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| Sweden holiday travel tips |
| Submitted by Olivia on 2009-02-03 06:34:26 (via www.travel-budget.com) |
| Sweden holiday travel will take you through a diverse kaleidoscope of spectacular landscapes with picturesque mountains, vast forests, wide fertile plains, nearly 100,000 lakes and plenty of rivers providing a cheap supply of hydro-electric power.
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by Maximus on 2009-02-03 06:38:55 |
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great article!!! I would love to hear some suggestions on what places should I visit first of all? and btw, what is the traditional food in Sweden? |
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by FreakPup on 2009-02-03 08:41:35 |
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Depends on what you are interested in. Whats great with Stockholm is that it has a small town feel, with just about anything you can wish for :).
Traditional foods? Hmm... tough question. How about some pork, white sauce with onions and potatoes? Or some blood pudding? (Pigs blood mixed with herbs and oatmeal)Macaroni and "Falu korv" (ground pork mixed with oatmeal).
The swedish kitchen has a lot to offer, but swedish cuisine isnt blowing the roof off any buildings:(.sry..
There are a lot of restaurants in Stockholm worth a visit thats not serving typical swedish foods.
"Gamla Stan"-Old Town, is just like any tourist trap in any country. Nothing worth seeing, just loads of crap to buy. But the architechture is worth a closer look though. |
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by Anonymous on 2009-02-03 07:52:28 |
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Didn't like the article at all, dry, uninteresting, with history and boring information. If you like to visit Sweden i suggest you to read following articles:
Information about Sweden >>
http://www.visitsweden.com/sweden
http://wikitravel.org/en/Sweden
Information about Stockholm >>
http://www.stockholmtown.com
good luck! shahab |
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by Anonymous on 2009-02-03 07:59:53 |
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The article is for the most part quite accurate. In fact, trying to get by with USD 40 per day is a bit on a shoe-string.
Some things should be noted: it says "official religion" however Sweden does not have an official religion any more, since church and state nowadays are separate. However the dominating religion is correctly the Lutheran (Christian Protestant) faith.
The Swedish krona (pl. kronor, with the "kroner" pronunciation) is about 8 to a US Dollar, or about 10 to a Euro. Sometimes more, sometimes less, but thereabout.
Getting by in Sweden is fairly simple, since there are road-signs and information signs just about everywhere. Sometimes, if you're lucky, they are written in English. As the author of the article says, most people are able to understand end speak English, but they may be quite shy to do so due to a kind of self-conciousness regarding their accent. As a rule it's simpler to get some kind of answer from younger people, although they may not be knowledgeable enough...
There aren't many internet cafés around; this is due to the fact that most households are connected on broadband, and there is no business for it. You may find internet connections in 7-eleven stores for about 2 € per hour. Otherwise bring your laptop, as most cafés in the major cities actually have open wifi-networks.
As for Max's questions above:
If you have a short time, your first visit should be to Stockholm, where you can get a picture of the Swedish culture and people are fairly open-minded. This may not be in the country-side or smaller cities where people may be really shy.
In Stockholm there are plenty of places that satisfy different interests, I suggest contacting the Tourist Information. There are plenty of information points, especially during the summer season, generally considered from June to August.
Traditional food in Sweden depends of what you are into. If you mean really genuine Swedish food (I don't think you'll like it) then it's pickled herring or fermented herring (kalled surströmming). Also, meatballs (Köttbullar) with boiled potatoes and lingonberry jam (which may be quite sweet), pork chops (boiled potatoes) are quite traditional food. If you're in the southern parts of Sweden (Skåne, or Scania in latin) then there are some traditional dishes as Spettekaka (a sort of baked egg/flour/sugar dish) and goose. In the north, people are eating palt (a potato dish) or reindeer meat.
But if you ask a modern Swede what they typically eat, they would answer pizza, shish-kebab, hamburger or pasta... :)
At least in Stockholm, every major cuisine is represented such as Chinese, Italian, Ethiopian, Thai, Vietnamese, Greek, Lebanese...
Well, this was a long comment but I hope you appreciate it.
Jorgen_C |
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by Anonymous on 2009-02-05 08:48:47 |
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Sweden is a beautiful country, although its cold in the winter, most of the time we have warm and nice summers.
I live i Malmoe, in the south of Sweden, close to the capitol of Denmark.
We have museum, beautiful parks and lots of culture.
Welcome to Sweden! |
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