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How did DEM Collective come about? We met seven years ago while studying project management. Karin was running a club night at Nefertiti and asked where she could source T-shirts that were organic, fair-trade and actually fashionable. We realised that there was a gap in the market, so in 2004 we set up a factory in Sri Lanka, specifically outside a free-trade zone so that our employees could return to their families at the end of the day. We’ve recently started collaborating with an organic textile company in Egypt too. Our aim is to prove that it’s possible to be both profitable and make positive, lasting change in the world.

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Dromma (711 33 40; Östra Skansgatan 3C; noon-6pm Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm Sat) Female fashionistas dig Dromma for its gorgeous new and vintage threads, which include limited-edition gems from up-and-coming Nordic designers.

Shelta (24 28 56; Andra Långgatan 21) Pimp your style with limited-edition and must-have sneakers and streetwear from big players and lesser-known labels.

Supermarket (24 28 32; Andra Långgatan 18) Shelta’s glam spin-off shop, Supermarket focuses on hard-to-find Nordic and Japanese threads for the male style crew. In fact, it’s the sole Scandinavian distributor for several labels.

Bengans Skivor & Café (14 33 00; www.bengans.se; Stigbergstorget 1) Göteborg’s mightiest music store is set in an old cinema, complete with retro signage and indie-cool cafe. Monthly in-store gigs (check the website) take place on a hole-in-the-wall stage. Take tram 3, 9 or 11 to Stigbergstorget.

Sweden’s largest mall, Nordstan shopping complex (62 39 76), boasts about 150 shops, including upmarket department store NK (710 10 00; Östra Hamngatan 42) and cheaper Åhléns (333 4000; Östra Hamngatan 18).

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GETTING THERE & AWAY

Air

Twenty-five kilometres east of the city, Göteborg Landvetter Airport (94 10 00; www.lfv.se) has up to 22 direct daily flights to/from Stockholm Arlanda and Stockholm Bromma airports (with SAS and Malmö Aviation), as well as daily services to Umeå and several weekly services to Borlänge, Luleå and Sundsvall. It’s Sweden’s second-biggest international airport.

Direct European routes include Amster-dam (KLM), Brussels (Brussels Airlines), Copenhagen (SAS), Frankfurt (Lufthansa and SAS), Helsinki (Finnair and Blue1), London (SAS), Manchester (City Airline), Munich (Lufthansa), Oslo (Wideroe) and Paris (Air France).

Göteborg City Airport (92 60 60; www.goteborgairport.se), some 15km north of the city at Säve, is used for budget Ryanair flights to destinations including London Stansted, Glasgow and Frankfurt.

Boat

Göteborg is a major entry point for ferries, with several car/passenger services to Denmark, Germany and Norway: for details Click here.

Nearest to central Göteborg, the Stena Line (704 00 00; www.stenaline.se) Denmark terminal near Masthuggstorget (tram 3, 9 or 11) has around eight daily departures for Frederikshavn in peak season, with a 20% discount for rail-pass holders.

Further west is the Stena Line terminal for the daily car ferry to Kiel (Germany). Take tram 3 or 9 to Chapmans Torg.

Bus

The bus station, Nils Ericson Terminalen, is next to the train station. There’s a Västtrafik information booth (0771-41 43 00; 6am-10pm Mon-Fri, 9am-10pm Sat, 9am-7pm Sun) here, providing information and selling tickets for all city and regional public transport within the Göteborg, Bohuslän and Västergötland area.

Eurolines (10 02 40; www.eurolines.com; Nils Ericsonplatsen 5) has its main Swedish office at the bus station in central Göteborg. Click here for details on international bus services offered by the company.

Swebus Express (0771-21 82 18; www.swebusexpress.com) has an office at the bus terminal and operates frequent buses to most major towns and cities. Services to Stockholm (Skr420, seven hours) run five to seven times daily. Other direct destinations include Copenhagen (Skr300, four to five hours), Halmstad (Skr108,