Dawn Y.
Yelp
Hard to give a grade, I may be unfair so read and judge for yourself. It's a premier tourist attraction for the city and if you like rides, I don't, there are plenty to choose from in an amazingly small area. If you are 3-7years old, there are all kinds of rides, stores, exhibitis, etc and it must be heaven. But everything costs money, so I'm not sure how parents feel about Liseberg. Concerts feature past prime stars, we saw Kris Kristofferson this summer, I didn't know he was still alive, bit he seemed like a nice guy, joyful, and I admire his songwriting talent. Going during the julmarknad during Christmas should have been fun but it was so crowded and there were too many stressed people there, they spoiled the spirit of Christmas for me. There were booths selling cheeses, sill, reindeer meat, furs, trinkets, vague renaissance faire-viking horn goblets and woolen slippers, roughly made toys, candies etc. All expensive, and for better value and experience, go instead to Saluhallen for the foodstuffs, or to one of the Viking fairs during the summer. For me, Christmas is when everyone should be a little kinder, more generous, but no, while waiting in line to see the Swedish Santa "tomten" a pappa tried to run me over with his carriage. When I tried to push the carriage off my foot so I could hop out of the way, he freaked out because he was going to miss gettimg his photo and I dared to touch his carriage and refused to get out of his way. The fact was I COULDN'T get away because my boot was stuck under his wheel. He kept pushing and yelling instead.of letting me get free. It got ugly and I was sad. The other parents and grandparents standing around shook their heads in disapproval making clucking sounds, but here is the difference between Sweden and America, no security, no phone filming of his behavior, no calling of police, no verbal support from onlookers to tell the guy to chill and let me know I wasn't alone in this public display of rage and violence. Not one worker appeared to see what was happening. Most of the workers seemed bored and tired, not Christmas cheerful, so I think it will be my last time there for Christmas. I don't know if it's the crowd or Liseberg's fault for not designing an atmosphere and experience that is joyful because I've been there several times with work during summer, both when the whole park was open just for us and when we went as a large group, and we had a great time, especially with the Femkamp coupon book where you compete in games.of skill and chance. I give it 3 stars in general, 1 star for Christmas.