Northern Europe

Sweden

A long, green country of island-studded coasts, design-minded cities, endless forest and lakes, and a Lapland north where the northern lights dance over snow.

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Capital
Stockholm
Languages
Swedish
Currency
Swedish krona (SEK)
Best time to go
June to August for long light evenings and archipelago weather; December to March for snow, Lapland and northern lights; September for autumn colour.

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Stockholm City Hall

Stockholm, Sweden

A red-brick waterfront landmark where the Nobel Prize banquet is held, with a golden mosaic hall and a tall to...

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Visby Town Wall

Visby, Sweden

A medieval stone wall with dozens of towers circling Visby, part of the UNESCO-listed Hanseatic town.

Historic site

Gamla Uppsala

Uppsala, Sweden

Giant Viking-age burial mounds beside a medieval church, once a major religious and political centre of Sweden...

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