Food festivals in Gothenburg worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Gothenburg worth planning a trip around, by month.
En Ol och Whiskymassa in April draws craft beer and spirits enthusiasts to the Swedish Exhibition Centre with over 160 producers pouring across two days of tutored tastings and masterclasses.
The Christmas market at Liseberg amusement park in November and December is one of Scandinavia's most celebrated, with 5 million lights, gloegg stalls, pepparkakor and Swedish Christmas food filling the park.
Way Out West music festival in August has become as known for its vegan food village and craft beer gardens as for its music, with an entirely plant-based food offering that has set the Nordic festival standard.
Smaka pa Vastsverige (Taste of West Sweden) brings regional producers to Kungstorget in September to showcase West Coast shellfish, local dairy, artisan bread and Swedish-grown seasonal ingredients.
The annual Fisk och Skaldjursfestivalen at Feskekorka in early May celebrates the West Coast harvest with live shellfish from local boats, oyster shucking, fish cooking demonstrations and open-air dining inside Gothenburg's Gothic fish market.
The Majornas Beer Festival in June is hosted at Majornas Bryggeri on Karl Johansgatan with guest breweries pouring alongside the host, presenting a mix of traditional and innovative Swedish craft beer in a free-entry, pay-per-pour format.
In August, Gothenburg hosts its most exuberant kraeftskiva (crayfish party) season, with restaurants and bars across the city setting up outdoor crayfish tables for the traditional ritual of crayfish, aquavit shots and party singing under a full moon.