Around 30,000 islands, islets and rocks stretch from Stockholm out into the Baltic, with red cottages, pine woods and smooth granite rocks. Ferries run from the city centre to islands such as Vaxholm, with its fortress, Grinda, Sandhamn and Utö.
In summer, swim from the rocks, kayak, and stay in cabins or hostels. Buy a ferry pass for several days of island-hopping. The Waxholmsbolaget ferries run all year, more often in summer.
The Vasa, a magnificent warship that sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbour in 1628, and was raised 333 years later almost intact.
Stockholm's old town, on a small island, with narrow cobbled lanes, ochre and red houses, and the Stortorget square.
The largest church in the Nordic countries, a Gothic cathedral with twin spires, where Swedish kings were crowned and the botanist Carl Linnaeus is b…
A medieval Hanseatic town on the island of Gotland in the Baltic, encircled by a 3.4 km wall with more than 50 towers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A Renaissance castle on the water in Kalmar, one of the best preserved in Scandinavia, where the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden was signe…
A coast of steep hills, fjord-like bays and islands on the Gulf of Bothnia, which has risen 286 m since the last Ice Age, the highest land uplift in …
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