Korsvägen (literary ”the cross road”) is a public square and transport hub in the events district of
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
, Sweden. Many important event venues and visitor attractions are located on or near Korsvägen, including the
Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre and
Gothia Towers hotel, the
Universeum science centre, the
Museum of World Culture
The National Museum of World Culture opened in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2004. It is a part of the public authority Swedish National Museums of World Cultures and builds on the collections of the former Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum that closed d ...
,
Scandinavium
Scandinavium () is an indoor arena located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971.
Scandinavium has been selected as a championship arena at least fifty t ...
and the amusement park
Liseberg
Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened in 1923. It is the second most visited theme park in Scandinavia, with around three million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roller coaste ...
.
Major infrastructure work was carried out during the 1990s. Korsvägen is the hub of popular culture and events in Gothenburg in the same way as
Götaplatsen is the cultural hub.
Korsvägen railway station is currently under construction 20 meters below Korsvägen as part of the
West Link
The West Link () is a Railway line, railway project under construction in Gothenburg, Sweden. It consists of of railway, including of tunnel, including three new underground stations: Centralen station, Centralen, Haga station (Gothenburg), Hag ...
project.
References
Squares in Gothenburg
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