The Blue Lagoon is a lake created in a lava field that is filled with warm water from the Svartsengi Hot Water and Power Plant nearby the Icelandic capital Reykjavík. The water is extremely salty (12.5%) and...
Stockholm itself is built on 14 islands, but around it is a vast archipelago (in Swedish: skärgård) of about 24,000 islands. Only 150 are inhabited, so some ‘islands’ are no more than a rock...
The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon where the sun is above the horizon at midnight, and thus throughout the rest of the day and night. This phenomenon occurs annually during a certain period in areas...
Iceland is known for its varied landscapes with geysers, volcanoes, glaciers, fjords and gorges. The sometimes bizarre landscapes are the result of many thousands of years of seismic and volcanic activity. The most...
Kiel – Goteborg The Swedish city Gothenburg (Göteborg) is located on the west coast of Sweden. Gothenburg is called ‘the heart of Scandinavia’. It is the second largest city in Sweden in terms of...
Surströmming is a fermented herring from the Baltic Sea. The fish is caught in May and June. Then they are pickled and placed in large vats to start the fermentation process. After canning, the secondary fermentation...
Iceland is a volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean. Black beaches have been created by the eruption of volcanoes and lava that has cooled in the sea. These beaches consist of millions of small black pebbles. Very...
Lapland: a unique destination for a vacation in a true winter paradise! However, it is not a country in the strict sense of the word; Lapland is a region that extends over the Arctic part of several countries, including...
Whether it is the flag of Denmark, Finland or Sweden, a Scandinavian flag is immediately recognizable by its characteristic colors and the distinctive cross in the flag. But where exactly does this tradition come from...
Iceland is best experienced when you visit the country during the best travel time. But when exactly is that? On this page you can tell everything about the best travel time for Iceland. This way you can be sure that...
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