For over a century the area was dominated by shipbuilding but a crisis in the 1970s destroyed the industry.
The former machinery buildings have been renovated into a hotel with conference facilities.
Michael Jackson performed in front of 106,000 people for 2 sold-out shows during his Bad World Tour in June 1988.
In 2014, the progressive metal band Evergrey from Gothenburg filmed a music video for the song "King Of Errors" from their album Hymns for the Broken atop the Eriksberg gantry crane.
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