This exploration and celebration of both Swedish and worldwide cinema is held from late January to early February and is one of the largest film festivals in Scandinavia. Over 500 films are screened in or around the famous Järntorget theater side-by-side with numerous programs, seminars, parties and the Nordic Film Market. The festival features two international competition categories: the Dragon Awards and the Ingmar Bergman International Debut.
Göteborg International Film Festival
Olof Palmes plats 1
413 04 Göteborg, Sweden
+011-46-031-339-30-00
giff.se/us/public.html
Every year in late February/early March, participating shops in the city hold a gigantic book sale where readers, collectors and literary treasure hunters can search for rare and unusual books, such as limited editions or out-of-print paperbacks, many at bargain prices. This is a free event, but shoppers and browsers should expect long lines, particularly when the shops first open their doors.
Bokrean
411 00 Göteborg, Sweden
Phone: +011-46-031-61-2500
Locally known as "Vetenskapsfestivalen," this popular festival held in mid-April is the only one of its kind in Sweden, attracting over 100,000 visitors (including 35,000 students and teachers) who wish to explore the many current ideas behind modern day technology and social sciences. The week-long event consists of unique activities, workshops, debates, experiments and exhibitions held in numerous venues around the city such as lecture halls, cafés, museums and even shopping centers.
International Science Festival
Göteborg & Co, Mässans gata 8
S-412 51 Göteborg, Sweden
+011-46-031-61-5200
www2.goteborg.com/default.aspx?id=8691
This popular event held for five days at the end of June consists of numerous marching bands, orchestral processions and string bands that play in public areas such as the Avenyn and Kungsportsplatsen. The festival operates in cooperation with the Gothenburg Concert Hall and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and provides various workshops and seminars as well.
Göteborg Music Festival
Box 22052
400 72 Göteborg, Sweden
+011-46-031-50-6783
goteborgmusicfestival.com
Jazz lovers come from all over Scandinavia each August to hear both visiting international groups and local Swedish musicians play everything from swing to New Orleans-style jazz to experimental, big band, gospel and blues. The festival is spread across several different venues, from large concert halls to small intimate bars, most all of which are within walking distance of the city center.
Göteborgs Jazzfestival
+011-46-031-91-12-56
gothenburgjazzfestival.com
Each year from mid-November through December, the world renowned Liseberg amusement park hosts a beautiful winter wonderland filled with hundreds of Christmas trees, "fairy lights," and decorations. More than 80 red and white huts sell everything from traditional Nordic gifts to warm treats and hot chocolate, while reindeer prance along park paths, kids and couples skate on the ice rink, and others warm themselves by the various fire pits.
Liseberg Christmas Market
Liseberg Amusement Park
--rgrytevägen
41 251 Göteborg, Sweden
+011-46-031-40-0100
liseberg.com/en/home/
