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Abisko

Gällivare Pajala

Jokkmokk

Arjeplog Haparanda
Boden
Luleå
Arvidsjaur The ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi is an extraordinary
Piteå creation built entirely of ice and snow.
It melts in the spring each year and is
Gulf of recreated in November (see p276).
Skellefteå Bothnia
Gäddede

Umeå Uppsala, the seat of
Örnsköldsvik Sweden’s archbishop,
Östersund has a High Gothic
cathedral consecrated
Stor- in 1435 – although
Sjön
Härnösand parts of it date from
Gulf of Bothnia (see pp134–5).
the 13th century – and
Sundsvall the oldest university in
the Nordic countries,
Sveg established in 1477
Hudiksvall
Mora
Siljan Gävle
Borlänge
Fagersta
Kapellskär
Karlstad Stockholm
Örebro

Vänern Nynäshamn
Skagerrak Norrköping Visby, “the town of roses and ruins”, with its medieval
Vättern Linköping B a l t i c S e a perimeter wall and half-timbered houses, is a UNESCO
World Heritage Site (see pp168–71).
Jönköping Västervik
Gothenburg Borås The Kingdom of
Varberg Oskarshamn Crystal is the part
of Småland known
Växjö for its glassware,
Kattegat Kalmar Baltic Sea
both artistic and
Halmstad practical. The plate,
Amber, was designed
Karlshamn Karlskrona by Göran Wärff at
Helsingborg 0 kilometres 200 Kosta Glasbruk in
Åhus 2003 (see pp156–7).
0 miles 100
Malmö

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