Konstmuseet

Göteborg’s premier art collection awaits at Konstmuseet, with works by the French impressionists, Rubens, Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Picasso, as well as Scandinavian masters such as Bruno Liljefors, Edvard Munch, Anders Zorn and Carl Larsson. Other highlights include a superb sculpture hall, the Hasselblad Center photographic collection, and temporary exhibitions showcasing next-gen Nordic art. Outside, Götaplatsen is dominated by the bronze Poseidon fountain, infamous for scandalising locals upon its unveiling in 1931. This 7m-high colossus originally had private parts most men could only wish for. Alas it was all too much for Göteborg’s strait-laced citizens, who forced poor Poseidon to undergo drastic reduction surgery.