This place is a little rough but that adds to the character. It is located in an old underground bunker beside the Gothenburg airport. The aircraft on display are varied and in great condition. Most of them you can get close enough to touch.
In eastern parts of Gothenburg City Airport, a former military air base, you will find this museum and you can only reach it from the roads east of the airport, not from the airport terminals. This exhibition of the Swedish Air Force Jet Fighters from the Cold War in an underground hangar blasted into the rock is very rich and instructive and has also a lot of activities for the children, so this is something for the whole family. I can warmly recommend a visit to this former Top Secret hangar which now is transformed into an Aircraft Museum.
This museum is situated near to Säve airport and you can explore the interesting history of Sweden with the help of tasks, planes, helicopters and other vehicles. You can try yourself as a pilot via the simulator as well.
You'll find there a lot knowledge about history, airplanes and helicopters but also a lot things to do. The place is just amazing!
Visited with the wife and thoroughly enjoyed this slice of Cold War history.We arrived via public transport, which is the number 11 tram to Hjalmar Brantingsplatsen followed by the number 35 bus to Säve, getting off at Granahall. You then cross the main road, which has a pedestrian crossing and walk about 500 metres to the entrance. It is well signposted.The museum contains many military jets, helicopters and support vehicles, and is contained in a purpose built nuclear bunker that was decommissioned in 2003. The wonderful thing is that you can sit in several of the fighter jets and helicopters and they have guided tours or you can take a guide book in your own language and wander about at your leisure.While we were there, they also had an exhibition about the Stasi in East Germany and another about moon exploration during the 60's.There are flight simulators too, which cost 50kr for 15 minutes. A little steep, I thought, but they looked very authentic, and I'm sure kids would have a whale of a time.The only thing that wasn't so hot was the cafe. We had cheeseburgers, and they were just microwaved from frozen and limp and tasteless as a result. But they were very reasonably priced, (for Sweden). However, as part of the cafe area, they have a large kids activity section and library and souvenir shop that was very good.The staff were all very friendly, helpful and informative, and this is definitely a museum that deserves to succeed and be visited.
Interesting place to see planes - a cold war era underground hangar. Printed guides in many languages are available. Many planes to see.Some parts look a bit like an abandoned storage, but an experience of sitting in a cockpit of a fighter jet is unforgettable.
Interesting underground air museum with some good pieces of history, but for children and adults, the flight simulators are brilliant. Well worth it, but they charge extra to go on them, and the entrance fee isn't cheap to start with.
Everybody who is intersted in Aviation will like this museum. It is situated in a former Bunker, has a lot of exhibits that can be dirscovered handson so to say...you can climb in and feel how it is/was to be pilot in those planes. There are facilities like a snack restaurant and toilets and specially in school holidays extras for the kids...best you visit their website for programs.Another great rainy day family outing.
This is well worth a visit for young children, seeing some of the old aeroplanes from the past. Try the flight simulators, but dress warm as the museum is underground.
On walking down to the entrance of this attraction I was greeted by one of the plane mechanics, who couldn't have been a nicer guy. Then you step inside to this amazing Cold War-era bunker and can lose the hours looking through the old planes and historical exhibitions. Really really cool piece of history, and fascinating to get more of an idea of the Cold War from a Swedish perspective; not a perspective you usually hear about. Only disappointment is not all the exhibitions have English subtitles, though most do.