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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Arielle Domb

This tranquil Swedish city is perfect for a foodie break – with riverside markets and seafood festivals

Gothenburg’s Feskekorka market has just launched a new fish festival and is home to some of the city’s most exciting specialist restaurants - (House of Vision)

Captain Lasse docks our boat against a tiny yellow lichen-splattered islet, totally uninhabited apart from a wooden cabin. Clambering onto the grey rocks, my white-haired guide unloads a seafood feast onto a wooden ledge: teeny shrimps, peachy langoustine, orange crab legs, hönökaka (locally-baked cushiony flatbread) and two glasses of fizz.

“It’s paradise here,” he says, looking out into the expanse of twinkling blue sea. And he’s right.

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