Sweden Insight Guide
Summary:
This book includes a section detailing Sweden's history, 12 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from the "eight seasons" of the Lapps to the national pastime of sports fishing, a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus hundreds of top-notch photographs and 17 maps, including one of the Stockholm transport system.

Contents:
Maps
- Sweden
- Central Stockholm
- Stockholm's Archipelago
- Uppsala
- Around Stockholm
- Southern Sweden
- Malmo
- Gotland
- Goteborg
- The West Coast
- The Great Lakes
- Dalarna
- Central Heartlands
- Lapland
- Northeast Coast
- Stockholm Transport
Introduction & History
- The Spirit of Sweden
- Decisive Dates
- Glaciers, Graves and Vikings
- Christianity & the Middle Ages
- Founder of a Dynasty
- A Great European Power
- The Age of Freedom
- A Century of Change
- The Industrial Miracle
- The Peacemakers
- Alfred Nobel
- The Swedish Model

Features
- The Swedes Today
- Family Life
- The Quest for Equality
- The Immigrant Dilemma
- The Sami
- Art in Sweden
- Words, Music & Celluloid
- The Great Outdoors
- Catch of the Day
- Nature and Conservation
- Eating and Drinking
- Festivals

Places
- Introduction
- Stockholm
- Around Stockholm
- Southern Sweden
- Gotland
- Goteborg
- The West Coast
- The Great Lakes
- Gota Kanal
- Dalarna
- Central Heartlands
- Lapland
- The Northeast Coast

Picture Stories
- The Vikings
- Swedish Interior Design
- Stockholm Archipelago
- Sami Handicrafts

Information Panels
- Exodus to America
- The Non-Aligned Nation
- The Finn Connection
- Tennis, anyone?
- Skal of Life
- Metro Art in Stockholm
- Kingdom of Glass
- Around Lake Siljan

Travel Tips - Highlights
- Getting Acquainted
- Planning the Trip
- Practical Tips
- Getting Around
- Where to Stay
- Where to Eat
- Nightlife
- Culture
- Sport
- Shopping
- Language
- Further Reading
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