Gothenburg eSIM
In Gothenburg you connect to Telia or Tele2, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 91 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Telia and Tele2
- Real speed in Sweden
- 91 Mbps median, 29 Mbps for the slowest tenth452 travellers across Sweden, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Gothenburg
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.19 | $23.89 |
How Sweden compares across Europe
- Speed rank
- 7 of 46 destinations we sell in Europe
- Regional median
- 71 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 32 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Telia, Tele2
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Luxembourg, 91 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Romania, 89 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 3: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Kiruna
- tenth percentile
- 29 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 452 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Goteborg Landvetter Airport (GOT)
- Airport
- GOT / ESGG
- Distance
- 20 km from the centre of Gothenburg
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalConnect and you get one hour free at once. Confirming your email address adds two more hours. The free allowance ends at three hours or 100 MB. Extra time costs SEK 49 for one hour or SEK 129 for 24 hours.
Getting into Gothenburg
- Flygbussarna coach to Nils Ericson Terminal (next to Gothenburg Central) (GOT), about 30 minutes
- Flygbussarna coach to Korsvagen (GOT), about 20 minutes
- Vasttrafik route 612 to Landvetter travel centre (GOT), about 14 minutes
- Vy Bus4You coach to Boras, Jonkoping, Linkoping, Norrkoping and Stockholm (GOT)
- FlixBus line 691 to Stockholm Arlanda Airport (GOT)
- Stena Line ferry from Gothenburg to Frederikshavn, Denmark, about 195 minutes
- Stena Line overnight ferry from Gothenburg to Kiel, Germany, about 840 minutes
Worth knowing about Gothenburg
- Landvetter has no rail connection: a high-speed line from Gothenburg Central was agreed only in 2024 and is expected around 2035, so arrivals are by coach or road.
- The airport coach reaches Korsvagen in about 20 minutes but the Nils Ericson Terminal next to Gothenburg Central in about 30, so the nearer stop is not the central one.
- Gothenburg has an open wireless network called goteborgfree at several places in the city, and it needs no login. City libraries run a separate network, Biblioteket, which needs a library card and login details.
- Vasttrafik lets you tap a contactless Visa or Mastercard, or Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay, on buses, trams and boats in zone A. The ticket costs 38 SEK and lasts 90 minutes.
- Tap payment works only in zone A, which covers Gothenburg, Molndal, Partille and Ockero. You cannot tap on Vastagen regional trains, although a tapped passenger may change to a train inside the 90 minutes.
- Tapping gives one ticket per payment card, so a group travelling together needs a separate payment card for each person.
- You cannot buy a ticket from the driver on buses in Gothenburg, Molndal, Partille or on X lines. Elsewhere in the region drivers and train crew sell tickets, but only by bank card. Cash is not accepted.
- The Vasttrafik To Go app needs no registration to buy a ticket. It takes a credit card or Swish, and a purchase may have to be confirmed with BankID or 3D Secure. Buying needs an internet connection.
- Vasttrafik offers free wifi at every large travel centre in the region. Most travel centres also have ticket sales, a waiting hall, toilets and a kiosk.
- Sweden no longer allows anonymous prepaid SIMs. The provider must register the subscriber and check identity with a valid identity document or reliable electronic identification. The card cannot be used until it is registered and activated.
- Vasttrafik 24 hour and 72 hour tickets give unlimited travel on trains, buses, trams and ferries inside the zones printed on the ticket, with Marstrandsfarjan excluded. Zone options run from A alone up to ABC.
- On Vasttrafik buses you board through the front door and show your ticket to the driver. On trams and on Gothenburg bus lines 17 to 19, 21 and 25 you may board through any door.
- Vastlanken, being built under central Gothenburg, is an eight kilometre double track railway including a six kilometre tunnel, four kilometres through rock and two through soil, with underground stations at Centralen, Haga and Korsvagen.
- Stena Line runs two ferry routes out of Gothenburg. Frederikshavn in Denmark takes about three hours fifteen minutes with up to six sailings a day. Kiel in Germany is an overnight crossing of about fourteen hours.