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                                                     Helsinki (see pp654–8),
                                                     the capital of Finland,
                  Kemijärvi                          boasts an impressive
                                                     mix of Neo-Classical
                                                     and modern 20th-
                                                     century architecture.
 Mo i Rana
         Luleå    Kemi                               The city’s hub of
                                                     activity is Market
                                                     Square on the
                                                     waterfront, which
                     Oulu                            in summer fills with
 Storuman                                            crowds browsing the
                                                     craft and food stalls.
                      FINLAND
        Umeå         (see pp650–63)
 Trondheim                   Kuopio
             Vaasa

                         Jyväskylä
 Ålesund  Sundsvall
             Tampere
 NORWAY              Lahti
 (see pp618–33)  Turku
 Gävle                          St. Petersburg
                        Helsinki           St. Petersburg (see pp658–9), Russia’s
 Bergen                                    “culture capital”, is an easy side trip from
                                           Helsinki. The city’s main artery, Nevskiy
 Drammen  Oslo                             prospekt, is packed with shops, cafés,
    Stockholm                              and monumental architecture.
 Karlstad
 Stavanger
 SWEDEN
 (see pp600–17)
 Kristiansand
 Jönköping
 Gothenburg  Visby
 Aalborg  Växjö
 DENMARK  Halmstad
 (see pp634–49)  Århus

 Esbjerg  Copenhagen  Malmö
 Odense
                               Stockholm (see pp604–9) enjoys an unrivaled
                               setting surrounded by water and unspoiled
                               countryside that stretches right into the center.
                               Overlooking the Riddarfjärden channel is the
                               Stadshuset (City Hall), a symbol of the city.




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