Sweden builds its motoring identity on safety, sturdiness and a daring fringe of speed. In Gothenburg, the striking World of Volvo, a circular timber-and-glass landmark opened in 2024, celebrates the brand whose engineer gave the world the three-point seatbelt, patent freely shared. From the same city you can tour Volvo's Torslanda plant. At the other extreme, Koenigsegg crafts a handful of record-chasing hypercars a year inside a former air-force hangar in Ängelholm…
🚗Volvo, the radical Koenigsegg and the Saab heritage: Sweden built its name on safety and sturdiness. Volvo is still a byword for the safe car worldwide.
✨In 1959, Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point seatbelt — and Volvo opened the patent for free, saving millions of lives.
🧭Must-see: the Volvo Museum in Gothenburg. With a data eSIM, Google Maps guides you on Scandinavian roads and you translate everything on the fly.