European Tour
Year 2012
European Tour
In the summer of 2012, Götheborg of Sweden visited three ports in the Netherlands, France and Germany. During the tour, the ship was the main attraction at several large maritime festivals and about 40,000 people visited the ship during the stopovers.
Highlights
On June 30, Götheborg of Sweden set sail towards Europe and the three stopovers of the tour – Den Helder, Brest and Bremerhaven.
Götheborg arrived at Brest on Friday, July 13, and with an eight-shot salute, she inaugurated the 20th edition of one of the largest maritime festivals in the world, Les Tonnerres de Brest. The festival is organized every fourth year and attracts almost one million visitors.
The ship got a great deal of attention all over Europe with nationwide television broadcasting from the ship in both France and Germany.
On August 3, Götheborg of Sweden arrived at the home port of Gothenburg after a very successful European Tour.