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TRAVEL INFORMATION

Stockholm Arlanda is the busiest of Sweden’s and take a short train journey across the
international airports, although a number of bridge to Malmö. There are still a number of
other airports have international flights, car ferry services operating between
notably Gothenburg’s Landvetter and Sturup, Denmark and Sweden, as well as across the
near Malmö, in the south. Since summer Baltic Sea from Finland and the Baltic States,
2000, Sweden has been linked with and across the North Sea from Norway. In
Continental Europe by a bridge over the summer, an increasing number of cruise
Öresund Strait to Denmark for road and rail liners call into Swedish ports. Express buses
traffic. It is now possible to fly to Copenhagen operate services from cities across Europe.
Arrival by Air with arrivals and departure
Most major European cities times. Stockholm’s Arlanda
have direct flights to one of Airport has a Flygbussarna
Stockholm’s three airports: bus service, which operates
Arlanda, Skavsta and Bromma. every 10 minutes at peak
Landvetter near Gothenburg times. Journey time is 45
and Sturup outside Malmö minutes to the City Terminal
also have international traffic. at Central Station. An onward
Arlanda is served by around journey by taxi can be booked
52 international airlines. It is on the bus. The taxi ride into
also possible to fly via town from the airport is
Copenhagen in Denmark. quicker, but more expensive.
The leading Scandinavian Most taxi firms have a fixed
airline SAS dominates. Other Arlanda Express linking Arlanda Airport charge to the city centre.
operators include Lufthansa, with central Stockholm Avoid unauthorized taxis and
British Airways and Finnair. check the fare before departure.
Delta Air Lines operates from aircraft. Skavsta lies 100 km The shortest journey time is by
the US to Europe with onward (60 miles) south of Stockholm, the pricier Arlanda Express
flights to Sweden via major near Nyköping. Low-cost airline train, a 20-minute trip to Central
airlines such as Air France or Ryanair flies routes to Skavsta, Station. Trains depart every
KLM; American Airlines flies Gothenburg and Malmö from 10 minutes at peak times
to the UK with onward several UK airports and to other from the two stations, Arlanda
connections via British Airways. destinations in Sweden from South (serving terminals 2, 3
Arlanda is 40 km (25 miles) other parts of Europe. and 4) and Arlanda North
north of central Stockholm (for terminal 5).
and is also a hub for Swedish Getting from and to
domestic flights and charter
services. Bromma, situated the Airport Air Fares
7 km (4 miles) from the city All the international airports Fare options are many and
centre, may only be used by are served by airport buses to varied, particularly if you are
less environmentally damaging the city centre in conjunction flexible about departure and
arrival dates, or can book well
in advance.
Increased competition
between the airlines has made
it considerably cheaper to fly to
Sweden from many European
destinations, and now SAS
offers low-cost tickets with a
no-frills service to meet the
competition. It is possible to
find return flights from London,
Paris or Frankfurt for less than
£80. Tour operators often have
packages with attractive air
fares and accommodation
included. Newspaper
advertisements and travel
companies’ websites have
Departure Hall, Terminal 5, at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport details of last-minute deals.

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