Gothenburg

The harbour

Gothenburg lies on Sweden's west coast at the mouth of the Göta älv river, facing the Kattegat. Founded in the early seventeenth century under King Gustavus Adolphus, it became home to the Swedish East India Company and grew into the country's main gateway to the Atlantic.

It is the largest port in Scandinavia, handling containers, cars, oil and roll-on/roll-off cargo, with regular ferries to Denmark and Germany. The city is also the home of Volvo. Sailors approaching it thread through a rocky archipelago of low, bare granite islands and skerries before reaching the river mouth.

Gothenburg in PerpeNaval

Region

North Sea & Baltic

Country

Sweden

Position

57.70°N 11.95°E

Size in the game

a regional port (tier 1)

Fuel

about $240 a tonne at full stock

Trades

Grain, Machinery, Textiles, Steel, Fresh produce, Wine, Coffee, Cocoa, Medicine

On the quay

a quay and a fuel berth

Waters

near pirate water: Gulf of Gdańsk

The album

stamp, postcard, harbour porpoise, wooden clog

The nearest harbours by sea

Routed on the game's sea grid with the canals open, the way a ship sails it.

Lately at Gothenburg