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Travel to Scandinavia

editor — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:10:00 +0000

SURROUNDINGS. To the SE of the city (motor-boats from Market Square) is the Suomenlinna (Swedish Sveaborg) group of islands, with the remains of the 18th c. fortress. One of the fortress walls houses the Walhalla Restaurant. To the S (boats from Merisatamaranta, to the W of Kaivopuisto) lies the island of Pihlajasaari (Swedish Ronnskar), with a beautiful sandy beach and expanses of woodland. To the E (by Itavayla, the Porvoo road) is the suburb of Herttoniemie (7-5 km 4miles), with the Topeius Museum, commemorating the poet Zachris Topelius (1818-98). On the island of Korkeasaari (Swedish Hogholmem motorboats from North Harbour

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Scandinavia Travel

editor — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 14:37:00 +0000

Climate Extending as it does for more than 1800 km (1100 miles) from north to south, Scandinavia shows great climatic variations. Denmark and southern Sweden, with their cool, temperate maritime climate, lie in a region of transition to the Central European climatic zone (annual rainfall between 400 and 800 mm (160 and 320 in.), maximum rainfall in August, autumn and winter storms in the west, very changeable weather). Norway, extending far beyond the Arctic Circle, has Arctic climatic features only in those parts of northern Lapland which lie far from the sea, with temperatures occasionally falling as low as about

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Travelling in Scandinavia

editor — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 09:15:00 +0000

Travel by road The roads. Roads play an important part in the transport system of Scandinavia, since the railways are relatively sparse, particularly in Norway, northern Sweden and northern Finland. The network of roads is extended and improved each year; and the condition of the roads is relatively good, permitting reasonable average speeds even in the far north. The main roads and important secondary roads have been further improved in recent years and given dust-free surfaces. Where the surface is still grit or gravel, it is kept as smooth as possible by the use of graders. It is advisable to

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Travel to Scandinavia

editor — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:39:00 +0000

The name Scandinavia” embraces the countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (also, strictly speaking, Iceland). It only came into general use in the 1 8th c. In practice, Finland is also counted as a Scandinavian country. Denmark (with the Faeroes and Greenland), Norway (with Svalbard, Jan Mayen and its Antarctic possessions) and Sweden are democratic parliamentary monarchies; Finland is a republic. All four countries are members of the United Nations, and together with Iceland meet in the Nordic Council. Denmark, Norway and Sweden belong to the Council of Europe, and Denmark is a member of the European Community. Although the

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