Spend the night in Swedish Lapland, along the Torne River (the source, every year, of the ice that builds the hotel). North of the Arctic ...

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Sandhamn, in the sprawling Stockholm archipelago, is the headquarters of the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, which explains the presence of all those fancy boats. Besides ...

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It would be easy to assume that Sweden claimed its spirits bar stool in the 20th century, around the time Absolut vodka took up residence ...

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Long before "grazing" came into the culinary lexicon, Swedes were nibbling a little of this and a little of that from buffet tables filled with ...

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Many local restaurants in this western province have made a commitment to using local produce and traditional cooking methods—sound thinking when there are tasty ...

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Not far from the country's third largest city, on the south coast, is excellent bird-watching. Best time to see the migrating birdies at the ...

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For centuries the nomadic Sami people (or Laplanders) traveled the northern reaches with reindeer as pack animals. Then snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles came along and ...

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Leisurely cross the country via boat along a 19th-century canal that remains a respected feat of engineering. It took some 58,000 men more than ...

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This section of Gothenburg (Sweden's second largest city), first built in the 17th century, is filled with charming, authentic shopping finds. You'll come ...

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It might well be the best organized and least polluted city in the Western world. In what other metropolis can you catch a 30-pound salmon ...

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