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Notre premier séjour à Göteborg en Suède, nous avons pris un vol Ryanair à prix cassé (une de leurs offres pour deux pennies, oui, juste quelques centimes, Ryanair ne vaut pas plus de toute manière mais c'est une autre histoire...) Nous avons trouvé le Mornington Hotel via le site TripAdvisor et l'avons choisi parce que ses tarifs étaient moyens et il semblait être situé près du centre. C'était vraiment un bon choix. OK, il y a plus rupin comme hôtel, mais il est très bien situé sur l'Avenue et il y a un petit déjeuner fabuleux inclus, à prendre à la Brasserie juste à côté (qui sert aussi un très bon dîner). Je vous conseillerais chaudement de profiter du sauna gratuit au premier étage, il vous suffit de réserver 20 minutes à l'avance (pour qu'ils puissent le chauffer) et vous pouvez vous relaxer après une longue journée à visiter des musées et autres lieux touristiques. C'est idéal pour un peu de repos avant le dîner et le reste de la soirée. Mon seul souci avec cet hôtel est que les femmes de la réception ne semblaient pas très bien connaître le quartier et ont eu beaucoup de mal à me recommander un endroit où dîner (on pourrait penser que c'est nécessaire pour ce métier !) Oh, et le personnel met des petits nounours et des chocolats sur votre oreiller, et les lits sont TRES confortables. Enfin, vous pouvez aller au pub The Rose and Crown sans quitter l'hôtel, pratique pour éviter de devoir sortir dehors dans le froid. En somme, c'était une très bonne visite !

The Göteborg City Museum is a cultural history museum…and it’s obsessed with chairs! There’s a temporary exhibit on right now called “All these chairs” which asks how and why we collect things, and how hundereds of chairs have ended up in the museum’s collection.

Very cool design and a great little video interview with 2 curators who raise really interesting points about collections and whether a neutral point of view can be expressed when things are donated and come with certain expectations of class and gender…

One of the permanent exhibits is all about the vikings with a huge ship in the middle - Äskekärrsskeppet, the only ship from the Viking era on display in Sweden. Also very well designed and there were lots of school groups and students wandering around the place.

Like all the other museums in the city, you can leave your coats and bags in a locker for a 5k deposit. Very sensible!

There’s also a lovely little coffee shop which feels like it’s underground with big pillars and a curving ceiling. Great cakes and refills of strong coffee. We went slightly mad in the shop, buying a ton of super-cool gifts for adults and kids alike.

I was VERY impressed with this place - if you like museums (or it’s just cold and rainy outside) pop inside for a great experience. I’d also recommend getting the museum pass which includes this, the art museum, design museum and natural history museum. Very good value for money.

We read about Smaka in a tourist brochure, LOVED the name (cue lots of jokes about being “Smakaed upside the head”) and were also intrigued by an online review that described it as having a “blue mileau”.

It is quite blue indeed, but not like the inside of a Smurf house or anything… a funky bar area and lovely restaurant.

We started off with a smörgåsbord (another just brilliant word) of herring which was absolutely delicious, melt-in-your-mouth with amazing sauces, little boiled potatoes, cheese and bread.

Good wine list and a range of Swedish and other dishes. Some vegetarian options as well. We went for fish and lamb dishes, both of which were great. Very reasonably priced for the quality of the food. Highly recommended!

First time in Göteborg, Sweden on a super-cheap RyanAir 2p deal (yes, just 2 pennies, which is really all RyanAir is worth anyway, but that’s a whole other review…).

We found the Mornington Hotel through TripAdvisor and picked it as it was mid-range in price and seemed pretty central. Totally the right choice. OK, not the most swanky of places, but it’s a perfect location right on the Avenue with a fabulous breakfast included, just next door in the Brasserie (which was also pretty good for dinner later on).

I would highly recommend taking advantage of the free sauna on the first floor, which you just book about 20 minutes before you need it (so they can crank up the heat) and then relax in after a hectic day of museums and sightseeing. Perfect for a little respite before dinner and the evening’s entertainment.

My only quibble with the Mornington would be that the ladies on the front desk did not seem that knowledgable about the local area and had a hard time coming up with recommendations for dinner - a requirement of the job one would think!

Oh, and they put little teddy bears and chocolates on your pillow and the beds are VERY comfy. There’s also the Rose and Crown pub right next door (with a convenient connecting door so you don’t have to go out in the cold). All in all, a good experience!

An absolute must if you’re visiting Nashville. The heart of country music…even if you don’t even LIKE country music, you just can’t help but get caught up in the atmosphere. You’ll find your toe tapping and catch yourself singing along to words you didn’t even know you knew!

It’s a truly entertaining evening, with bands and singers all swapping places on stage at breakneck speed. The performance is also sent out live as a radio show, so there’s a compare guy standing in the corner behind a mike, introducing the next singers and reading out those crazy kind of commercials only to be found in the Deep South - Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Bass Pro Fishing (“Do you like to get up early on the weekends? Do you like to hunt and fish? Then Bass Pro is for you!”). An unintentionally hilarious addition to the music.

And the music is really great. All manner of family groups, up-and-coming singers, and old-timers who are as much comedians and all-round entertainers as they are musicans - there was even a hot boy band when I was there! Well worth it, and make sure you get a cowboy hat or suitably cheesy souvenir from the (extensive) gift shop!