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Scandinavia Map Tourist Attractions

editor — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 04:23:00 +0000

The Stockholm skerries Between the southwest coast of Finland and the western coast of Sweden lies the largest fringe of skerries. Between Turku and the Aland Islands are swarms of these rocky islets, with rounded tops produced by the action of the glaciers, those nearer the coast being higher and wooded, while farther out they are completely bare. There is a similar fringe off Stockholm in which no fewer than 24,000 islands and islets have been counted. From here the Southern Lowlands of Sweden extend westward from Lake Malar to Lake Vanern, a relic of the sea which once covered

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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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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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