Lilla Bommen

The eponymous building along with The Gothenburg Opera house and the barque Viking are all located at Lilla Bommen.

[1] The harbor was located between two bastions: the Gustavus Primus at the present-day opera house, and the S:tus Ericus west of the Lilla Bommen high-rise.

Said to have been constructed in the 1640s, as of 2015[update] it is used as a marina, owned and operated by the Gothenburg Municipality through the Liseberg company, for visiting pleasure craft.

[8] On the west side of the dock is The Gothenburg Opera house, completed in 1994 while on the east is an office complex that includes a high-rise with the same name as the area, the Lilla Bommen.

[14] In July 2001, when digging was done at S:t Eriksgatan in Lilla Bommen, in connection to the construction of the Götatunneln, a boat wreck from the mid 1700s was found.

The steamer was fully loaded with cargo and passengers, twentysix people died and the accident was widely publicized in national press.

[17] The somewhat gruesome salvage operation was filmed by photographer Charles Magnusson and was shown, uncensored, as part of one of Sweden's first newsreels.