Sweden is mostly visited by tourists from neighbouring countries such as Denmark, Norway and Finland; other source countries include Germany and the United Kingdom. Sweden's tourist sites include the Vasa Museum, the Millesgarden, and the World Heritage Site Drottningholm Palace Theatre; other tourist attractions include Sweden's art, literature, modernism and music (e.g., ABBA). Many tourists visit Sweden during summer when the temperatures are higher. Especially Skåne and the central/south coasts of Sweden with its sandy beaches. Gotland as well gets many visitors summertime.
Vasa Museum
The Vasa Museum in Stockholm
is Sweden's most popular museum and now attracts around a million
visitors annually. More than 20 million people have visited since the
museum opened in 1990, and it's not hard to see why. In 1628 the pride
of the Swedish Imperial fleet, the Vasa battle ship, sank on its maiden
voyage. The ship lay below the icy waters for more than three centuries
until, in 1961, an incredibly ambitious salvage operation took place.
Now visitors from across the world come to see this fascinating time
capsule. The museum caters to tourists of all nationalities. A visit to
the Vasa, which houses ten separate exhibitions, is a day out in itself.
Visby, Gotland
Steeped in medieval history and brimming with ruined churches, the
rose-entwined, walled town of Visby, on the island of Gotland, is a huge
draw for visitors from around the world. Quaint cobblestone streets
snake about the town, and when exploring, it's all too easy to lose your
sense of being in the modern world. Adorned with stepped gables, many
medieval trading houses remain, as well as some timber buildings from
the 17th and 18th centuries. Clearly, Visby's reputation as 'the pearl
of the Baltic' and UNESCO World Heritage Site status are both
well deserved. A self-guided or guided tour of the magnificent walls,
which date back some 700 years, is a must. Built into the structure are
some 44 defensive towers, and the walls still bear the scars of attack
in the form of two breaches. Direct flights are available from Stockholm.
Kiruna, Lapland
Kiruna is Sweden's
northernmost town. It's also the chief town of the largest commune in
the country, which borders both Norway and Finland.
The midnight sun is visible here from mid May to mid July. Originally a
Lapp settlement, the town began to develop when mining of iron ore
started around 1900. Incredibly, due to subsidence caused by mining, the
entire city is being slowly moved northwest to the foot of the
Luossavaara Mountain. The world's first ever Ice Hotel at Jukkasjärvi is about 17 kilometers outside the city; Sweden's highest mountain, Kebnekaise, is 90 kilometers west; and 95 kilometers northwest is Abisko National Park where the Lapland Railroad runs west to Narvik on the Norwegian coast.
ith charter flights from Germany to Visby airport.
Oresund Bridge, Malmo
From Malmo city center, a 15-minute drive takes visitors to the
magnificent Oresund Bridge. Famous throughout the world since opening in
1999 and several decades in the planning, the structure has gained
further notoriety through the hit Danish/Swedish TV drama 'The Bridge.'
This incredible engineering feat now links Sweden to Denmark, and in turn, the continent of Europe.
The bridge is both rail and road, and on the Danish side, merges into a
tunnel so as not to impact on aircraft at Copenhagen airport. Take a
trip across the bridge and through the tunnel to neighboring Denmark,
and if you like, spend some time in Copenhagen.Happy Journey to All.
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