- Address: Lilla Bommens Torg 10, Center, 411 04 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Phone: +46 31 63 58 00
Imagine at least one Scandinavian camp without developed shipping is like representing the Mad Hatter without a hat and a constant cup of tea. Of course, the places where the formidable and stern Vikings come from, sometimes survived only due to navigation, though not always honestly. Today in the Scandinavian countries, you can combine a pleasant holiday with the knowledge of some aspects of navigation, both historically and through the prism of modernity. In Sweden, you will contribute to such a pastime bark Viking.
What is interesting for a tourist bark Viking?
Bark Viking is a huge four-masted sailing ship, built in 1906. To this day, this ship is the largest of its kind in the history of Scandinavia. It was built in the docks of the Danish company Burmeister Wain in Copenhagen .
Initially, the Viking bark was designed to meet the growing needs of the Danish merchant fleet, which he successfully coped with. In the history of the ship there are also wonderful coincidences of circumstances, which allowed him to meet without damage to German combat submarines. Since 1929, the ship was owned by the fleet of Finland, having served more than 20 years. In the end, the government of Sweden saved him from recycling, and in 1950 Viking bark docked at the port of Gothenburg .
Today there is a hotel of the same name. The hotel rooms are decorated in a marine style, which seems quite logical, considering that instead of windows there are portholes. The walls are paneled with light panels, and the artist-maritime painter Franz Glatzly worked on their decoration.
How to get to the Viking barge?
The ship-hotel is located in the very center of Gothenburg. Nearby there is the Lilla Bommen stop, which can be reached by trams No. 5, 6, 10 or by buses No. 1, 11, 18, 19, 25, 52, 55, 90, 91, 114, 194, 197.