Historic sites
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Stockholm's old town, on a small island, with narrow cobbled lanes, ochre and red houses, and the Stortorget square.
Historic sites in Sweden
Historic sites
Visby, Gotland
Visby, Gotland
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.
Historic sites
Ales Stenar
Köpingebro, Skåne
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.
Historic sites
Kalmar Castle and Öland
Kalmar
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…
Historic sites
Uppsala Cathedral and Old Uppsala
Uppsala
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…