The Rough Guide to Sweden, 2nd Edition

by Proctor, James; Roland, Neil

• ISBN13: 9781858285375
• ISBN10: 1858285372
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Simon Lethbridge (reader), Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK: "Up-to-date and a mine of really useful information which other guides seem to miss -- finds the small, out of the way places which make this fantastic country so vibrant. Whether you want Sweden's cities, villages, islands or the huge mass of countryside in between, this guide is exceptionally well balanced and a good read in itself." Daily Telegraph, London: "The best guide to the country with the most detail on Gothenburg."

Table of Contents

Introduction	x
PART ONE BASICS	1	(52)
Getting there from Britain	3	(6)
Getting there from Ireland	9	(1)
Getting there from the US & Canada	10	(5)
Getting there from Australia & New Zealand	15	(2)
Red tape and visas	17	(1)
Health	18	(1)
Insurance	19	(2)
Travellers with disabilities	21	(1)
Costs, money and banks	22	(2)
Information and maps	24	(2)
Getting around	26	(8)
Accommodation	34	(3)
Eating and drinking	37	(7)
Mail and telecommunications	44	(1)
The media	45	(1)
Opening hours, holidays and festivals	46	(1)
Sports and outdoor pursuits	47	(2)
Crime and personal safety	49	(1)
Women in Sweden	50	(1)
Gay and lesbian Sweden	50	(1)
Directory	51	(2)
PART TWO THE GUIDE	53	(436)
Stockholm and Around	55	(65)
Arrival and information	57	(4)
City transport	61	(4)
Accommodation	65	(4)
Old Stockholm	69	(4)
Skeppsholmen and the National Art Museum	73	(1)
Norrmalm and Kungsholmen	74	(5)
Ostermalm	79	(1)
Lidingo	80	(1)
Djurgarden	81	(2)
Sodermalm and Langholmen	83	(2)
Eating and drinking	85	(6)
Nightlife and culture	91	(6)
Drottningholm and Birka	97	(2)
Stockholm archipelago	99	(6)
Mariefred and Gripsholm	105	(2)
Eskilstuna	107	(1)
Vasteras	108	(4)
Sigtuna and Skokloster	112	(1)
Uppsala	113	(7)
Gothenburg and Around	120	(63)
Arrival and information	122	(1)
City transport	123	(3)
Accommodation	126	(3)
Old town and harbour	129	(7)
West from Stora Nygatan	136	(1)
Avenyn	137	(3)
Haga	140	(1)
Linne	140	(1)
Klippan and the archipelago	141	(2)
North of the Gota river	143	(1)
Eating and drinking	143	(6)
Nightlife and entertainment	149	(3)
Bohuslan coast	152	(2)
Marstrand	154	(9)
Stromstad	163	(3)
Gota Canal	166	(1)
Trollhattan	167	(3)
Vanersborg	170	(2)
Lidkoping	172	(3)
Kinnekulle	175	(2)
Mariestad	177	(2)
Karlsborg	179	(4)
The Southwest	183	(95)
Varberg	187	(5)
Falkenberg	192	(4)
Halmstad	196	(5)
Laholm	201	(2)
Bastad	203	(2)
Bjare peninsula	205	(3)
Angelholm	208	(2)
Kullen peninsula	210	(2)
Helsingborg	212	(8)
Lund	220	(8)
Malmo	228	(19)
Trelleborg	247	(4)
Ystad	251	(5)
Osterlen	256	(6)
Kristianstad	262	(5)
Karlshamn	267	(4)
Karlskrona	271	(4)
Kristianopel	275	(3)
The Southeast	278	(77)
Kalmar	280	(5)
Oland	285	(3)
Borgholm	288	(3)
North Oland	291	(2)
South Oland	293	(2)
Glass Kingdom	295	(3)
Vaxjo	298	(7)
Jonkoping	305	(5)
Granna	310	(4)
Vadstena	314	(4)
Motala	318	(1)
Orebro	319	(4)
Linkoping	323	(5)
Norrkoping	328	(6)
Nykoping	334	(3)
Gotland	337	(4)
Visby	341	(11)
Islands around Gotland	352	(3)
The Bothnian Coast: Gavle to Haparanda	355	(55)
Gavle	357	(5)
Soderhamn and Hudiksvall	362	(3)
Sundsvall	365	(6)
Harnosand and Solleftea	371	(4)
Hoga Kusten (High Coast)	375	(2)
Hogbonden	377	(2)
Ulvon	379	(2)
Trysunda	381	(3)
Ornskoldvik	384	(2)
Umea	386	(6)
Skelleftea	392	(5)
Lulea	397	(6)
Boden	403	(2)
Haparanda	405	(5)
Central and Northern Sweden	410	(79)
Kristinehamn	413	(2)
Karlstad	415	(6)
Dalarna	421	(2)
Falun	423	(3)
Lake Silijan	426	(5)
Salen	431	(1)
Idre	432	(3)
Harjedalen	435	(3)
Ostersund	438	(7)
Are	445	(3)
The Wilderness Way	448	(2)
Lapland	450	(3)
Ammarnas	453	(2)
Arvidsjaur	455	(6)
Jokkmokk	461	(4)
Gallivare	465	(6)
Northern national parks	471	(2)
Kiruna	473	(3)
Jukkasjarvi	476	(2)
Abisko and the Kungsleden	478	(4)
Torne Valley	482	(1)
Pajala	483	(6)
PART THREE CONTEXTS	489	(29)
A brief history of Sweden	491	(12)
Swedish architecture	503	(3)
Swedish geography and wildlife	506	(4)
Books	510	(3)
A brief guide to Swedish	513	(5)
Index	518