Natural features in Sweden

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Abisko National Park

Norrbotten

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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Stockholm Archipelago

Vaxholm, Stockholm

Around 30,000 islands, islets and rocks stretch from Stockholm out into the Baltic, with red cottages, pine woods and smooth granite rocks.

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Gothenburg and its Archipelago

Gothenburg, Västra Götaland

Sweden's second city, with canals, a lively food scene, and Liseberg, Scandinavia's largest amusement park, especially magical at its Christmas market.

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High Coast (Höga Kusten)

Köpmanholmen, Västernorrland

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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Tylösand Beach

Halmstad, Halland

One of Sweden's best-known beaches: about 2 km of fine white sand on the west coast, backed by pine forest and dunes.