Majorna

Majorna is the warm, slightly scruffy heart of west Gothenburg, a former working dockside that has reinvented itself as the city's most communal neighbourhood without ever losing its lived-in soul. Its signature landshövdingehus blocks, stone at street level and timber above, line streets where vintage shops, vegetarian cafes and food cooperatives spill out onto the pavement and everyone seems to know the regulars at Mariaplan. Green and water are never far: Slottsskogen, the city's great free park, sits on the doorstep, and the river opens out at the Röda Sten arts hall. For buyers, Majorna offers genuine Gothenburg character at prices below the centre, with the kind of steady, settled rental demand that makes for dependable returns, provided you keep an eye on Sweden's rate cycle and the association fees on the older blocks.

Majorna in Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden