla-bommen |website=vasakronan.se |publisher=Vasakronan AB |access-date=27 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713061745/http://vasakronan.se/profilfastighet/lilla-bommen |archive-date=13 July 2015}}</ref>

By the shore of the Göta Älv at [[Lilla Bommen]] is The Göteborg Opera. It was completed in 1994. The architect Jan Izikowitz was inspired by the landscape and described his vision as "Something that makes your mind float over the squiggling landscape like the wings of a seagull."<ref>{{cite web |title=Om operahuset |trans-title=About the opera house |url=http://sv.opera.se/om-oss/om-operahuset/ |website=sv.opera.se |publisher=Göteborgsoperan |access-date=27 August 2015 |archive-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920161154/http://sv.opera.se/om-oss/om-operahuset/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Feskekörka-1.jpg|thumb|Feskekörka fishmarket]]
[[Feskekörka]], or ''Fiskhallen'', is an indoor fishmarket by the Rosenlundskanalen in central Gothenburg. Feskekörkan was opened on 1{{nbsp}}November 1874 and its name from the building's resemblance to a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] church.<ref>{{cite book |title=100 utmärkta hus i Göteborg |trans-title=100 excellent houses in Gothenburg |first1=Manne |last1=Ekman |first2=Margareta |last2=Rydbo |publisher=Göteborgs Stadsmuseum, Alfa Print AB |location=Sundbyberg |date=2007 |isbn=978-91-85488-78-0 |id={{LIBRIS|10516941}}|page=78}}</ref> The [[Gothenburg city hall]] is in the [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] architectural style. The [[Gothenburg Synagogue]] at Stora Nygatan, near Drottningtorget, was built in 1855 according to the designs of the German architect August Krüger.<ref>{{cite web |title=GÖTEBORG INOM VALLGRAVEN 3:7 – husnr 1, GÖTEBORGS SYNAGOGA |trans-title=GOTHENBURG WITHIN THE MOAT 3: 7 – HOUSE NO. 1, GOTHENBURG SYNAGOGUE |url=http://www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaHistorik.raa?page=historik&visaHistorik=true&byggnadId=21400000216266 |website=bebyggelseregistret.raa.se |publisher=[[Swedish National Heritage Board]] |access-date=27 August 2015 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224950/http://www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaHistorik.raa?page=historik&visaHistorik=true&byggnadId=21400000216266 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Gunnebo House]] is a country house located to the south of Gothenburg, in Mölndal. It was built in a neoclassical architecture towards the end of the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gunnebo House and Gardens |url=http://www.swedishgardens.se/portfolio-items/park-5/ |website=swedishgardens.se |publisher=Swedish Society of Public Park & Gardens |access-date=27 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811031237/http://www.swedishgardens.se/portfolio-items/park-5/ |archive-date=11 August 2015 }}</ref> Created in the early 1900s was the [[Vasa Church, Gothenburg|Vasa Church]]. It is located in [[Vasastan, Gothenburg|Vasastan]] and is built of granite in a neo-Romanesque style.<ref>{{cite book |title=Göteborgstrakten – bygd och natur |trans-title=Gothenburg area – rural and nature |editor=Claes Claesson |publisher=Göteborgs stadsfullmäktiges beredning för natur- och kulturskydd |location=Gothenburg |id={{LIBRIS|2996798}} |date=1951|page=45}}</ref>

[[Karlatornet]], a skyscraper set to be fully completed in 2025, stands as the tallest building in the Nordics, reaching a height of 246 meters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fastighetsvarlden.se/notiser/karlatornet-nara-sin-hogsta-hojd/ |title=Karlatornet nära sin högsta höjd – stål i toppen |date=June 2023 |publisher=[[Fastighetsvärlden]] |access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/goteborg/karlatornets-sista-pusselbit-sa-ser-paviljongen-ut.e5854542-e770-4e8d-b011-dcd995296b58 |title=Karlatornets sista pusselbit – så ser paviljongen ut |date=17 September 2024 |work=[[Göteborgs-Posten]] |access-date=29 October 2024}}</ref>

Another noted construction is [[Brudaremossen masts|Brudaremossen TV Tower]], one of the few [[partially guyed tower]]s in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=Antennen är högst i stan |trans-title=Antenna is highest in town |work=[[Göteborgs-Posten]] |date=29 November 1995 |page=11}}</ref>