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Travel guide Scandinavia lonely planet

editor — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:38:00 +0000

The road N W from Store Heddinge passes through a number of pretty Zealand villages and in 22 km (14 miles) reaches K0ge (86), from which it is 30 km (19 miles) to Copenhagen, either by the old road (Gammel Koge Landvej) or the highway. The beaches of northern Zealand. There are two alternative roads N from Copenhagen. The highway, which runs almost to Helsingor, is faster; but the more attractive route is on the Strandvej, which traverses Copenhagen’s fashionable suburbs and then through stretches of woodland and small coastal villages before joining up with the highway. 35 km (22

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Travel in Scandinavia

editor — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 04:46:00 +0000

Boat services play a major part in travel between Scandinavia and the rest of Europe and within the Scandinavian countries themselves. In Norway, in particular, several car ferries across the fjords supplement the road system in these areas. Cruises along the coast and up the fjords are a very popular means of seeing the country. Ships of the Hurtigrute sail up the west coast of Norway from Bergen to Kirkenes. During the summer, there are daily services in both directions, which take 11 days to cover the total distance of some 2500 sea miles. For many of the ports of

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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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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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Scandinavia Guide for Tourist

editor — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 19:39:00 +0000

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 trace of salt. The great masses of ice, 2 km (1J miles) thick, bore down heavily on the underlying land, and when this pressure was relieved with the melting of the ice the land rose, most markedly in the middle of the area formerly covered by ice. Some 8500 years ago, therefore, the channels traversing central Sweden and Finland were raised above sea level and drained of water; and the Baltic

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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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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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