Fortress

The first time we visited Sweden, we also visited Älvsborg Fortress in Gothenburg. This large fortress is located, strategically, in Göta River since it was built to protect what was then the only access Sweden had to the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. But the fortress we visited isn’t the first one built to protect what would become Gothenburg later.

Älvsborg Fortress: A Visit to Medieval Sweden

Gothenburg (category), Sweden (category)
4 min read
26/02/201627/10/2016

Suomenlinna: Everything you need to know about the biggest sea fortress in Finland

Finland (category), Helsinki (category)
8 min read
08/04/201505/11/2024