Sign o' the Times

Hammarkullen is one of Gothenburg's districts or, if you will, suburbs. It is no secret that Hammarkullen is a bit from the centre of Gothenburg. Nine kilometres as the crow flies, 16 minutes by tram, and by bike... well, let's just say it takes either time, sweat or both. According to a bike route planner on internet it takes 51 minutes to ride from the centre of Gothenburg to Hammarkullen... and 34 minutes to ride from Hammarkullen to the centre of Gothenburg. So you get that there's quite a height difference - 10 to 95 metres, to be exact. And the way we recall it those 85 height metres come in halfway, so you get them compressed into four and a half kilometre. Hammarkullen is a bit from the centre of Gothenburg. But isn't Hammarkullen a part of Gothenburg? Not according to this bike way sign, that we found just on the outskirts of Hammarkullen.

It says "Göteborg" ("Gothenburg"), not "Göteborgs Centrum" ("Gothenburg's Centre") or even "Göteborg C" ("Gothenburg C"). What this sign really is saying is that you're no longer in the city. Which isn't really cool.