Explore Sweden
Birthplace of Volvo cars and IKEA products, Sweden is widely known for its meatballs, Viking heritage and the 1970s pop group ABBA. Located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe, bordered by Finland and Norway, Sweden is also connected to Denmark by the Øresund strait. The third-largest country in the European Union by geographical size, Sweden is a spacious land of pastoral beauty, striking blue lakes and charming cosmopolitan cities.
Best Places to Visit in SwedenSweden is famous around the world for lots of things: Saab and Volvo automobiles, the music group ABBA, pickled herring and the DIY megastore IKEA. It is equally as famous for its stunning scenery, picturesque fishing villages, being the land of reindeer and endless summer sun. Sweden is filled with colorful wooden buildings...
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The largest concentration of Sweden’s cities are found within the southern region of the country where the capital city, Stockholm, chiefly sprawls over fourteen beautiful islands, offering an abundance of attractions such as medieval architecture, museums and fabulous choices for dining, shopping and nightlife. Nearby, the numerous islands of the Stockholm archipelago offer picturesque canals, bridges and charming villages. Not far from the capital city is Uppsala, an old but pretty university town, and Jönköping, a pictorial city surrounded by stunning lakes. West of Stockholm is Gothenburg, home to Volvo automobiles. At the southern tip of the country is lovely Malmö, linking Sweden to Denmark across the Öresund Bridge.
Best Places to Stay in StockholmDon’t judge a book by its cover or, in this case, a Stockholm hotel by its exterior. Many of the top hotels are located in traditional, centuries old, buildings. On the inside, however, they’re filled with sleek, modern design as befitting a country that gave the world IKEA. No matter when or how they got their start, these amazing hotels are the epitome of luxury; one hotel even serves breakfast in bed around the clock. Some of the best places to stay in Stockholm offer waterfront ...
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Encompassing more than half of Sweden’s total area, the northern region is the country’s natural playground, featuring an abundance of wilderness, forests, rivers and lakes, which all provide a wide variety of outdoor recreation and adventure. Located inside the Arctic Circle, the far north region is home to reindeer, the Sámi indigenous people, Sweden’s northernmost city, Kiruna, and the phenomenas of the midnight sun and the aurora borealis.
Cool Ice HotelsBack in the Autumn of 1990, friends Par Granlund and Yngve Bergqvist had a vision to build an igloo, in the Inuit style but bigger than ever created before. Their first igloo, located in the small town of Jukkasjarvi in Sweden, was a simple art gallery visited mainly by curious locals. Growing in size annually in a never-to-be-repeated design, ice rooms were included in the late nineties ...
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