This year's summer journey led us to Denmark and Sweden. More precisely, we flew to Copenhagen, took the train to Malmoe, and rented a car there. Then we followed the eastern coast up to Stockholm. To my own surprise (I honestly did not realize this when planning the trip), we covered an area larger than Portugal and drove about 2300km in ten days. Not entirely relaxing but we were not disappointed.
My personal highlights were Copenhagen and Malmoe (which I already knew), Stockholm, the island Oeland, the national parks/nature reserves Store Mosse and Stendörren, and a boat trip to the little islands (Skärgård) located at the eastern coast.
Unfortunately, Sweden is quite expensive. I guess you could visit much more exotic places where you spend way less money. However, you find lots of nice and clean BnBs (Bed and Breakfast) in the countryside, which are reasonably priced. Especially restaurants seem to be overpriced. The money that would pay a four-course menu for two in France (including a bottle of wine) equals to one dish plus one beer (per person) plus a shared dessert in Sweden. Hence, it is a good idea to visit the supermarket nearby where you find ingredients for picnics in your BnB's garden.
🌍 Picture location - Town Hall (Copenhagen)
🌍 Picture location - Børsen (Copenhagen)
🌍 Picture location - Nyhavn (new harbour, Copenhagen)
🌍 Picture location - The famous little mermaid. Pretty tiny. (Copenhagen)
🌍 Picture location - St Alban's Church (Copenhagen)
🌍 Picture location - Frederiks Kirke (Copenhagen)
🌍 Picture location - Amalienborg Slotsplads (Copenhagen)
Day 2
🌍 Picture location - Somewhere in the city center of Copenhagen
🌍 Picture location - Rosenborg Slot (Copenhagen)
🌍 Picture location - Sankt Petri kyrkan (Malmö)
🌍 Picture location - Old town of Malmoe
🌍 Picture location - Old town of Malmoe
🌍 Picture location - Kungsparken (Malmoe)
🌍 Picture location - Malmoehus slot
Day 3
🌍 Picture location - Falsterbo
🌍 Picture location - Falsterbo
🌍 Picture location - Falsterbo
🌍 Picture location - Falsterbo
Day 4
🌍 Picture location - Ystad
🌍 Picture location - Ales stenar; something stonehengy in ship shape.
🌍 Picture location - Near ales stenar
🌍 Picture location - Stenshuvud national park
Day 5
🌍 Picture location - Vattenriket biosphere reserve near Kristianstad.
🌍 Picture location - Vattenriket biosphere reserve near Kristianstad. Honestly, hiking in Vattenriket was a let down. Most of the trek were close to roads and the biggest part of the way was not interesting.
🌍 Picture location - Bosjo kloster
Day 5
🌍 Picture location - Ronneby
🌍 Picture location - Ronneby
🌍 Picture location - Karlskrona. A lot of shuttle boats leave town to various places in the skärgård. If you plan a trip, you should pre-book your journey.
🌍 Picture location - Kalmar slot
🌍 Picture location - Bridge to Oeland
Day 6
🌍 Picture location - Northern light house (“Långe Erik”) on Oeland
🌍 Picture location - View from Långe Erik (Oeland)
🌍 Picture location - Oddly sea-shaped rocks called Raukar (Oeland)
Day 7
🌍 Picture location - Borgholms Slot (Oeland)
🌍 Picture location - Another ship-shaped stone circle (Oeland)
🌍 Picture location - Karlevi rune stone (Oeland)
Day 8
🌍 Picture location - Somewhere in the “highlands” near … ? … nothing actually.
🌍 Picture location - Store mosse national park.
🌍 Picture location - Store mosse national park.
Day 9
🌍 Picture location - Remember Astrid Lindgren's “Michel von Lönneberga”? That is the farm where the old movies were recorded.
🌍 Picture location - Västervik
🌍 Picture location - Ship cruise to the Västervik skärgård (i.e. Hasselo)
🌍 Picture location - Ship cruise to the Västervik skärgård (i.e. Hasselo)
🌍 Picture location - On Hasselo island
🌍 Picture location - Ship cruise back to Västervik
🌍 Picture location - Ship cruise back to Västervik
Day 10
🌍 Picture location - Swedish churches have little playgrounds for kids.
🌍 Picture location - Göta channel
🌍 Picture location - Göta channel
🌍 Picture location - Linköpings domkyrka
🌍 Picture location - Linköpings domkyrka
🌍 Picture location - The maybe most relevant sign. Ever. Wordwide (Linköping)
🌍 Picture location - Norrköping
🌍 Picture location - Norrköping
Day 11
🌍 Picture location - Stendörren nature reserve.
🌍 Picture location - Stendörren nature reserve. Very beautiful place. You can walk over bridges to little islands where you can hike or go for a swim.
Day 12
🌍 Picture location - Stockholm underground
🌍 Picture location - Stockholm underground
🌍 Picture location - Stockholm
🌍 Picture location - Sweden's riksdagen (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Kungliga slottet (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Nobelmuseet (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Main square (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Somewhere in old town (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Somewhere in old town (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Somewhere in old town (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Riddarholmskyrkan (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Riddarhuset (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Old town (Stockholm))
🌍 Picture location - The Royal Dramatic Theatre (Stockholm). The flags were for the Stockholm Pride Festival.
🌍 Picture location - Djurgarden area (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Somewhere in Stockholm
🌍 Picture location - Somewhere in Stockholm
Day 13
🌍 Picture location - Riddarhuset (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Old town (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Old town (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Kungliga slottet (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Old town (Stockholm)
🌍 Picture location - Leonardo and Kate.
