Natural features
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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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.
Places to stay
Icehotel, Jukkasjärvi
Kiruna, Norrbotten
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…
Natural features
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.
Attractions
Vasa Museum, Stockholm
Stockholm
The Vasa, a magnificent warship that sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbour in 1628, and was raised 333 years later almost intact.
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.
Natural features
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.
Natural features
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 …
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…
Natural features
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.