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Lake Siljan Sweden Map

editor — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:23:00 +0000

Lake Siljan, enclosed by gently rising hills with large areas of forest, lies in the heart of Dalarna (Dalecar-lia), with the Osterdalalv flowing in one end and out the other. 36 km (22 miles) long and 25 km (15 miles) Mora girls in traditional costume wide, it has an area of 290 sq. km (110 sq. miles) and a greatest depth of 120 m (390 ft). In the NW part of the lake is the island of Solleron. The maximum depth of 120 m (390 ft) is reached in a curious channel which runs from Mora to Leksand; the rest

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Scandinavia Travel Destinations

editor — Thu, 02 Feb 2017 20:30:00 +0000

On the east side of the Scandinavian mountains the great fringe of lakes in the Nordland resulted from the fact that the last remains of the ice cover lay not within the mountains but farther east, thus blocking any outflow to the Gulf of Bothnia. In consequence the lakes found a lower overflow westward to the North Atlantic, so carving out the deep valleys through the mountains which now form convenient passages between the Norwegian coast and the interior. After the disappearance of the last great ice masses these lakes all found an easier outflow to the Baltic, so that

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NORWAY

editor — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 07:36:00 +0000

Norway, long and narrow eleven hundred miles long, in fact lies alongside Sweden. The mountains and fjords of Norway leave little land to farm and until recently Norway was the poor relation in Scandinavia, relying heavily on fishing and maritime commerce for survival. The discovery of oil off its Atlantic coast changed that and those same mountains and fjords make the country the most scenic of the Scandinavian countries. The fingers of water reaching into the Atlantic coastline of Norway are must sees for tourists. Cruising through the fjords, the visitor sees tiny patches of land where a few acres

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FINLAND

editor — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:00:00 +0000

Finland is an overlooked destination by Americans, a land about the size of England and Scotland, but with only 4.5 million people. Most visitors to Finland come from its next-door neighbors, Sweden, Germany and, believe it or not, Russia. The Russians come for three- and four-day junkets, mostly rewards from their government for meeting or exceeding production quotas. In fact, Russia and Finland have very good relations, this in spite of the fact that the two countries were at war twice in this century. Of the two million visitors to Finland in 1983 only 4 percent were Americans and they

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