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The best räksmörgås in Gothenburg

A shrimp sandwich: a mountain of hand-peeled cold-water shrimp on bread with egg, mayonnaise, lettuce and dill. The dish to eat here, and the three places that do it best. Recipe at chefamazing.com/food-travel/dish/gothenburg.

3 places in Gothenburg · by Chef Amazing · updated October 23, 2026
Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Gunnar Creutz, CC BY-SA 3.0

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  1. 1

    Heaven 23

    Gothia Towers, Mässans gata

    Get: The räksmörgås, and look out at the view from the 23rd floor

    Its shrimp sandwich is the most famous in Sweden, with half a kilo of shrimp.

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    Restaurang Gabriel

    Feskekôrka (the fish church), Inom Vallgraven

    Get: Räksmörgås or the shrimp plate at the counter

    The seafood counter upstairs in the old fish market hall, run by a champion oyster opener.

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    Kometen

    Vasagatan, Vasastaden

    Get: Räksmörgås, then the Swedish classics

    Gothenburg's oldest restaurant (1934), a beloved room for traditional Swedish food.

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