When the Monkey Princess was little (about 2-4 years old), one of the best things in the world was when she got to go to Barnens Zoo (the Children’s Petting Zoo) at Slottskogen (Castle Forest) in Gothenburg.

The animal she loved the most was the Vietnamese Pot-bellied Pig.

Not the little piglets, mind you – she loved the big, fat, bristly old MAMA PIG!

(She would climb the fence to get a better look at the mama pig, and while balancing on the fence she’d lose her balance and topple over, falling head first into the pig pen, where a whole bunch of pigs would be running around – then it helped to have a fast grown up around to pick her up before she got trampled!!!)

Slottsskogen is a 137 hectares large park located in central Gothenburg, Sweden.

When Gothenburg was founded in the 17th century, the area of Slottsskogen was a forest that belonged to (the old) Älvsborg Fortress. In the 1880s the city had grown to the vicinity of the forest, and the merchant August Kobb took initiative to create the city park, which has the character of an English garden with lawns and trees.

Slottsskogen has a wide range of activities: there is a zoo with Swedish animals, a pond with seals and penguins, a Swedish heritage area with small cottages from different counties, a playground for softball, Frisbee golf and so forth.

There are a lot of concerts and festivals held at Slottskogen as well, in case you’re more interested in music than animals…

Anyhow – this was suppose to be about the ZOO!!!

When summer comes around, all the little babies are allowed to come out and meet the public, and this year there are among all the other little animals two twin moose calves that have been born at the zoo. That could be worth a visit!

Here are a few videos of animals at Slottskogen – ENJOY!

THIS is what the Children’s Zoo is all about – being allowed to pet, pet, PET all the animals!!!

Oliver is a very friendly moose who lives in Slottsskogen in Göteborg, Sweden.
He loves to say hello to people passing by.

Labba is a young cheeky seal that was born during the summer of 2006. She lives in Slottsskogen in Göteborg.

In this little film she has just learned how to get ahead of her flock when the food is handed out.

The penguins at Slottskogen got a new place to live in 2006, and they seem to like their new pond a lot.

And here’s a two part series about a trip to Slottskogen, including a VERY LONG tram ride (the animals don’t really show up until some 5 minutes into the first video):