Göteborg

Göteborg, Gothenburg in English, is split by the river, and that split explains much of what the numbers show. South of it are the old working-class districts of Majorna and Kungsladugård with their wooden landshövdingehus blocks, the inner city around Vasastaden and Linné, and further out the houses and terraces towards Askim and Billdal. North of the river is Hisingen, which holds both the former shipyards that became Eriksberg and Lindholmen and the north-eastern suburbs.

Public transport is built around the trams, and most people compare travel time rather than distance: an address five kilometres out can be twenty minutes away or fifty, depending on whether it sits on a tram line. Zone A covers the whole municipality, so the monthly pass costs the same wherever in the city you live.

The weather is what people will warn you about. The rain is real, but Gothenburg also gets more hours of sun than most expect, and for many the sea and the archipelago on the doorstep are the entire point of living here.