Aeroseum — Attraction in Göteborgs Stad

Amazing collection of aircraft in and incredible setting. The museum is both great for kids and adults, and they've done very well to accomodate both groups. There are different activities for kids, including real airframes converted for exploring. You can sit in the cockpit of a real fighter, and radio another plane across from you.

Their collection is just immense and spans the beginning of flight all the way to recently decommissioned fighter jets. Lots of helicopters too, both for police, ambulance and military use.

You can also try sitting in a replica Mercury capsule in the position you'd go to space in.

There is information about each plane available in Swedish ane English.

Be aware the simulators cost ekstra. You assign for a time slot, and they cost 100-200 to try depending on your choice (afaik). My personal favourite, the a-300, was the most expensive and costs 350 to try, but the experience is absolutely brilliant, and you have an instructor in the copilot seat to teach you how to fly, and make the experience really authentic, as he is your copilot on the flight. The a-300 sim was the pinnacle of my visit (and day), and I recommend giving it a try if you've ever wanted to see how it feels to land a jetliner.

There's a lot to interact with in this museum, and it can be fun for adults or adults with kids. The cafeteria has basic food, a hamburger or hotdog, both come plain, with condiments you can apply yourself (including pickled red onion, which is really nice). The prices however are very low, 20 kr for a hotdog and 40 kr for a hamburger, so you can feed everyone for lunch for very little money. This was surprising since I'm used to museums cranking up the price on food. But that is not the case here.

I definitely recommend a visit, with or without kids. You'll...

A great day out for the family- fun for all ages! You walk down into the hangar, carved out of the rock in the 1950's and kept secret until 2003, passing aircraft such as Saab fighter jets, Chinooks and Huey helicopters. Once you reach the main hangar, there are plenty of hands-on activities to keep everyone entertained. You can sit in a Saab Viggen or Draken jet, or even clamber through one with the engine removed (if you're short enough!). There's a winch where you can be "rescued" by a coastguard "helicopter", and pilot training games as well as some full on flight simulators (extra SEK50 for 15 mins). There's lot's of information on the Cold War and spying too, with a fun exhibit where you have to try and find the spy cameras hidden in a room.

The atmosphere is casual, informative but not full-on, and not at all eery as you might expect, although bring a jumper as it can be chilly underground even when the sun is shining on the airfield above. The café is a cheap, casual affair with hot drinks, cakes and hot food. Nothing gourmet with hamburgers for SEK30, but they had a microwave and didn't seem to mind me eating my own lunch with my coffee.

It is best suited for native Swedish speakers, with tours once a day at weekends, although I picked up a self-guided tour leaflet which was available in English and other languages including Polish. Lots of the information on the displays was also written in English. If you have time afterwards and the weather is nice, on your way out head left outside up to the viewpoint where you can look out over...

I searched for an interesting thing to do for the birthday of my son while travelling from Copenhagen to Oslo. We didn’t have high expectations and went in with little to no knowledge on what there was to see in the Aeroseum.

We were very pleasantly surprised about the size of the collection, the variety and the depth of the information given. Even the location and its history was very interesting. There was a perfect balance between you-can-touch-this and you-can’t-touch-that, so people of all ages can enjoy this exhibition. And let’s be honest, who has never dreamed of sitting in a jet? It was great to roam around the place and get surprised with yet more interesting things at every turn.

Not only are there aerospace-related items to see, but there is a whole hall dedicated to games and toys. And you can even make model planes, if you’re up for it. Even the bathrooms are worth a visit, since going there will make you pass through a hallway where there are other rooms to visit.

And last but not least, the price for visiting is extremely reasonable. Apparently there is a section reserved for tickets that were bought in advance, so we recommend doing that.

We wish we could have spent more time here, because we were nowhere near done seeing everything there is to see. All in all, we highly recommend visiting...