Chapter 492: City of the Goths

Relative to Greenland, Stockholm's problems are also prominent, each with its own ...... Question, this is a social phenomenon......

Overall, though, Sweden is a fascinating country that many people would love to visit.

It's a pity that Ye Chao's heart is destined to wander, and he can't stay in Stockholm for long with the United States.

Beauty, he has already given the gifts, and then let them go back to nature.

On his next stop, he arrived in Gothenburg.

Goteborg is a famous port city on the southwest coast of Sweden. It is located in the Kattegat Strait, on the banks of the Jöta Canal, across the sea from the northern tip of Denmark. Population 900,000 (2009). Gothenburg is located on the west coast of Sweden in the Kattegat Strait, the mouth of Sweden's largest river, the Jöta River, with a population of about 900,000.

The Port of Gothenburg is protected from freezing all year round and has become a major port for navigation between Sweden and Western Europe.

Because Gothenburg is located in the center of Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm, the three Nordic capitals, there are more than 450 routes to all parts of the world, is the throat of Northern Europe, within a radius of 300 kilometers is the most developed industrial area of the three Nordic countries, is the industrial center of Northern Europe.

Goteborg means "city of the Goths".

Until the 1st century BC, the Goths lived here (in the eastern part of Scandinavia). Gothenburg has a history of almost 400 years, it was originally designed and built by the Dutch, so the city has a Dutch style.

In 1619, King Gustav II of Sweden ordered the city to be rebuilt as an important military fortress against Denmark.

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, it flourished with the development of shipping from Sweden. After the introduction of the steam engine in 1870, it developed into the largest port in the country. The port does not freeze all year round.

A network of canals surrounds the city. There are railways connecting all the major economic towns. There are shipbuilding, automobile, oil refining and food industries. Export of paper, timber and wood by-products.

Imports of oil, metal ores and fruits, etc. On the island of Sisingyan there is the largest shipyard in the country. There is an airport nearby.

Later, in order to absorb foreign advanced technology and experience, accelerate economic development, and encourage Germans and Scots to settle here, Gothenburg developed into a large commercial center. To this day, Gothenburg still retains some of its Dutch features.

In 1731, the Swedish East India Company was established in Gothenburg, and in 1832, the Jöta Canal was opened, and the port of Gothenburg was expanded and the city became more prosperous. Two or three hundred years ago, the first Swedish merchant ship to China also set sail from here, and the silk, spices, porcelain and tea brought back by the merchant voyage to China are still displayed in the Municipal History Museum, as a historical witness to the long history of cultural exchanges between Sweden and China.

As Sweden's largest port, the port of Gothenburg extends westward from the north bank of the Yota River into the northern bay, with a wide channel and heavy traffic, with a total length of more than 20 kilometers, divided into more than a dozen operation areas such as container, container, bulk, ro-ro, automobile, passenger transport and oil port, with an annual throughput of 30 million tons, and the seaport is equipped with various infrastructure such as storage, maintenance, supply and service.

The Port of Gothenburg has implemented an electronic pilotage, traffic management and computerized management operation system.

Gothenburg is also one of Sweden's tourist destinations.

With its beautiful scenery and international airport, the city attracts hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year to see the city's monuments such as the 17th-century royal residence, the 1699 Old City Hall, the mid-18th-century Swedish East India Company, and the 1815 Cathedral.

Gothenburg is Sweden's larger port, located on the west coast of the Kattegat Strait, opposite the northern tip of Denmark. The port of Gothenburg is ice-free all year round and is a major port for trade between Sweden and Western Europe.

Gothenburg is one of Sweden's most popular tourist destinations, as well as a university, an oceanographic institute and various other cultural facilities. Places of interest such as the royal residence built in the 17th century, the old city hall built in 1699, the Swedish East India Company built in the mid-18th century, and the cathedral built in 1815 attract hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year.

The city of Gothenburg is located on the west coast of Sweden on the banks of the Kattegat Strait and the Jöta River, across the sea from the northern tip of Denmark. It covers an area of 722 square kilometers and has a population of 480,000 in the urban area, including 850,000 in the surrounding city of Bigderberg.

It is the second largest city in Sweden and the most important port city in Scandinavia.

Gothenburg has an oceanic climate, with cool summers and temperatures below 30 degrees Celsius, and winters with no severe cold and temperatures around 0 degrees. Gothenburg is the transportation and shipping hub of Northern Europe, and 50% of the industries of Sweden, Denmark and Norway are concentrated within a radius of 300 kilometers from its center.

As the gateway to the outside world in western Sweden, Gothenburg was historically a battleground for the armies of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The Swedes built many cities here, but they were destroyed in the war.

In 1619, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden ordered the construction of a city at the mouth of the Jota River to prevent Danish infestation. Subsequently, the defensive function of Gothenburg gradually weakened, and on June 4, 1621, the port was opened by royal charter, and its foreign trade and transportation role was prominent, and it became an export port for Swedish timber, iron ore and other materials.

In the 18th century, Gothenburg became the center of European commerce and trade, and was known as "Little London". In the 19th century, Gothenburg grew rapidly and became Scandinavia's largest port and European shipbuilding center. In 1922, Gothenburg was founded.

As one of the world's most important ports, the Port of Gothenburg now has more than 450 shipping routes to ports around the world. More than 30,000 ships enter and leave the port every year. The port has a dock nearly 20 kilometers long, and the port is divided into 12 operation areas, including container, bulk, ro-ro, automobile, passenger and oil port, all of which are managed by modern computers.

Gothenburg mainly has bearing manufacturing, steel, automobile, shipbuilding, wood processing, biochemical medicine and other industries, Volvo (Volvo), SKF bearing company, Hasselblad camera company (Hasselblad) camera company, AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, Ericsson Microwave Systems (Ericsson Microave Systems), Well-known companies such as Saab-EricssonSpaceAB are located here.

Gothenburg's exports of manufactured goods account for more than 60% of Sweden's exports, and its industrial output accounts for about 20% of the country's output, second only to Stockholm. Gothenburg is also one of the world's largest trading centres for pulp and newsprint.

The vigorous development of high-tech and high-efficiency emerging industries such as electronics, communications, and aerospace in the region has led to an increasingly diversified industrial structure.

Here, there is the headquarters of Volvo Cars, a world-famous car!

Volvo (Volvo), a famous Swedish luxury car brand, once translated as rich.

The brand was founded in 1927 in Gothenburg, Sweden, and in 1999, the Volvo Group sold its Volvo car business to the American Ford Motor Company......