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Skärgården (Stockholm Archipelago)   Stockholm

Skärgården (Stockholm Archipelago), Stockholm

 21 Reviews  Sometimes I just crave for instant nature. One of my favorite bus-trips goes from Slussen to Björkviks brygga. The bus takes you there in about an hour. At Björkvik there are nice bare cliffs or... 

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Archipelago   Göteborg

Archipelago, Göteborg

 14 Reviews  Mosts tourists to Göteborg opt to visit the Northern part of the archipelago (Orust, Hönö), as they are very well connected to the mainland and are easily accessed by car. Not so many, however,... 

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Seaside & Öresund Bridge   Malmö

Seaside & Öresund Bridge, Malmö

 5 Reviews  The Oeresund Bridge in Malmo, Sweden, was completed in the summer of 2000. The bridge connects Sweden with Denmark, and is the worlds longest bridge carrying both road and railway traffic. Crossing... 

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April Festival   Uppsala

April Festival, Uppsala

 9 Reviews  Of course with all the litter on the ground, this is a great opportunity for kids and anyone who wants to make an extra buck by gathering the empty bottles and cans. They are recycled and you gan get... 

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Kristiansted   Helsingborg

Kristiansted, Helsingborg

 1 Review  Traveled to beautiful and tranquel town of Kristansted. It was one pretty late October day, sun was setting far far awayin the horizon when my wife and I walked along a slow running river. We both... 

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Gränna   Jönköping

Gränna, Jönköping

 2 Reviews  Gränna and Visingsö are places you should not miss. In Gränna you'll also find the Andrée Museum, where Engineer Andrée's expedition to the North Pole in a hot-air balloon is documented. The island of... 

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Södermalm   Stockholm

Södermalm, Stockholm

 10 Reviews  One of the nicest and well hidden streets in Södermalm is Åsögatan. This is the street where you can find typical Swedish red, wooden houses in the middle of the city. To get there, take the green... 

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Walk around   Göteborg

Walk around, Göteborg

 9 Reviews  This place in Ramberget, Hisingren area is indeed a find, because you travel slightly northwest by tram & then you have to walk for about 10-15 minutes. You'll be passing residential flat blocks and... 

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Skåne province   Malmö

Skåne province, Malmö

 5 Reviews  Sofiero Palace and Gardens is situated just north of the city of Helsingborg, about 5 km from Train Station . The Castle built in 1865 was presented to crown prince Gustav Adolf , - became King... 

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Museums   Uppsala

Museums, Uppsala

 4 Reviews  The Museum of Evolution is divided into 3 parts: Zoology, Paleontology and Botany but the Botany part isn't open to the public and is shown only on agreement. The Zoology part has animals from all... 

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Gamla Stan (The Old Town)   Stockholm

Gamla Stan (The Old Town), Stockholm

 21 Reviews  In the middle of Stockholm's most touristy section lies an oft-forgotten little boy, nicknamed "Olle." Created by Swedish sculptor Liss Eriksson, his formal name is Pojke som tittar på månen ("Boy... 

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Forests & lakes   Göteborg

Forests & lakes, Göteborg

 5 Reviews  Take a tram no.7 or 11 to Bergsjön. It´s a little lake 5 minutes walk away from the last stop. There´s no tourists, but many locals enjoying the lake and it´s surroundings. Water in the lake is really... 

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Foteviken   Malmö

Foteviken, Malmö

 1 Review  Foteviken is an open air large replica Viking village built on the site of such a 12th C village, on which artifacts have been found. The village is on the outskirts of the town: Höllviken. It is... 

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Carolina Rediviva   Uppsala

Carolina Rediviva, Uppsala

 1 Review  Carolina Rediviva Library stands on top of the Carolina hill (Carolinabacken), the hill next to the one where the Castle stands. The library building was built in the early 1800's, and the library... 

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Haga Park   Stockholm

Haga Park, Stockholm

 13 Reviews  visit procedures beautiful and wonderful park Here you can visit as a tourist Swedish prince and family housing, check out the butterfly house, coffee in one of every cafe, also visit the Echo Temple... 

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Riverside   Göteborg

Riverside, Göteborg

 6 Reviews  The Alvsborgsbron bridge is Goteborg's impressive bridge which is situated near the sea entrance to the city. The bridge, which looks a bit like the Golden Gate Bridge links Goteborg with Hisingen,... 

