North European travel guide
Welcome to our Sweden travel guide! Here you will find a list of all the places we cover on the website. Click on them to learn more.
Population 9,500 / 59.3 degrees north Sigtuna, Sweden Sigtuna is located 40km northwest of Stockholm on the banks of Lake Malaren. Founded around 980, its main drag Storagatan is Sweden’s oldest main street. Around the year 1000, Olof Skotkonung ordered the minting of Sweden’s first coins. Sigtuna also has a
Population 2.4 million / 59.2 degrees north Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. As one of the few places to avoid destruction during World War II, the city’s old world charm has been maintained. Stockholm is the ‘big city’ of Scandinavia, but is still
Population 606,616 / 57.4 degrees north Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth largest in the Nordic countries. The city lies on Sweden’s west coast at the outlet of the Gota River. Gothenburg is Sweden’s largest industrial city as well as Scandinavia’s largest port. Despite
Population 178,000 / 59.5 degrees north Uppsala, Sweden Uppsala, located just north of Stockholm, is one of Sweden’s oldest and most historically significant cities. Known for its stunning medieval cathedral, Uppsala University (the oldest university in Scandinavia), and ancient burial mounds, the city offers a unique blend of history, academia,
Population 2,786 / 66.3 degrees north Jokkmokk, Sweden Located just above the Arctic Circle, Jokkmokk is Swedish Lapland’s capital of Sami culture. The location has been an important Sami meeting point for centuries, and today the famous Sami Winter Market takes place – running every year for over 400 years.
Population 23,000 / 67.5 degrees north Kiruna, Sweden While the Sami have lived here for thousands of years, Kiruna was settled by Swedes in the late 19th century thanks to the discovery of iron ore. Today Kiruna is primarily a mining town, but the town is famous for something else.
