Signal crayfish boiled with dill and salt, served cold with hard cheese, toast and aquavit in August. The kraeftskiva is a Swedish social ritual rather than a restaurant dish, eaten outdoors with paper bibs and singing.
3 editor picks for Kraeftskiva (Crayfish Party) in Gothenburg, ranked by editorial score. All Gothenburg signature dishes · Kraeftskiva (Crayfish Party) across every city.
Feskekorka Shrimp Stalls ★ 4.8
Centrum · Fisktorget 3, 411 20 Goteborg
The shrimp counters inside Feskekorka fish market serve Goteborg's most iconic street food: fresh West Coast prawns eaten standing up at the market counter with bread and aoli on the side.
Stora Saluhallen ★ 4.7
Centrum · Kungstorget, 411 17 Goteborg
Stora Saluhallen is Gothenburg's grand 19th-century indoor market at Kungstorget, housing over 40 traders selling West Coast seafood, Swedish charcuterie, cheese, bread and local produce under a soaring iron-and-glass roof.
Gamla Ulla ★ 4.4
Centrum · Fisktorget 3, 411 20 Goteborg
Gamla Ulla is a Feskekorkka market stalwart selling cooked crayfish, smoked herring and West Coast shellfish from a counter that has supplied Goteborg families for decades with market-day seafood.