
Ullevi Stadium, Botto Lighthouse and 3 important ports.
AboutUllevi, or Nya Ullevi (New Ullevi) Stadium, is one of the largest in all the Nordic countries. Botto Lighthouse is on a very small rocky outcrop off the large river port of Goteborg. Varberg was established around 1280 as a fortress town by the Danish and called Wardbergh (’watch hill’) the town was transferred to Sweden in the Treaty of Roskilde (1658). Established by the Danish at the mouth of the Atran River, Falkenberg was named after the Swedish words for falcon and mountain (berg). It was also transferred to Sweden in the Treaty of Roskilde (1658), after much conflict. Halmstad was established in the 1300s and is now one of the 10 largest seaports in Sweden. Like many cities on the west coast it has a long history with Denmark. Halmstad Airport ESMT was an airforce base between 1944 and 1961 and today supports both civil and military traffic.
Sweden
location_cityVastra Gotaland
flight_takeoffESGG Landvetter
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tagCoastal flight
Radical Racetrack to Benedictine Nunnery
AboutOriginally the site of the Swedish Air Force Flying School (1926-1998), the site was transferred into private hands and today provides driver training (VW Golf GTi, Swedish Police, Radical Racing), conference centres, light industry, a museum and golf course. Since 2007 it has also operated as the racetrack Ljungbyhed Motorbanan. Bosjokloster was a Benedictine nunnery built in 1080 A.D. and later converted to a castle.
Sweden
location_citySkane
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Gamla Stan, Stockholm
AboutStockholm's Old Town, known as Gamla Stan, is a small concentrated area where the city began in the middle of the 13th century.
Much of the medieval enclave remains, although in typical Scandinavian style, it is freshly brushed and painted regularly. Its charm is in the architecture along its narrow stone-paved lanes and cobbled streets around its squares, especially the main one, Stortorget, surrounded by old merchants' houses.
In this neighborhood, along with plenty of shops, restaurants, and cafés, you'll find the Nobel Museum, the Post Museum, the Royal Coin Cabinet, and several churches. It's also a good area to stay if you can find suitable accommodations, with options including luxury boutique hotels, guesthouses, and even affordable inns and hostels.
Sweden
location_cityStockholm
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Sigtuna
About Sweden's first-ever town and founded in 980 CE, the last century of the Viking era, the idyllic village of Sigtuna nestles alongside Lake Mälaren in the lush green landscape of Uppland, north of Stockholm. Sigtuna's amazing history is to be found in the medieval churches, ruins, rune stones, and buildings that remain to this day.
Sweden
location_cityStockholm
flight_takeoffESSA Arlanda
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Skansen and Djurgården, Stockholm
AboutSkansen is located in the huge urban Djurgården Park, a favorite place for locals, especially in the summer. Thistoric village made up of houses and farmsteads from all over Sweden. Together, these impressively preserved buildings represent both rural and urban culture at various periods from 1720 to the 1960s.
Sweden
location_cityStockholm
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Drottingholms Slott
About official residence of the Swedish Royal Family.
In the picturesque terraced park are bronze sculptures from Bohemia and Denmark, brought back as trophies of war. Be sure to take in the Chinese Pavilion, which dates from the late 1700s. The 18th-century Palace Theatre (Drottningholms Slottsteater) is still used for performances during the summer months. In the Theatre Museum, you can see period stage costumes and stage scenery
Sweden
location_cityStockholm
flight_takeoffESSA Arlanda
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tagArchitectural Wonders
Gota Canal, Gothenburg to Stockholm
Aboutdates from the early 19th century and is 190 kilometers in length. It's now one of the country's premier tourist attractions and offers a unique perspective on Sweden's heartland.
In addition, by connecting with lakes Vänern and Vättern and the Trollhätte Canal, it forms part of a water link all the way from Stockholm, in the northeast, to Gothenburg, in the southwest.
Featuring 47 bridges and 58 locks the canal stretches from Sjötorp at Lake Vänern to Söderköping on the Baltic Sea.
Sweden
location_cityStockholm
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Stockholm City Hall
AboutStockholm City Hall (Stockholms stadshus) was built between 1911 and 1923, using an astonishing eight million bricks. It is considered one of the finest examples of National Romanticism, designed by the architect Ragnar Östberg. The 106-meter-tall tower is topped by three crowns.
Sweden
location_cityStockholm
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ESOH Hagfors
AboutHagfors is a locality and the seat of Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 10,125 inhabitants in 2010. Its history is traced to 1873, when it was decided to build two blast furnaces at the location. Wikipedia
Sweden
location_cityVarmland
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Sundsvall’s Seven Bridges
AboutThe Ljungan and Indalsalven rivers are part of a timber transport system which still sees Sundsvall being one of Northern Europe’s largest paper producing centres. Take a round trip south along Sundsvall fjord, west on the Ljungan and finally east along the Indalsalven to the Gulf of Bothnia. The first bridge on this trip, the Sundsvallbron is the fourth longest bridge in Sweden at 2,109 m (6,919 ft). See how many other bridges you can spot on this trip!
Sweden
location_cityVasternorrland
flight_takeoffESNN Sundsvall-Timra
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tagBridges
Falu Mine
AboutFalun copper mine opened about 1300. It was the largest copper mine in Sweden, and produced two-thirds of Europe's copper needs. The largest industrial work place in Sweden, at its peak in 1650 the mine produced as much as three kilotons of raw copper in that on
Sweden
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Liseberg Theme Park, Gothenburg
AboutLiseberg is one of the most popular places to visit in Sweden, and each year, the park lures more than three million visitors. It has a huge range of attractions, from children's carousels and a fairy-tale castle to adrenalin-pumping rides for speed demons, bumper cars, and four roller coasters.
Sweden
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