Events 2011
With us you can stay comfortably and have everything close by! Below we list, as they come in, interesting events, shows and affairs occuring in Kungälv and the area close by equivalent to a day trip. If you're missing something from this page please contact us! You can also find more information on Västsverige.se, bohusfastning.se and our own Våghals-blog.
Bohus Fortress
April Easter + sat-sun 11.00 - 17.00
May - August daily 10.00-19.00
Midsummer Afton closed
September daily 11.00-15.00
Oktober sat-sun 11.00-15.00
With exceptions on eventdays.
Guided tours in Swedish on sundays at 1pm
Price
Adults 50sek
Students/Children/Pensioner 25sek
For guided tours an extra fee of 20sek/adult and 10sek/child/student/pensioner is added.
Beneteau Boat fair in Marstrand September 3-26
Week days 2 - 8 pm and weekends 10 am - 5 pm
We are situated on the Marstrand island on the first ponton bridge south of the ferry.
Sail boats : Oceanis 31, Oceanis 34, Oceanis 37 Oceanis 40. First 40 ,First 45 and Lagoon Catamaran
Motor bats : Swift Trawler 34, Monte Carlo 42 Antares 30, Antares 750, Antares 680 and Antares 580
all boats will not be available all the time. Some times more baots will be available than the ones listed.
Call +46(0)708-30 93 99 or +46(0)303-618 22 to ensure that "your" boat is available at site.
More information on www.dreammarine.se
Kungälv City of Flowers 2011
Don't miss out on the finale of Kungälv City of Flowers 2011!
Friday September 10th at 6.30 pm outside Bohus Fortress.
Flowers, horses and gunsmoke!
Bohus and Elfsborgh's Carolines, artists and entertainment. Welcome to the finale of City of Flowers.
Ice cream for all the children and the entrance is free.
Program
6.30 pm Elisabeth Mattsson, Kungälv's municipality, welcomes all. Harald Pleijel, Statens fastighetsverk. Anders Holmensköld and Miguel Odhner, Kungälv's municipality.
6.45 pm Lars Erlandsson, Bohus and Elfsborgh's Carolines, presents an historical show with 70 carolines, horses, musquets and canons. A show you don't want to miss!
7.10 pm Hanne Juul, Nordic singer performs. Beate Fasting, principal of Nordic folk high school - ”Kungälv at the centre of the North”. Anngerd, Rebecca and Pontus Edvardsson performs.
7.45 pm End of finale
Don't miss Farmer's market in Bergfeltska garden, Västra gatan, at 4-8 pm! Everything is grown and produced near by - fruit, vegetables, plants, honey, eggs, juice, syrup, home baked, lotteries and more.
Hot dogss, coffee and home baked is available in the garden.
Exhibition ”KUSTLIV” (coastal life)
4/9 - 2/10 Exhibition in Mimer's Hus. See a large number of C G Bernhardsson's paintings in cooperation with Aina Barnevik and Culture and Society service.
Opening hours are the same as the library.
Special dates
- 8/9 6 pm Workshop for children with inspiration from ernharsson's paintings.
Guidance by artist Birgitta Arkenback.
- 15/9 6.30 pm Tall stories, myths and over belief from the coast.
Author Kenneth Gustafsson reads in the exhibition hall.
- 22/9 6.30 pm Coastal food in Bohuslän during the 19th century.
Food historian Barbro Östlund lectures and offers a taste.
- 2/10 Last day
12 (noon) Hjördis Dangardt lectures an shows a model of archipelago work on Brunskär.
1.30 pm songs from the coast. Lennart Thorstensson entertains
4 pm The exhibition closes
Kungälvsmässan 2010
September 16-18 Idrottshallen/Tennishallen
come and see us from Våghals Tourist Centre and a lot of other companies at this years Kungälv Fair. Free admission.
You find us in the gym hall (Idrottshallen) in stall 123. welcome!
More information on www.kungalvsmassan.se
Sustainable clothing festival September 9
Do you want to swap clothes?
Bring 4 or less (clean and hole free) adult garments and 4 or less (clean and hole free) childrenss garments for a swap. Addmittance is open from 12.30.
Sustainable clothing:
Pimp old garments to look like new, fashion show with a twist, create jewlery from junk, exhbitions, second hand, ecological/fair trade and more.
When and where?
Saturday september 9 1-4 pm Kulturtorget, Mimers Hus
Free admittance