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Limhamn   Malmö

Limhamn, Malmö

 2 Reviews  Not off the beaten path to those of you staying at Malmö Camping or bringing your own boat, but not many tourists find their way to the former fishing village which is now incorporated into Malmö... 

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Other churches   Uppsala

Other churches, Uppsala

 1 Review  Three km north of Uppsala city centre is Vaksala church, an old grey stonechurch. The oldest part is from the 12th century but it got its present appearence in the 15th century. The altarscreen is... 

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Sigtuna   Stockholm

Sigtuna, Stockholm

 5 Reviews  Still referred to as a city for historical reasons, Sigtuna is a small historic town about 50 km northwest of Stockholm (or 15 km from Arlanda Airport). It is easily accessible by car (1-hour drive)... 

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Denmark   Göteborg

Denmark, Göteborg

 1 Review  I wasn't sure whether to add this as an 'off the beaten path tip' or not. But while I was in Goteborg I did come down to Helsingborg and (*very* briefly) to Helsingfor in Denmark. My friend Henrik... 

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Carting tracks   Malmö

Carting tracks, Malmö

 1 Review  There are a couple of fun karting tracks in Malmö. There is an outdoors track approved for international competition at Lockarp, Larsbovägen (street address) which will be 1215 meters when finished in... 

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Drottningholm   Stockholm

Drottningholm, Stockholm

 9 Reviews   ~ THE CHINESE PAVILION~ A small palace in the grounds of Drottningholm. Built 1753 as a birthday present to queen Lovisa Ulrika. Built in a chinese inspired style which at that time was the height... 

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Fishing   Göteborg

Fishing, Göteborg

 1 Review  I did something that I never thought I'd do; I actually went fishing. My friend's father is now a private fishing guide, so she and I went out with him and about 20 other people in beautiful weather... 

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Malmöhus & Museums   Malmö

Malmöhus & Museums, Malmö

 1 Review  Quite a new attraction (2005) has opened in Drottningtorget in the older parts of Malmö, so not off the beaten path in that aspect, but still not yet the most famous tourist destination in town. What... 

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Skeppsholmen   Stockholm

Skeppsholmen, Stockholm

 6 Reviews  On the northern side of Skeppsholmen island, overlooking Djurgården with the Vasa museum, Gröna Lund amusement park and Skansen across the water we stumbled upon a most peculiar small café. It... 

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Skanör

by ant1606

At the time of my former visits to Sweden, both times from Denmark, the Øresund was to be crossed by ferry. A spectacular bridge is now making things much easier, accessible by motor vehicles running on the top level. The lower level is dedicated to commuting train convoys connecting Copenhagen and Malmö urban areas. Boarding such train with our bicycles could have been a better experience if only the train wasn't crowded, but a 40-minute ride in these conditions is probably a better option than a ferry crossing.Riding past the southern outskirts of Malmö revealed the quiet south-western Swedish countryside all the way to the town of Skanör. We stayed at our friends' home on this rainy day, it's otherwise a great relaxed beach location.Address: The Skanör-Falsterbo peninsula is the southwesternmost point in Sweden

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Lost in Sweden!

by loiseklund

My neice, my aunt and I visited Sweden 6 years ago and it was the experience of my life. It was like going back in time about 100 years. People were so friendly, polite and everything was so clean. We went for a drive out of Karlstad and ended up on a very untraveled road. We saw an old wagon with wooden wheels. Finally found our way out but for a few moments we were part of the history of Sweden. My grandparents emigrated from Varmland in the late 1800's. My Dad's side of the family, the Eklunds supposedly have a family plot in Oresbro. We could not find it when we were there, but stopped and had coffee at the castle there. We spent quite a bit of time in Varmland looking for gravestones of family memebers, the groundskeepers deserve a pat on their back for such beautiful cemeteries. Your website is like being in Sweden again, and I thank you very much for making it for us to enjoy.

Skokloster

by sim1

Skokloster is one of the most popular castles in Sweden, with a huge collections of painting, furniture and arms. The arms collection is one of the largest in Europe. Skokloster is also one of the best preserved seventeenth-century castles in Europe. So I didn't need any convincing, I really wanted to see this castle! It sounded perfect, but all in all I was a bit disappointed about my visit to Skokloster. The rooms were very dark as they didn't want to expose the interiors to too much light. That is something that I do understand, but it is a bit disappointing not being really able to see much. I also had a bit of bad luck with the guided tour. We took a guided tour in English, but our guide was probably very nervous and had this crazy giggle. She just kept on giggling, giggling and giggling. Every sentence ended with.....hihi hihi hihi hihi :-) After the tour all we remembered was this...

