Gothenburg Ferry Port

Gothenburg offers ferries from Sweden to Germany and Norway

Gothenburg Ferry Port is situated in the South West Sweden about half way from Copenhagen, Denmark, Oslo and Norway. By its naturally advantageous location, Gothenburg Ferry Port is the largest harbour in Scandinavia. It is unique in a way that it is both a river and a sea port. Gothenburg Ferry Port was founded in 1620 and is owned by the city itself. Since then it has undergone various developments and has more recently transformed itself into a modern facility with 3 passenger terminals and a cruise terminal. You can book ferries from Sweden to Germany and Norway with AFerry.co.uk.

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Gothenburg Ferry Times & Sailing Information

Timetables

Frequency

Duration

Company

Frederikshaven - Gothenburg

up to 8 crossings per day

from 2hrs

Gothenburg - Frederikshaven

up to 8 crossings per day

from 2hrs

Gothenburg - Kiel

up to 7 crossings per week

14hrs

Kiel - Gothenburg

up to 7 crossings per week

14hrs

Gothenburg port facilities

Gothenburg Ferry Port has a wide range of modern facilities in all 3 terminals maintained to very high standards. Short term and long term parking facility is available outside the terminals including disabled parking spaces.

Getting to Gothenburg

From the North you reach Gothenburg via the E6/Uddevalla. From the South, you can go via the Halmstad. From the East you reach Gothenburg via E20 from Örebro or via highway 40 from Jönköping. Please note that Gothenburg port has 2 Stena Line terminals.

For sailings to Frederikshaven please go to the "Danmarks-terminalen" (Masthugsterminalen). For sailings to Kiel please go to the "Tysklands-terminalen" (Majnabbeterminalen).

From The Central station you can get a tram to the Stena Line terminals. Use trams no. 3 or 9 from Gothenburg centre and follow signs to the Stena Line terminal.

Buses from all destinations use Nils Ericsonsplatsen bus terminal. Look for bus numbers 31, 34, 40, 41, 85 and Bus stop Hjalmar Brantingsplatsen. Here you change to tram number 2, 3, 4, 5 or 9 or you can walk to the terminal building.

About Gothenburg

Gothenburg is located at the mouth of River Göta älv and hence got the name Gothenburg. Its location helped Gothenburg to develop into a significant trade and shipping city in the Nordic countries. The sea, trade and industrial history of the city is evident in the cultural life of Gothenburg.

Gothenburg is scattered with a number of historic and cultural establishments. Gothenburg Museum of Art, Liseberg (largest amusement park in Scandinavia), Röhss Museum (sea and natural history museum) and Gothenburg Opera are just a few of the those.

Kungsportsavenyn, commonly known as Avenyn, "The Avenue", is the main boulevard with a total length of 1 kilometre; it stretches from the older part of Gothenburg to the Götaplatsen square, where the Gothenburg Museum of Art and several other cultural institutions are located.

While in Gothenburg, you can also visit the Southern Gothenburg Archipelago consisting of Älvsborg Fortress, Vinga and Styrsö islands. As a seafront destination, Gothenburg is famous for its fish dishes and world class eateries sporting Michelin stars along with various other affordable options.