Overview :
Sweden Photos
 Being
the largest of the Scandinavian countries, Sweden offers you many
opportunities for cultural and outdoor activities. Visit the cities and
explore the country's glorious past or the life in a cosmopolitan and
modern society. If you need rest from the hectic city life, just leave
for the countryside, and vast forests, 90000 lakes, mountains and the
beautiful sea await you.
Though on the outskirts of Europe, Sweden was never a culturally outpost.
The reigning royalty often invited foreign artists to their courts and
also stimulated the development of local artists. Furthermore the Swedish
developed their own traditions in design, painting and architecture.
Gothenburg City hall was a widely followed example of traditionalistic
architecture.
The three greatest cities Stockholm , Gothenburg and Malmo display
three different characters. The capital Stockholm is beautiful, hi-tech
oriented and full of history. This presentday capital is surrounded by
its predeccesors Uppsala , Birka , Nyköping and Sigtuna . Famous is the
trip by steaming-boat across the Göta Kanal (the Blue Ribbon of Sweden)
that connects Gothenburg with Stockholm.
In the south the more industrial Gothenburg at the western "front side"
of Sweden is the industrial heart of the country. The city is dominated
by the large international port. Malmö in the south is cosier and has a
more common touch. This city is an easy daytrip from Copenhagen in
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Sweden's great and vastly unspoiled nature
is very diverse and offers you new and unexpected beautiful views every
time you visit it again. The south has warm and sandy beaches, an open
rural landscape with beautiful manors and patches of woods. In the
central part, the coast is dominated by thousands of small islands, the
skerries, consisting of more or less bare rocks carved and polished by
the latest glaciation. The landscape becomes more and more dominated by
the woods, spotted with many lakes and smaller agricultural areas. The
further to the north you move, the more the woods take over. Skerries
give you the impression of travelling through a chain of lakes all the
way to the Finnish border, as you move along the coast. The rivers become
greater, the forests darker, the people fewer in the north. Close to the
Norwegian border, the mountains get higher and rougher. Lappland in the
northwest, north of the polar circle, lets you experience the emptiness
of polar tundra in alpine environment.
Sweden became rich and powerful thanks to its great natural resources,
the iron ore mines in the far north and in the central part, the
forestry-based industry and cheap electricity from water power. Today,
the country is in the frontline of IT development and infrastructure.
(by
www.world66.com)
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Photo Gallery : Sweden
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