A ship-shaped setting of 59 large standing stones, 67 m long, on a hill above the Baltic Sea at Kåseberga in Skåne, the southern tip of Sweden. It's thought to be a late Iron Age monument from around 600 AD, possibly a burial site or a sun calendar.
It's free to visit, a 15-minute walk up from the car park in the fishing village of Kåseberga, where you can buy smoked fish. Skåne also has sandy beaches, castles, and the cities of Malmö and Lund.
One of Sweden's best-known beaches: about 2 km of fine white sand on the west coast, backed by pine forest and dunes.
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…
Sweden's second city, with canals, a lively food scene, and Liseberg, Scandinavia's largest amusement park, especially magical at its Christmas market.
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.
Stockholm's old town, on a small island, with narrow cobbled lanes, ochre and red houses, and the Stortorget square.
The Vasa, a magnificent warship that sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbour in 1628, and was raised 333 years later almost intact.
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