Day 4 saw us out of bed at the ungodly hour of 5am or something to catch a train from Copenhagen to Gothenburg, Sweden. The train journey involved crossing Øresund Bridge, part of the link connecting Sweden and Denmark across the Øresund strait (I stole this panorama from Wikipedia). This is a combined twin-track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel, and is the longest road and rail bridge in Europe at 7.8km. Construction began in 1995 and was completed in 1999 three months ahead of schedule despite a setback upon the discovery of 16 unexploded World War II bombs lying on the sea floor. The bridge doesn't span the entire distance between Sweden and Denmark - the remaining 4km of the link is the Drogden Tunnel which sits in a trench dug in the seabed on the Danish end of the link. The reason for the tunnel is so the bridge does not interfere with planes from nearby Copenhagen Airport, and also to provide a clear channel for ships to pass by. Pretty impressive stuff!

We arrived in Gothenburg some four hours later and caught a tram to our hostel. Most of Gothenburg's trams look older than the people in this photo and are probably all due to disintergrate at any moment.

We weren't expecting much from Gothenburg and only had today in which to see it. It was basically just a stop-over en route to Oslo. But anyway Gothenburg (pronounced without the 'h') is Sweden's second-largest city after Stockholm with a population of around half a million. Fun fact of the day: Volvo Cars was founded here in 1921.

We basically spent our one day here just milling about. I frolicked in the park...

Kristina rowed a boat...

And I have no idea what this is all about.

This is the district of Haga, known for its picturesque wooden houses and its cafés (one of which we stuffed our faces at). Once upon a time this was a very dodgy working-class suburb of the city with a population of 15,000 a hundred years ago, but today is a really nice spot with a population of just 4,000 by comparison. A major renovation of the area was made in the 1980s in which houses were either renovated or torn down and replaced by replicas.

The 840m-long Kungsportsavenyn boulevard is the main street of Gothenburg and is nicknamed the "Champs-Élysées of the north", after Paris's Champs-Élysées. I'm not so sure about that but anyway.

I'd accept candy from him; seems legit.

Once we'd had enough of meandering around town we headed to Slottsskogen - Gothenburg's largest park at 137 hectares and handily located near our hostel. This is a popular spot with the locals for picnicking and relaxing, and whipping out the disposable BBQ's of which we saw (and could smell) dozens.

We had dinner on the lake there and with that called it a day. Gothernburg was actually a lot better than I expected it would be when we took the earlier photo of me above looking rather unenthused. It's not mind-blowing but is a really nice wee city and well worth at least a full day or two.