So I’m going to travel north. But where to? I quickly found a map of northern Europe and started looking suitable place worthy to be a target of my adventure.At first I look at the Sweden, but nothing caught my eye – lots of miraculous places to see, but nothing in the epic category. Then I tried Finland – beautiful lakes and woods, but not the kind of things I was looking for.
Last but not least I looked at Norway. Fjords looked promising, but I tried a little bit more north. The Lofoten – marvelous islands connected by bridges and tunnels with “whale safaris”. I knew I was getting closer, but I looked a little bit more to the north and then I found the perfect destination…The North Cape.
Further north you can find mainly ice and you need a boat or a plane to get there. So I found the target of my journey. But which way should I go th
ere and how should I get back? Because I have limited timeframe (two weeks, give or take) I decided to focus on northern Sweden and Norway. I quickly found a ferry, which will take me from Gdansk to Nynäshamn (town near Stockholm). From there I will travel north along the shore of Baltic Sea.My first sightseeing stop will be area known as Hoga Kusten (The High Coast) and Skuleskogen National Park which are on The UNESCO Natural Heritage List. Nature there is astonishing as also the landscapes. One of the most amazing landmarks of this region is The Hoga Kusten Bridge. It’s over a mile long, The road runs 40 meters over the sea level and the pillars are over 180 meters high. It was design to look similar to The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
In northern Sweden there lots of heritage parks showing everyday life of the Saam people. They’re a nation which lives in northern Finland, Sweden and Norway for thousands of years. There are also many museums dedicated to mining silver and iron. And last but not least one of the biggest and outstanding waterfalls in Europe, like Stora Sjofallet.
Are you interested in visiting Scandinavia?- Do you believe that seeing these marvels of nature is worth traveling great distances?
I have been in Sweden two times and I must say it's one of my favourite places in world. It's clean, calm. People are nice and the funniest thing is that everybody speaks English!
ReplyDeleteI have never been in Scandinavia but I would like to visit this beautiful region. I heard a lot of good things about this part of the world, that it is calm, clean, people are very friendly and everybody speaks English ;)
ReplyDeleteTravelling is always worth it :)
ReplyDeleteScnadinavia looks interesting and I'm planning to visit this region sooner or later.