Welcome to Swede Charter at Göta Kanal Hiring a boat is a convenient way of holidaying and gives you something out of the ordinary. You too can experience the Göta Canal (Gota Canal) from its best side without being a boat owner. The Göta Canal is not only Sweden´s greatest cultural and historic monument. It is an engineering feat of world class, with the same dignity as the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty or the Panama Canal. We estimate that about 1.7 million people visit the Göta Canal every year.During the summer, about 4,500 leisure craft travel on the canal, together with a number of passenger vessels. These are amazing figures.