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Traveling in Scandinavia

editor — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 06:36:00 +0000

Plant and Animal Life Plant Life. In spite of the climatic differences between the Atlantic coast and the interior, the boundaries between different vegetation zones for the most part cut right across Scandinavia; for the growing period, which is determined by temperatures in spring and autumn, is less affected by differences between east and west and tends rather to become shorter in stages from south to north, while the light conditions which play such an important part in plant growth also vary with latitude. As well as this, of course, the vegetation of the mountain regions is affected by differences

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Best route to travel Scandinavia

editor — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 12:29:00 +0000

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 a road branches off on the left to Fredericia. Fredericia (pop. 36,000; Krab-i-Ly Kro, 50 b,; Landsoldaten, 122 Ny Missionshotel, 65 youth hostel; camp site), was founded in the mid-17th c. to protect communications with the islands and was laid out on a regular plan. The town began to expand only after the demolition of the fortifications in 1909. A bronze figure of the Valiant Soldier commemorates the Danish victory over

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Visit to Scandinavia

editor — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 03:09:00 +0000

In eastern Finland In Jutland a series of vegetation zones runs from north to south, as in the neighbouring German provinces of Schleswig-Holstein. Along the much indented east coast runs a strip of land formed by ground moraines, with occasional patches of beech forest; then comes a swath of terminal moraines of different periods, which have provided the sandy soil of central Jutland, formerly occupied by large expanses of heathland; and beyond this again is the west coast of Jutland, with its numerous coastal spits and its fringes of dunes, areas of fenland like those of Friesland being confined to

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Travel plan to Scandinavia

editor — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 18:35:00 +0000

Kaupanger (Husum Motell, 32 b.), on the N shore oftbeAmlabugt, is connected by ferry with Revsnes, Gudvangen and Ardalstangen. It has a fine 13th c. stave church (restored 1862) and an open-air museum, the Heibergske Samlinger (old houses). E of Kaupanger, the Sognefjord splits up into the Lusterfjord, which runs N towards the Jotunheim (147), the Ardalsfjord to the E and the Laerdalsfjord to the SE. The Lusterfjord, 45 km (30 miles) long, owes the milky colouring of its water to the glacier-fed streams which flow into it. At Urnes, on the E side of the fjord, is one of

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Travel to Scandinavia in summer

editor — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 03:04:00 +0000

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), is electrified, including the entire north-south line from Narvik to Trelleborg (2200 km 1375 miles). Finland has about 5900 km (3700 miles) of railway line, including a number of new lines built since 1945, following the changes in the country’s frontiers. They belong almost entirely tothe Finnish State Railways (Valtion Rautatiet, VR). The Finnish railways have the Russian broad gauge of 1-524 m (5 ft), compared with the 1 435 (4

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Travel to Scandinavia in summer

editor — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 18:07:00 +0000

Krusa to Frederikshavn (E3). The route starts from the frontier village of Krusa. To the NE, on the Nybel Nor, an offshoot of the Flensborg Fjord, is Gras-ten (pop. 3000; Egely Hotel, 22 three camp sites), the Queen’s summer residence. The castle, built in 1709 and rebuilt after a fire in 1759, has a richly decorated Baroque chapel. Gristen is surrounded by a wide expanse of forestand lakes, with many Stone Age tombs. On a peninsula 8 km (5 miles) SE is Broager, church with two imposing towers (good views), decorated with frescoes of the 13th16th c. At Dybbel are

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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 — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:48:00 +0000

Denmark proper and the Faeroe Islands together are slightly smaller than Vermont and New Hampshire combined. Greenland, largest island in the world (857,159 sq. mi.), is part of Denmark under the constitution of June 5, 1953. Jutland is the only part of Denmark not an island. The name Jutland is appropriate: the peninsula juts out from West Germany, a place of farms. Raincoats and umbrellas are important in Denmark travel. Arhus, the unofficial capital of Jutland, is highly recommended as a place to use as a base when visiting the peninsula of Jutland. Located in the center of Jutland, all

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