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Avenyn: Avenyn
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  • MickeH
  • Updated By MickeH on August 17, 2004
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  • One side of Avenyn - Göteborg
    One side of Avenyn
    by MickeH
    If you are travelling to Gothenburg you won't miss Avenyn even if you try. It's right smack in the centre of town and much of Gothenburg's life circles around it.

    This is the main gathering street for people out to have a good time. It is littered with pubs and bars and restaurants as well as shops and is usually quite crowded.
    If you are going clubbing, I suppose this is the place to be, since Valand, Lounge and many more clubs have their business here.

    But it can be a bit of a tourist trap as many tourists are drawn here and may simply stay in this area for the duration of their holidays. Try not to miss out on the other places in Gothenburg because you get stuck on Avenyn.

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  • Directions: Don't worry, you'll find it!
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    Avenyn: The street for everyone
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  • Henrik_rrb
  • By Henrik_rrb on June 25, 2005
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  • Poseidon - Göteborg
    Poseidon
    by Henrik_rrb
    Avenyn, or "Kungsportsavenyn" as it will be written on most maps, is by far the biggest and most famous street in Gothenburg.
    Here you'll find a lot of things, from shopping, museums and restaurants to nightclubs and parks.

    The street itself I would say is around 2-3 kilometers long (although I might be totally wrong... So bad at guessing the lenght), and starts almost at the water, and then goes up all the way to "Götaplatsen", where you'll find a big statue of Poseidon - the god of the ocean.

    Along the way you'll find parks, as Bältespännarparken (where you can sunbath or listen to concerts in the summer, and figureskating in the winter), restaurants as Hard Rock Café, Brasserie Lipp and Joe Farelli's, nightclubs as Nivĺ, Bryggeriet, Park Avenue, shopping with shops for shoes, cameras, clothes, food, and museums as the Museum of Art (Konstmuseum) and the Concert Hall.

    Especially in the summer this street is a really lively one, with the nightlife going on until 5 in the morning at some places. It's also a very popular place for some after work, when people goes here directly from work and take a beer at one of all the pubs.

    Along the street you'll all the time find the trams, a traditional thing for Gothenburg (unlike Stockholm, this city is beautiful, so we don't have to dig down the subway underground... ;) ).

    In the nights this is a crowded street, but please be a bit careful. Sometimes it's quite violent, and there are also a lot of taxidrivers who isn't exactly legal...

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  • Address: Kungsportsavenyn, up and down
  • Directions: 10-12 minutes walk from the central station, 10 minutes walk from the football stadiums, 10 minutes walk from the amusment park Liseberg. In the center of Gothenburg.
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    Avenyn: Avenyn
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  • MalenaN
  • Updated By MalenaN on April 14, 2004
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  • Avenyn - Göteborg
    by MalenaN
    The broad street Kungsportsavenyn (Avenyn) is a street with shops, cafes, restaurants and bars. A warm summer evening this is the place for strolling up and down, or to sit down at one of the outdoor restaurants and watch people go by.

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  • Website: www.avenyn.se
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    Avenyn: Kungsportsavenyn
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  • diocletianvs
  • By diocletianvs on August 1, 2003
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  • Kungsportsavenyn seen from Götaplatsen - Göteborg
    Kungsportsavenyn seen from
    Götaplatsen
    by diocletianvs
    Kungsportsavenyn stretches from the Kunsportsplatsen at the northwest till the Götaplatsen on the southeast. It is a 19th century big avenue filled with various architectural styles up to present-day buildings. Stora teatern on the northern and cultural complex on the southern tip on Götaplatsen are the biggest cultural institutions.

    This street is lined with shops, caffees and restaurants. The prevailing language in these places is not Swedish, since the locals go out somewhere else. Although you can't miss this famous avenue in Göteborg I could have easily place this tip under the "Tourist traps" as well. (Be sure just to walk up and down here.)

