that 58,000 soldiers laboured to build the canal and that most of the excavation was accomplished manually
20 free harbours along the Göta Canal with free showers and power supply (limited number of sockets, both Europa standard and Swedish standards are applied). Available to those who bought tickets for Lake-to-Lake or the whole of the Göta Canal. You can stay up to 5 nights free in each visitors' marina belonging to the Göta Canal.
Return/
Season ticket
SEK 2.300:-
SEK 140:-
Additional fee:beam 3.30 m and more SEK 150:- SEK 200:- SEK 350:- SEK 500:-
Prices Göta Canal Express 2010Tickets for fast transport between Mem and Sjötorp in three days during the reservation season. Only available for one way trips through the whole canal, Mem-Sjötorp, during the periods 3 May -6 June and 20 August -26 September 2010. Reservations required three weekdays in advance on phone +46 (0)141-20 20 50, AB Göta kanalbolag
Göta CanalExpress
Free in peak season. Locks open for canoes only in combination with other boats.
Buy your ticket on arrival – with a credit cardYou can buy your ticket when you arrive at the canal. You can pay with a bank card or credit card (not American Express or Diners Club).Note: We don’t accept cash.Tickets are personal and apply to the same captain and boat. In addition to your ticket, you get a decal to be affixed in the hihly visible place on the boat. All tickets are valid for the 2010 season. Tickets are not refunded once the journey has begun.
Per lock. If you are only going to go through one or a handful of locks, you can buy a per-lock ticket (double locks are counted as 2 locks, etc.).Lake to Lake. The Baltic - Lake Roxen or Lake Roxen - Lake Vättern or Lake Vättern - Lake Vänern (or vice-versa). The Lake-to-Lake one-way ticket gives you a journey one way on any of the above legs. With a Lake-to-Lake Round Trip ticket (season ticket) you can travel along the given stretch as often as you like during the season. Tickets are personal and apply to the same captain and boat.Entire Göta Canal. If you want to travel the Göta Canal from Mem to Sjötorp or vice versa, buy a one-way ticket. You can also buy a Round trip ticket (season ticket), valid as a season ticket for un unlimited number of canal trips. Tickets are personal and apply to the same captain and boat.Season ticket. If you buy a Return ticket (Lake to Lake or Entire Canal), it serves as a season ticket for an unlimited number of canal trips with the same captain and boat, 3 May-26 September 2010. Göta Canal Express. Tickets - for a fast transport between Mem and Sjötorp in three days during the low season. Only available for one way trips through the whole canal, Mem-Sjötorp, during the periods 3 May-6 June and 20 August-26 September 2010.Reservations required three weekdays in advance on phone +46 (0)141-20 20 50, AB Göta kanalbolag
Take a detour during your Göta Canal trip. Set your course south on Lake Roxen and visit the lesser-known and extremely idyllic Kinda Canal. AB Kinda KanalTel. +46(0)13-12 68 80 www.kindakanal.se
Give yourself a bit of time on Vänern. Delightful routes through the archipelago. 100 outports. 22,000 islands, islets and skerries. Buy the book "Seglarhamnar i Vänern" in Sjötorp or Vänersborg.