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Sweden's "Stonehenge": Ale Stenar (Ale Stones)

by tejanasueca

Ales Stenar (Ale Stones), the mysterious "ship-setting" made of 59 large boulders set in a layout of a ship, 67 meter in length, 19 meter in breadth. This monumental stone formation is located just outside a fishing village of K?seberga, approximately eighteen kilometres southeast of Ystad in Sk?ne, on an astoundingly flat, grassy headland that overlooks the narrow, pebbly beach of the Baltic Sea. The view from the Ales Stenar offers an open 180 degree sea horizon and simultaneously an open 180 degree land horizon.There are several legends regarding the origin of this monument; however, most people believed that it was raised in the Viking Period, or perhaps a little bit earlier. However, older findings in the area eludes to that the place was used, maybe as a cult place or burial ground, even before the stones were raised. Some argue that the stones were raised because old Viking Kings...

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Strömsholm

by sim1

In these 'off the beaten path tips' I want to make an overview of all the castles and palaces that I've visited in Sweden. In this picture you can see Strömsholm. Hmmm.... maybe not the best one to start this page with, because I only had a chance to look at the castle from the outside. But it looked great and I hope to visit the palace in the near future!Strömholm is located on the largest of three islands in the Kolbäckså river delta at Lake Mälaren. This is about 20 km to the southwest of Västerås. The area of Strömsholm is well known for its horses and that has been so for a very long time. The start of Strömsholm castle has actually everything to do with horses: King Gustav Vasa ran a stud-farm on the property during the 1500's and in 1560 the first permanent house was build on this location. The current castle was built between 1669 and 1681 for Queen Hedvig Eleonare. Strömsholm...

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PANNING FOR GOLD, REAL GOLD.....

by eden_teuling

There is a lot of real gold in thed River Emån in äDELFORS.Borrow the equipment, pan for as long as you like and TAKE YOUR GOLD with you HOME!At GULDVASKNINGEN and äDELFORS you can meet some of Sweden's most experienced gold prospectors, who will show you how it is done....Coffee shop, bbq area, overnight parking and the best-stocked gold-prospecting shop in EUROPE.We GUARANTEE that you will thoroughly enjoy your visit.Open 24th June - 18th August every day between 10.00 - 18.00 as well as 24-25 AUGUST.There is no need for an appointment, just come whenever you like. Please bring WELLINGTONS. The panning spots are sheltered from rain...Info and group-bookings:

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Nice Day Trip from Stockholm or Göteborg

by Over60

I spent a nice day of hiking at this national park, located about half way from Stockholm to Göteborg. Although access by car would be easier, the place is easily reached by a combination of train and bus, with a change from the former to the latter at Gnosjo. Bring a book though; the connections are not perfectly timed. There are also several attractive restaurants near the train station.The park itself is large and well maintained, with a nice information center with signage in both English and Swedish. I chose the longest trail, which makes a wide circle around the lake in the center of the park and requires about 2.5 hours to walk. Much of the trail is along simple boardwalks through marshland and bogs. It's an interesting and attractive landscape, and even at the time of my midsummer visit, the trail was anything but crowded.

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LOPPIS'es - second hand shops, all over SWEDEN.

by Petruta

No matter if you are in a bigger city or just going through villages, when you travel around Sweden with your car, you'll see millions (i'm exagerating here :)) of signs directing you from the road to the closest loppis. Many times there are just old things some people, families dont need (in bigger shops each owner can sell his own stuff, still, everything is well organized). But, i usually saw many nice things, jewelry and valuable antiquities.Try it and you will see the charm of special places, typical swedish (i think!).

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Boney M at Uppsala's Media Markt

by hopang

Boney M was our favourite pop group when we were young and lived in Malaysia. We have not seen Boney M's live performance until now in Uppsala and free of charge too, courtesy of Uppsala's Media Markt at their official opening ceremony. You may watch and listen to some of their popular songs performed at Media Markt in Uppsala at our Sweden travel page.

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Visingsö

by Leipzig

Visingsö, a small island in the Lake Vätter. There you can ride a horse or even in a carriage. The 800yr old Kumlaby Church (photo) is worth to visit.There is also a campground and some clean beaches. Unfortunatey, it was too cold for bathing when we were there in August 2000.Transfer by ferry including retour costs 40 SEK/person.

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