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Best Tourist Attractions In Sweden by Steven Magill
Tourist attractions in Sweden
are many and very varied. From Santa Claus in the north to crayfish parties,
Viking adventures, the Midnight Sun and the ubiquitous smörgåsbord,
this is a land of many contrasts; the tourist attractions in Sweden will
not let you down. Here are 7 tourist attractions in Sweden, in no particular
order, that are each well worth the visit.
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1. Stockholm
is the capital, and it is a great place to visit. This city will amaze
you for its cleanliness and its feeling of being safe. It will amaze you
for other things too.
It has some wonderful museums,
large peaceful parks, a nightlife that will take your breath away - literally,
and architecture that sets the scene for a purely Swedish experience.
2. Forget Loch Ness in Scotland;
come to Storsjön in Jämtland province. This huge lake
has a legend to rival Loch Ness, a monster that even enjoys the protection
of the law! And if you fail to spot the monster, the general area around
Storsjön is still worth the visit; the scenery alone will simply astound
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3. Inlandsbanan is
the inland railway. If you are a train lover, then this is a train ride
not to be missed. You can travel across the Arctic Circle, get off when
you want, get back on again - it's your choice. The 1,300 kilometer journey
goes all the way up to Lappland in the north, and to Kristinehamn further
south.
4. You probably associate
European beaches with the Spanish Costas, or the Greek islands, but Sweden
has plenty to offer too. The island of Gotland in the Baltic has
some excellent beaches, and coupled with the surprisingly warm summer weather
they can expect most years, this is definitely a destination for those
who want to be in a northern country, but still lounge on the beach.
| 5. If you like traveling
on water, why not take a trip on the Göta Canal. You can travel southeast
to northwest across the country from Gothenburg
to Stockholm on an old
ship. You will cross a river, eight lakes and three canals. You will also
pass through 66 locks and travel, albeit briefly, on two seas. There are
few journeys that can boast that degree of variety!
6. If you enjoy hiking, then
this will be one of your favorite tourist attractions in Sweden; the famous
hiking trail of Kungsleden. The trail snakes over 500 kilometers from Hemaven
to Abisko. It is well marked out and extremely popular. There are cabins
along the route of the trail, but in the holiday season these can become
very popular and crowded. |
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7. If you love rugged scenery
in a rural natural setting, then Bohuslän
is for you. This is the area. More or less, between the Norwegian border
in the north, to Gothenburg to the south. There are a multitude of small
rocky islands with little fishing villages nestled in between. The scenery
is almost surreal and well worth a visit. This must rank as one of the
better of the tourist attractions in Sweden.
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Sweden
Weather - How Hot is it? by Steven Magill
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In Sweden, weather is a much
talked about subject. That is how it usually is in many of the northern
countries because the weather is often not very good, especially in winter.
The country is long-shaped, roughly north to south, and because of this
the weather can be very different at either end.
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The Sweden weather you experience
depends on where you are. It is actually possible to have snow in summer,
but also sunbathe at midnight - all in the same country. The southernmost
tip of the country is around 55 degrees latitude north and the northernmost
tip around 69 degrees north, inside the Arctic Circle.
The Sweden weather in winter
ranges from around -40 degrees Celsius to 2 degrees Celsius. In summer
it tends to be from around 15 degrees Celsius to 32 degrees Celsius - sometimes
even hotter.
January through to March
is when snow can be expected, though in the far north this is more variable
and less contained. It can rain at any time, and rather unfairly, it is
the warmest months of July and August that gets the most rain. |
The Sweden weather is mostly
temperate. This is mainly because of the Gulf Stream waters that lap its
shores and bring temperate winds from the west. Southern Sweden can be
surprisingly warm and a lot less cold than many would expect for its northern
position. In the mountains of the north, however, a bitterly cold sub-Arctic
climate prevails most of the time.
Some 15 percent of the country
is within the Arctic Circle. This means that from around the end of May
until the middle of July that part has no night. This is the Midnight Sun.
Any traveler who is not used with this amount of continuous daylight will
most likely have difficulty in sleeping in the north of Sweden during the
summer months.
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the northern 15 percent; in winter they have perpetual darkness from the
middle of December until the end of the first week of January. During this
time, Stockholm, the capital to the south, has only five and a half hours
of daylight.
The Sweden weather is enhanced
by two major factors. One we have touched on already; the effects of the
Gulf Stream, which brings pre-warmed winds over the land providing a temperate
climate. The other factor is the continental high pressures that develop
to the east. These create Sweden weather that is sunny, often quite hot
in summer, and while cold in winter, they do relieve a dark days considerably.
In winter in the far north,
the average Sweden weather temperatures can plunge to -40 degrees Celsius.
In summer in the southern parts it can exceed 32 degrees Celsius on occasion. |
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This is a vast temperature
range that few countries can equal, and it aptly demonstrates the great
diversity of weather to be found within Sweden.
The Sweden weather has a
lot of precipitation throughout the year. The rainiest season is during
late summer, especially in the southeast where they get around 24 inches
of rainfall a year. By contrast, in Lappland in the north the annual rainfall
is only half that amount.
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