Slottsskogen
Landscaped park of lawns, dug ponds and woodland, with a zoo, seals and old regional cottages.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to Slottsskogen in Gothenburg starts with a sum about the land itself, back when it was a royal forest belonging to Älvsborg castle. It follows a merchant on the city council who had walked the parks of London, and the city budget of the eighteen seventies that paid for turning woods into a park. Best heard on a path near the big pond.
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