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Exploring Sweden
Sweden
The natural starting point for exploring Sweden is the
capital Stockholm, built on a cluster of Baltic Sea islands. 0 km 250
From here, visitors can explore the castles of Lake Mälaren 0 miles 250
or head north to Uppsala, a thriving university town.
On the way south to Malmö or west to Gothenburg S W E D E N
lies the Glass Kingdom, where some of the world’s best- FINLAND
known glassmakers ply their trade. Travel throughout NORWAY
Sweden can be conducted quite easily by high-speed See main map Helsinki
trains or by car, though the long distances involved Oslo ESTONIA
make travel quite expensive. STOCKHOLM
Gothenburg LATVIA
DENMARK LITHUANIA
Sights at a Glance
1 Stockholm pp604–9 70
2 Lake Mälaren Gulf of
3 Uppsala Bothnia
4 Dalarna Dalarna 80 Gävle Storby
5 Gotland and Visby 45
6 Gothenburg NORWAY Borlänge 70 E4 76 Mariehamn
7 Växjö Uppsala Grisslehamn
8 Malmö SWEDEN
OSLO 60
62 E18 Kapellskär
Lake E18
E18 Mälaren St Petersburg,
Karlstad Helsinki,
Sandefjord E20 Tallinn,
Örebro STOCKHOLM
Vänern
Strömstad
Nynäshamn
45 Dalbosjön Norrköping Oxelösund Riga
51
E6
E20 E4
Vättern E22
Skagerrak
Gothenburg 40 Jönköping Västervik
(Göteborg) 33 Visby
Borås
Frederikshavn, E4 Gotland
Kiel 26 Oskarshamn
23
Växjö 25
E6-E20
25 Öland
Halmstad Kalmar
E22 Gdansk
30
E4 23 Karlskrona
Helsingør Helsingborg Kristianstad
COPENHAGEN E22
Gdansk
Malmö Simrishamn 0 kilometers 100
Ystad Allinge 0 miles 100
Trelleborg
Rønne Bornholm
(Denmark)
Travemunde,
Rostock
Key
Highway
Major road
Railroad
International border
The Göteborgsutkiken building,
overlooking Gothenburg Harbor
For hotels and restaurants see p616 and p617 For keys to symbols see back flap
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