lundi 18 août 2014

Sweden Travel guide

In Sweden, tourism relies on broad horizons of forests and lakes as well as the virtues of a bracing climate. A trip to Sweden offers an ideal territory for hiking in all kinds, whitewater rafting, explore Lapland, midnight sun and northern lights!

ID card
- Capital: Stockholm
- Currency: Swedish krona (SEK)
- Holiday: Flag Day, June 6
- Time difference: No time difference
- Official Language: Swedish
- Major cities: Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala, Orebro, Norrkoping, Västerås, Linköping, Jönköping, Helsingborg, Boras
- Religion: Protestant (Lutheran) include a large majority of the population. The Church is separated from the state since 1983, minorities of Catholics, Pentecostals, Greek Orthodox, Muslims and Jews.

population
- Population: 9.1 million people

climate
The climate is continental in Sweden south and subarctic in the north. The winters are cold (especially in the north) and the summers are pretty cool. The weather is very sunny in June but the light is scarce in winter when snow falls in abundance. Pleasure travelers, Sweden is also the land of the northern lights and midnight sun observable beyond the Arctic Circle.

geography
Central countries of the three Scandinavian countries took scissors between Finalnde and Norway, Sweden is also one of the three that is sinking further south than Denmark, seeming to want to hit the northern coast of Germany.

AREA
449,964 square kilometers

ACME
Kebnekaise 2,117 m

LENGTH OF COASTS
3 218 km

TYPES OF LANDSCAPE
Sweden is covered by vast forests and dotted with lakes. Its coasts, jagged have donnné birth to hundreds of islands, many of which are uninhabited. North of its territory on the border with Norway, mountains rising to over 2000 meters.
NATURE AND LEISURE
National parks (hiking), National Park Tyvesta national park Gotska Sandön, Gotland
Lapland (hiking, midnight sun, northern lights, wildlife)
Lakes (fishing), Gota Canal (cruising)

Winter sports
Dog sledding, snowmobiling, cross country skiing
when to go
The best time to go to Sweden period lasts from May to July, rainfall is low and mostly sunny. For lovers of winter sports prefer the period from December to April.
wildlife
Renne; Castor; Lynx; Ours; Cerf; Elan; fox
flora
orchid; Pin; birch; willow; Spruce; oak
Agenda festivities
- January 13: Feast of Saint Knut
- March 25: "Waffle Dagen", day waffles
- April 30: Feast of Walpurgis
- June 6: National Day
- June 24: Midsummer (St. John)
- August: Feast of cancer
- Late August: Feast of the eel
- November 10: Saint Martin, where traditionally the day when a goose is eaten
- Dec. 13: Festival of Lights to celebrate the longest night of winter
more
- A vocation for nature tourism and appropriate structures
- A trip for all seasons
- The growth of low-cost flights
less
The cost of tourist life remains quite high
trends
The "modern" activities of such expeditions by dogsled or snowmobile, for example Jukkasjärvi, are decidedly in tune with the times
precautions
Like other Nordic countries, Sweden, for the tourist, a very peaceful country. So no major problems to report.
gastronomy
SPECIALTIES
- Kottbullar: meatballs served with a puree
- Renstek: roast reindeer
- Crayfish
- Gravlax Salmon: Marinated salmon in lemon juice flavored with dill
- Smörgåsbord: large plate that can be made ​​pickled herring, smoked eel or meats
- Goose stuffed with prunes
- Varm Korv: sandwich which is similar to hot dog
- Waffles, "Waffle"
- "Semlor" pastry cream topped with a marzipan
- Kanel Bulle cinnamon cake
- Roedgroed soup with red berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, berries, wild strawberries)
- Rhubarb jelly

LOCAL PRODUCTS
- Cheese: The Graddost, the St. Olof, Västerbotten and Vadenost
- Blueberries
- Berries
- Wild Strawberries
- Potatoes
- asparagus
- herring
- Reindeer meat and momentum

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