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The picturesque heartland of Sweden is also home to important elements of the country's modern technological and design economy. Expect to find historic castles, spotless villages, and bustling small cities set along slow-paced, cross-country canals, beside wild, rushing rivers, hugging the tranquil shores of hundreds of lakes, and hidden deep in the region's dense forests. |
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Attractions in
Lakeland:
Lakeland is an unofficial region that
crosses the borders of several of Sweden's historic provinces and modern
counties stretching between
STOCKHOLM & UPPSALA on
the Baltic Coast and
GOTHENBURG on the
WEST COAST. Here are found Western Europe's largest lakes,
Vänern and
Vättern, as well as many
hundreds of small lakes. Numerous small cities, compact towns, and prim villages
populate the
region, busy with industry, lumbering, and agriculture. There is substantial
history (and prehistory) here, too. Standing rune stones, Iron Age grave
sites, noteworthy and obscure castles, fortresses, and grand manors seem
almost randomly strewn across the landscape. Endless tracts of forest
and freshwater courses of all urgency dominate the scenery. Mountains
are as rare as salt water in Lakeland. |
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The Work Museum, Noorköping; Photo Marcus Eriksson
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Gripsholm Castle, Mariefred on Lake Mälaren; Photo Bo Lind -
• Old Linköping open-air
museum; Photo © Göran Billeson -
• Grännä-Visingö Ferry on
Lake Vättern; Photo © Smålands Turism
• Swedish Design @ Möbelriket
Furniture, Lammhults, Lake
• Örebro Castle, Örebro;
Photo © Torbjoern Arvidson /
• Saab 96 from 1968; Photo
courtesy saab.com |
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Göta Canal that tied the nation together |
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the way the Union Pacific railroad united the American states. Heavy industry came for |
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the power and transportation, and brought |
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The Göta Canal at its eastern terminus in Söderköping;
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Swedish Air Force Museum, at Malmslätt near Linköping.
• Cottage in Söderköping;
Photo © Home At First.
• Sand Golf Club, Jönköping;
Photo Sand GC - visitsweden.com.
• Läckö Castle, Lake Vänern;
Photo © Home At First.
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The Göta Canal at its western terminus: the locks in Trollhättan;
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Town Hall at Söderköping with traditional pay "Rikstelefon"
• Swedish
Railways X2000 on a rural curve. Several cities and |
generations of Swedish employment at textile, paper, and furniture
mills, and at iconic Swedish companies including
Saab,
Volvo, and
IKEA.
Activities in Lakeland: Visitors
come to explore
castles
— like Läckö
(on
Lake Vänern),
Gripsholm
(Mariefred on Lake Mälaren),
Örebro (in Örebro) —
fish the lakes
and streams,
cycle
and
hike
in the forests, rummage through |
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Lodgings:
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uses small inns ideally located to permit convenient touring throughout the
Lakeland region. |
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