About Sweden

Filed in archive Travel on December 30, 2011

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Sweden is the place where you can explore the landscape in a snow scooter or a sled pulled by dogs, or you can see relics from the Viking Age and the Bronze Age. With an area of 450,000 square km, Sweden is the largest country in Scandinavia, while its landscape is composed of intense glacial activity. Among Swedes famous worldwide include dramatic writer Strindberg and Astrid Lindgren, author of "Pippi Longstocking". Other famous Swedish is the chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel is the first benefactor of the Nobel Institute.

The Swedish capital, Stockholm is a great city, situated on 24,000 islands and it has the first national park situated within a city in the world. It is a city with a history and tradition that has deep roots, a lot narrow passage ways, cobbled streets, museums, beautiful green spaces, a very lively nightlife and many great restaurants.