Day 12 - Gothenburg, Sweden

Today we are in Gothenburg, Sweden, the second biggest city next to Stockholm, known for their Volvo museum. The ship docked quite a ways away from the main part of the city so we were herded onto shuttle buses that dropped us off at the infamous Gustav Adolfs torg, home to a statue of founding father, King Gustaf Adolf. While we try and hit the common tourist spots you read about, Paul and I tend to tread off the beaten path and today, that led us to…a film set. I spoke to someone working there and she said it was a true crime movie about the biggest robbery in history that occurred in 2008 in Denmark but, she said, the story starts in Sweden. We stayed long enough to watch a guy aiming a rifle at an armored vehicle - yes, Alec Baldwin came to mind 😳. Anyway, when I got back to the ship, I researched it a bit more and I believe this is it, described as “In a spectacular heist that had all the precision of a military operation, armed robbers in Denmark stole 30 million kroner ($6.3 million) in cash early on Tuesday by smashing down the wall of a money transport firm with a crane and storming through the breach armed with submachine guns and rifles.” Another source said “DKK 60 million (USD 10.5 million) was stolen from cash handling company Dansk in Glostrup in 2008, making the crime Denmark’s biggest robbery to date.” Well after that bit of excitement we walked up to Masthuggskyrkan, a church high up that gave us a great view overlooking the city - if you look closely, you can see the ship in the distance. We continued on through Haga, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Gothenburg that is now a pedestrian street, lined with plenty of independent shops and cafés, followed by various parks and gardens, a short walk along the canal and lastly, Nordstan, Scandinavia’s biggest shopping mall - we didn’t last for long. Two consecutive days of walking and riding and we’re wiped…Paul is napping as I’m writing this.Read more