About this book
The Rough Guide to Sweden is the ultimate travel guide to this fascinating country. Discover Sweden's highlights with stunning photography, highlights, itineraries, colour-coded maps, and comprehensive, up-to-date descriptions of Sweden's best hotels, hostels, restaurants and bars, for all budgets. Find detailed practical advice on what to see and do in Sweden, from world-class museums, hip cafés and city beaches in Stockholm - one of Europe's most beautiful capitals - to the forests and crystal-clear lakes of central Sweden, the unspoilt islands of the Stockholm archipelago, and the remote splendour of Swedish Lapland. With clear maps of the country, a Swedish language section to help you negotiate your way around, and expert background on everything from the Sámi people to the Northern Lights, The Rough Guide to Sweden is all you need for the perfect trip.
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Table of contents
- Contents 3
- INTRODUCTION 4
- Where to go 6
- Author Picks 9
- When to go 10
- Things not to miss 12
- Itineraries 22
- BASICS 24
- Getting there 25
- Getting around 26
- Accommodation 29
- Food and drink 30
- The media 32
- Festivals 33
- Sports and outdoor activities 33
- Culture and etiquette 35
- Travel essentials 35
- GUIDE 42
- 1 Stockholm 42
- 2 Day-trips from Stockholm 78
- 3 Gothenburg 106
- 4 Around Gothenburg 128
- 5 The southwest 146
- 6 The southeast 192
- 7 The Bothnian coast 242
- 8 Central Sweden 282
- 9 Swedish Lapland 312
- CONTEXTS 354
- History 355
- Swedish architecture 369
- Geography 373
- Books 375
- Swedish language 377
- Glossary 383
- SMALL PRINT & INDEX 384