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  • Address: Kungsportsavenyn
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    Avenyn: "AVENYN"
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  • hevbell
  • By hevbell on April 10, 2004
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    avenyn
    by hevbell
    A continuation of Ostra Hamngatan, Kungsportsavenyn, known simply as Avenyn, is one of the cities main streets and from what I could tell the most well known. Kind of a "Champs Elysee" of Goteburg. Its just a wide avenue lined with shops, bars etc with the more interesting Gotaplatsen at the top

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  • Address: Kungsportavenyn
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    Avenyn: Paris has the Champs-Elysee...
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  • Orbital_
  • Updated By Orbital_ on November 17, 2004
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  • Looking up towards the Konstmuset - Göteborg
    Looking up towards the
    Konstmuset
    by Orbital_
    ...Barcelona ‘Las Ramblas’, Gothenburg the slightly less famous ‘Kungsportsavenyn’, or simply ‘Avenyn’ to the locals. This long tree-lined boulevard, in the tradition of many great boulevards across the globe is a good place to grab a coffee, dine out or simply people watch. Retail therapy your calling? Again here there’s all manner of shops to keep you and your wallet busy, and if your feet get tired most of the major tramlines roll up and down the full length. At the top of the boulevard don’t miss ‘Konstmuset’, Gothenburg’s impressive art museum (as well as Scandinavian masters, also Picassos, Rubens and Van Gough’s feature), the camera-friendly entrance to which is dominated by the immense Statue of Poseidon.

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  • Address: City Centre - stands out easily on most maps!
  • Website: www.avenyn.se
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    Avenyn: The STREET in Gothenburg
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  • Joacim
  • By Joacim on February 12, 2008
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    Avenyn
    by Joacim, 4 more photos
    Avenyn is a very nice place to be. It is full of shops, hotels, restaurants, bars, museums, concert hall, nightclubs and cafés. During the summer every restaurant with self respect also has an outdoor part of the restaurant.

    Kungsportsavenyn, commonly known as just Avenyn ("The Avenue", It is the major avenue in the city), is the main street of Gothenburg, Sweden, and a smaller counterpart of the Champs-Élysées. It was created in the 1860s and 1870s as a result of an international town planning competition. With a total length of about 1000 meters, it stretches from the old moat at the edge of the older part of Gothenburg, and ends at the Götaplatsen square, where the Gothenburg Museum of Art and several other cultural institutions are located.

    At the moat, it connects to the smaller street Östra Hamngatan, and the Avenue takes its it full name after Kungsporten, the "King's Gate" which was located at the point in the fortifications where Östra Hamngatan ends.

  • Address: Kungsportsavenyen
  • Directions: Central city
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    Avenyn: Avenyn
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  • marielexoteria
  • Updated By marielexoteria on March 9, 2009
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  • Avenyn from Stadsteatern - Göteborg
    Avenyn from Stadsteatern
    by marielexoteria, 2 more photos
    Avenyn (the avenue) is the place to see and be seen. That's a busy street basically 24/7 with places to eat, discotheques/bars, shops, etc. It's a nice place to stroll and look at many nice looking buildings when the weather allows it.

  • Address: Avenyn
  • Directions: Take the airport coach (if from Landvetter airport) and get off at the stop called Kungsportsplatsen. Many tram lines that will take you there from various points of the city stop at Kungsportsplatsen too.
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    Avenyn: The ever famous Avenue
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  • hassan_abu
  • By hassan_abu on November 1, 2004
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  • statue - Göteborg
    statue
    by hassan_abu
    This is the most talked about street in Gbg. You'll find rows of shopping, theatres, restaurants (just like Orchard Road, in Singapore). At the end of the road, is the Hassleblad Centre.

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    Avenyn: Walk on Kungsports Avenyn, it...
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  • Lemonita
  • By Lemonita on September 13, 2002
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  • Avenyn - Göteborg
    by Lemonita
    Walk on Kungsports Avenyn, it is the largest and most central street of Goteborg.
    Just enjoy the local architecture

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