Stocholm is the capital city of Sweden. Stochkolm is also the most populous urban area in the Nordic countries. The area of the city is 188km2 and there lives approximately 965,232 people. Stockholm is one of my favorite cities. I have been there more than ten times and yet every time I discover new places,... Continue Reading →
Visby
Visby is the largest city in the Swedish island of Gotland. The area of the city is 12.08 km² and the population is about 22,000. Visby’s name comes from the ancient words Vi and By. Vi means sacrificial place and By means village. Visby is the best-preserved medieval town in Scandinavia and it is a... Continue Reading →
The Åland islands / Ahvenamaa
The Åland islands has always seemed so mysterious and interesting place to me. The Åland archipelago consists of more than 6,500 islands, but only few of these are habitable. Åland is an autonomous county whose habitants speak Swedish, but the archipelago itself belongs to Finland. Åland does not belong to European Union tax area, which... Continue Reading →