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Stockholm's Sweden
by Candyce H. Stapen, Away.com
Stockholm, Sweden's capital, is built on 14 connected islands. Read More
Vasa Garden "Renaissance garden grows insight
into the lives of long-gone sailors"
by Yvonne Horn, San Francisco Chronicle,
Photography: Brian Gauvin
The Vasa was a magnificent ship. Decorated with symbolic sculptures and carvings, gold leaf on her poop, bronze guns polished to a fare-thee-well, she was built to impress and strike fear as the pride of Sweden’s 17th century Royal navy. Read More
Editorial Photography:
Photography by David Sanger
In the past two years, more than 40 photographs of Sweden have appeared in worldwide outlets, including Air Canada's inflight "En Route", and the Dorling Kindersley "Eyewitness Travel Guide Sweden 2008"
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Vasa Garden "Renaissance garden grows insight
into the lives of long-gone sailors"
by Yvonne Horn, The Portland Oregonian,
Photography: Brian Gauvin
The Vasa was a magnificent ship. Decorated with symbolic sculptures and carvings, gold leaf on her poop, bronze guns polished to a fare-thee-well, she was built to impress and strike fear as the pride of Sweden’s 17th century Royal navy. Read More
Sweden Family Vacations, Sweden Family Hotels: Family
Expert Ratings, Sweden Family Attractions: Family Expert Ratings
by Candyce H. Stapen, Away.com
Grand Hotel Stockholm, Sheraton Stockholm, Nordic Light Hotel (Gothenburg)
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Family Overview: Gothenburg, Sweden
by Candyce H. Stapen, Away.com
Stockholm, on Sweden's east coast, typically falls first on vacationers' lists of places to visit; however, the west coast's Gothenburg (Göteborg in Swedish) is more than just a pass-through town.
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Stockholm's Best Restaurants -- The New Nordic Cuisine
by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, BellaOnline.com
When you arrive in Stockholm, forget everything you thought you knew about Scandinavian cooking.
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A Vacation Destination With Many Choices
by Philip D. Hoffman, Journal America,
Photography: Philip D. Hoffman
If you have been thinking about a trip to Scandinavia, Sweden is offering a wide range of vacation options this summer and some great travel bargains. Read More
Scandinavian and Northern European Cruises
by Candyce H. Stapen, Physicians' Travel
& Meeting Guide
A Scandinavian and northern European cruise itinerary comes with real castles, first rate museums, and historic old sections whose cobblestone streets and bustling town squares are edged with cafes, chocolate shops and boutiques. Read More
Family Travel: Winter in Stockholm
by Candyce H. Stapen, Physicians' Travel
& Meeting Guide
One November several years ago my two children and I needed a break from mundane winter routines. Instead of heading south for the warm Caribbean waters we flew north to Stockholm, a city even colder than our hometown of Washington, Read More
Across Sweden by Boat
by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Marco Polo
Magazine, Photography: Stillman Rogers
What boat devotee could resist traveling aboard the world’s oldest operating
cabin passenger ship? Read More
Sweden's Other City
by Yvonne Horn, GoWorldTravel.com
Goteborg by the numbers: 481,410 inhabitants; one opera house; 25 theaters; 37 cinemas; 50,000 trees; 207 trams; 570 restaurants; two universities; 175 square meters of green space per citizen. Read More
CitySpots Stockholm
by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers & Stillman
Rogers, Guidebook; Thomas Cook Publishing, Photography: Stillman
Rogers
Stockholm wraps its arms around the harbour, embracing a fleet of white ferries that slip continually in and out of its grasp.
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Family-Friendly Stockholm: WUSA-TV, Washington, DC
Broadcast by Candyce H. Stapen
“Want a great island getaway this summer?
Then, consider Stockholm. This dynamic city with a great deal
of charm is built on 14 connected islands." Read More
The city's Disney-like activities keep kids entertained
by Yvonne Horn, Travel Age West
A city-based vacation and kids can be an "iffy" combination at best. Too many stuffy museums, too much time spent getting from a here to a there, lack of places to vent pent-up energy.
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Vasa Garden "Renaissance garden grows insight into the lives of long-gone sailors"
Photography by Brian Gauvin, San Francisco Chronicle, Article by Yvonne Horn
The Vasa, a Swedish warship that sank on its maiden voyage, is the focus of the
Vasamuseet complex in Stockholm. See
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Hundred-plus miles on the Gota Canal
by Patricia Foulke & Robert Foulke,
Glens Falls Post-Star travel page
The 1874 "Juno," still in
use on the Gota Canal, walks down a flight of locks at Berg.
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A traveling life: Birka, Sweden
by Patricia Foulke & Robert Foulke,
Glens Falls Post-Star travel page
This small island in Lake Malaren west of Stockholm housed Sweden's
first town and trading center for more than two centuries...
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A traveling life: Grinda, Sweden
by Patricia Foulke & Robert Foulke,
Glens Falls Post-Star travel page
When Americans think of Stockholm, they often forget it's just as watery
as Venice.
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A traveling life: Gothenburg, Sweden
by Patricia Foulke & Robert Foulke,
Glens Falls Post-Star travel page
Like Copenhagen (Kobenhaven in Danish) the Anglicized name "Gothenburg"
(Goteborg in Swedish) tell a story of internationalism and trade.
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A traveling life: Stockholm
by Patricia Foulke & Robert Foulke,
Glens Falls Post-Star travel page
On Aug. 10, 1628, Swedish King Gustavus Adolfus' new royal ship, named
Vasa to honor Sweden's founding royal family, set sail from the quay
below the Royal Palace on her maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor.
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A traveling life: Linkoping and Berg,
Sweden
by Patricia Foulke & Robert Foulke,
Glens Falls Post-Star travel page
Somewhat improbably, open-air museums
flourish throughout Scandinavia.
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