City of Hope

Some call Gothenburg the world’s most sustainable destination. Adam H. Graham embarks on a low-carbon journey to explore its ethicalfashion shops and zero-waste restaurants—and find out if Sweden’s chief seaport might be the future for us all

I’m dipping day-old bread into spicy hummus made of leftover cauliflower at Garveriet, a former tannery on the woodsy River Säveån, several miles outside of Gothenburg. It’s one of the area’s many converted industrial spaces, in this case to a zero-waste café, brewery, and event hub. It’s raining, as it often does in Sweden’s Seattle, and upstairs a gang of Ikea employees await their fika (coffee break) during a workshop on sustainable management. To some the scene might sound like a Dickensian punishment. But for travelers like me who’ve made sustainability a priority, this is mecca. I arrived in Gothenburg on the same overcast October day that the city won the prestigious European Capital of Smart Tourism award. Like its sister green metropolises Copenhagen and Zurich, this port on Sweden’s scenic…

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Conde Nast Traveler (Digital) - 1 Issue, January/February 2021

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