Study area of Vasagatan and Kristinelundsgatan
Information about the study area Vasagatan and Kristinelundsgatan in central Gothenburg.
How to find us
Address
Kristinelundsgatan 6–8
Vasagatan 50 (also entrance via Storgatan 43).
The two buildings are located a short walking distance from each other.
Opening hours and access
The main entrance on Kristinelundsgatan is open during the same hours as the Art Library: Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. However, some premises require an access card.
For the premises on Vasagatan, only students with access cards can enter the main entrances.
For visitors with a GU card from the Artistic Faculty, all premises are open Monday–Sunday 7 a.m.–midnight.
Accessibility
On Kristinelundsgatan, there is a wheelchair ramp leading up to the main entrance from street level and a lift directly in front of the door. Public toilets are available in the main entrance.
For Vasagatan, the entrance is via Chalmersgatan, where the entrances to Vasagatan and Storgatan are wheelchair accessible.
Who can you find here?
These premises are home to course and programme students studying at HDK-Valand.
HDK-Valand also operates on the Steneby campus in Dals Långed.
Vasagatan 50 is home to a number of programme students from the Academy of Music and Drama.
The Academy of Music and Drama also operates at Campus Johanneberg (Eklandagatan 86), Brewhouse (Åvägen 24) and Andra stället (Triörgatan 1).
Konstnärliga - a new building for the Artistic Faculty
Between the years 2027 and 2029, HDK-Valand and the Academy of Music and Drama, will move to a new building at Götaplatsen, called Konstnärliga.
Read more about Konstnärliga
Find your way around the premises
Library
The Art Library is located next to the main entrance on Kristinelundsgatan. The library is open to the public Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during term time.
Read more about the Art Library
Study areas
On Kristinelundsgatan, the doors are open to anyone who wants to visit the Art Library or sit in the former café to study. The number of public study areas is limited.
On Vasagatan, only students with access cards can enter the main entrances. Students at HDK-Valand or the Academy of Music and Drama have access to education-specific study areas. Here, teaching is mainly conducted for students in fine arts, photography, film, literary composition, Contemporary Performative Arts, opera, acting and teacher education.
Food, refreshments and fika on campus
There are currently no cafés on Vasagatan or Kristinelundsgatan, but there are a number of kiosks, cafés and restaurants in the surrounding area. Students at the Academy of Music and Drama have access to a student kitchen on Vasagatan. HDK-Valand students have access to student kitchens in both buildings.
Quiet room
If you need a rest room, they are available in room 513 on Kristinelundsgatan and in room 2051 on Storgatan. The rooms are open and no key is required.
Workshops
Practical information about the premises
Safety in our premises
Read more about safety at the university
Lost property
Fault reporting
See the heading Service Centre and Student Administration
Campus services and support
Service centre and Student Office
Campus Services (caretaker's office)
The caretaker's office at Vasagatan is part of Campus Services Lorensberg.
Campus Services helps with:
- Locks and alarms
- Fire safety
- Facility management and waste sorting
- Furniture and furnishing of premises
- Fault reports relating to the property and fixed technology
- Loaning of simple AV equipment (only at Kristinelundsgatan).
To the website for Equipment Checkout
Contact Campus Services
Vasagatan 50: caretaker's office in the entrance hall, service.lorensberg@gu.se
Kristinelundsgatan 6-8: caretaker's office on the ground floor, take the left corridor from the main entrance. service.lorensberg@gu.se
telephone: 8am-4pm, 031-786 48 90
Study counselling
At Kristinelundsgatan 6-8, you will find HDK-Valand's educational administration and study counsellors.
Read more about HDK-Valand's study counselling
Student union
As a student at HDK-Valand or the Academy of Music and Drama, you will receive support from Konstkåren, the student union for all students at the Artistic Faculty.
Read more about Konstkåren