Holiday in Sweden
In Sweden the churches of the Gothic period tend to be rather low and squat. For large-scale buildings foreign masons were brought in, as in the construction of the …
Category: Scandinavia
Sweden Vacations
Proto-Bronze Age: rectilinear designs following the Neolithic traditions of the Nordic culture. Early Bronze Age: transition to geometric spiral ornament. Middle Bronze Age: the spiral ornament gives place to …
Best route to travel Scandinavia
Just N of Kolding E66 (highway) branches off on the right and runs E over the Little Belt to Funen (95). Shortly before the bridge over the Little Belt …
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Reformation and a series of fires, the abbey and its church fell into a dilapidated state. The church was restored by Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie between 1654 and …
Travel to Stockholm
Trolleholm Castle Danish architecture of the Renaissance and Baroque periods came under Dutch and German influence: Kronborg Castle, Helsingor (1574-84): Frederiksborg. Castle on Zealand (1602-22, by H. von Steenwinkel …
FINLAND MAP
Although the Finns are not of Germanic origin but moved into Finland from the Baltic area in the early years of the Christian era, driving back the Lapps, the …
Jonkoping Sweden Map
Province: Jonkoping Ian. Region: SmSland. Altitude: 91 m (300 ft). Population: 110,000. HOTELS. Ramada, Huskvarna, Strandvei 1, 226 Stora Hotel let, 200 Sunds Herrgardpensjonat, Lekeryd, 100 Portalen, Vastra Storgata …
Denmark Map Tourist Attractions
1513-23 Christian II. Christian attempts to re-establish the Union of Kalmar, conquers Sweden in 1520 and executes 82 leading Swedes, but is driven out of Sweden by Gustavus Vasa …
Vesteralen Norway Map
Counties: Nordland fylke, Troms fylke. Turistkontor Harstad, N-9400 Harstad; tel. (0 82) 6 32 35. The Vesteralen (Western Islands), lying off the Vestfjord on the NW coast of Norway, …
Visit to Sweden
In ICELAND there was a great flowering of this northern Germanic art. Notable examples are found on the carved doorways ofthe stave churches, like the one from Valthjofstad (11 …