Category: Scandinavia
Sweden’s railways have a total length of 12,000 (7500 miles). Almost the whole system, practically all of which is run by the Swedish State Railways (Svenska Statens Jarnvagar, SJ), …
Province: Norrbottens Ian. Region: Lapland. Altitude: 395 m (1296 ft). Postal code: S-98024. Telephone code: 0980. Kiruna TuristbyrS, Mangigata 12, S-98131 Kiruna; tel. (09 80) 1 86 60. HOTELS. …
In the 19th c. many Swedish painters went to Dusseldorf and later to Paris for training. Notable among them were the landscape artist C. J. Fahlcrantz (1774-1861), Peter Krafft …
The Neolithic period, during which the transition from a hunting culture to a settled farming culture took place and the pre-lndo-European peoples were steadily thrust back by the advancing …
Mariehamn is a popular seaside resort situated on a promontory at the S end of the island. In Norra Esplanadgata, in the middle of the town, stands the church …
Every summer geological, botanical, musical and dancing weeks are organised in Jamtland. Information about dates can be obtained from tourist information offices. Jamtland, a mountainous province of central Sweden …
HOTELS. Patria, Kauppakatu 21, 120 Polar, Helsingintie, 117 Kylpylaitos-Spa, Ainonkatu 17, 60 Viikinkihovi, Valtakatu 41, 82 Hospiz, Valtakatu 40, 91 b.: Karelia-Park, Korpraalinkuja 1, 260 b. (June-August only). YOUTH …
In the Iron Age, which dates in Scandinavia from about 600 B.C. to a.d. 400, the decorative art of the Bronze Age disappears and is replaced by only the …
The large lakes of central Sweden are relics of the sea which once covered this area; but the abundant flow of water from many rivers has long removed any …
County: Arhus amt. Altitude: sea level. Population: 245,000. Postal code: DK-8000. Telephone code: 06. RSdhuset; tel. 1216 00. HOTELS. Atlantic, Europaplads, 186 Marseis, Strandvejen 25,132 Ritz, BanegSrdsplads 12,100 Motel …
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