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 the world, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Skuleskogen National Park, walk to the Slåttdalsskrevan, a narrow rock gorge 200 m long.
The High Coast Trail is a long-distance path. The High Coast Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Visit the fishing village of Bönhamn and the island of Ulvön.
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…
Around 30,000 islands, islets and rocks stretch from Stockholm out into the Baltic, with red cottages, pine woods and smooth granite rocks.
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 world's first ice hotel, rebuilt every winter since 1989 from blocks of ice from the Torne River, with art suites carved by artists from around t…
A national park in Swedish Lapland, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, famous as one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights, than…
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