Frommer's Sweden
by Porter, Darwin; Prince, DanforthFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): Frommer
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Summary
Coauthors Darwin Porter, a native of North Carolina, and Danforth Prince, of Ohio, are veteran travel writers, having produced many editions of Frommer's Scandinavia. They have written numerous best-selling Frommer guides, notably to England, France, the Caribbean, Italy, and Germany. They are also the authors of Frommer's Denmark. Here, they focus their attention on the recent tourist boom in Sweden, reviewing hundreds of hotels, inns, restaurants, museums, and natural sights, dozens of which are making their appearance for the first time in any guidebook. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| List of Maps | p. viii |
| The Best of Sweden | p. 1 |
| The Best Travel Experiences | p. 1 |
| The Best Active Vacations | p. 2 |
| The Best Ways to Spend Time on the Water | p. 2 |
| The Most Scenic Towns and Villages | p. 3 |
| The Best Places to Go Back in Time | p. 4 |
| The Best Museums | p. 5 |
| The Best Castles and Palaces | p. 5 |
| The Best Cathedrals and Abbeys | p. 6 |
| The Best Hotels | p. 7 |
| The Best Restaurants | p. 8 |
| Getting to Know Sweden | p. 10 |
| Sweden Today | p. 11 |
| The Natural Environment | p. 13 |
| Did You Know? | p. 13 |
| The Regions in Brief | p. 14 |
| History 101 | p. 16 |
| Dateline | p. 16 |
| Famous Swedes | p. 21 |
| The Swedish Chef | p. 26 |
| Recommended Books | p. 27 |
| Planning a Trip to Sweden | p. 28 |
| Visitor Information and Entry Requirements | p. 28 |
| Money | p. 29 |
| The Swedish Krona | p. 30 |
| What Things Cost in Stockholm | p. 31 |
| When to Go | p. 32 |
| Sweden Calendar of Events | p. 33 |
| The Active Vacation Planner | p. 34 |
| Special-Interest Vacations | p. 36 |
| Health and Insurance | p. 38 |
| Tips for Travelers with Special Needs | p. 40 |
| Getting There | p. 45 |
| Surfing for Bargains | p. 48 |
| Getting Around | p. 53 |
| Organized Tours | p. 55 |
| Suggested Itineraries | p. 57 |
| Fast Facts: Sweden | p. 58 |
| Settling Into Stockholm | p. 61 |
| Orientation | p. 61 |
| Getting Around | p. 64 |
| Fast Facts: Stockholm | p. 68 |
| Where to Stay | p. 70 |
| Family Friendly Hotels | p. 78 |
| Where to Dine | p. 83 |
| Family-Friendly Restaurants | p. 90 |
| Picnic Fare | p. 96 |
| Discovering Stockholm | p. 98 |
| Suggested Itineraries | p. 98 |
| Seeing the Sights | p. 99 |
| Frommer's Favorite Stockholm Experiences | p. 102 |
| Walking Tour 1--Gamla Stan (Old Town) | p. 109 |
| Walking Tour 2--Along the Harbor | p. 112 |
| Organized Tours | p. 115 |
| Spectator Sports | p. 115 |
| Active Pursuits | p. 116 |
| Shopping | p. 116 |
| Stockholm After Dark | p. 122 |
| The Capital of Gay Scandinavia | p. 124 |
| Side Trips from Stockholm | p. 129 |
| Gothenburg and Beyond | p. 139 |
| Orientation | p. 139 |
| Getting Around | p. 141 |
| Fast Facts: Gothenburg | p. 142 |
| Where to Stay | p. 143 |
| Where to Dine | p. 147 |
| Picnic Fare | p. 150 |
| Seeing the Sights | p. 151 |
| Suggested Itineraries | p. 151 |
| Shopping | p. 157 |
| Gothenburg After Dark | p. 158 |
| Easy Excursions to the Bohuslan Coast and Halland | p. 161 |
| Skane | p. 180 |
| Helsingborg | p. 181 |
| Malmo | p. 191 |
| Lund | p. 203 |
| Ystad | p. 208 |
| Simrishamn | p. 211 |
| Kristianstad | p. 213 |
| Kalmar and the Southeast | p. 217 |
| Kalmar | p. 217 |
| Vaxjo | p. 223 |
| Buying Swedish Glass | p. 226 |
| Jonkoping | p. 230 |
| Along the Shores of Lake Vattern | p. 233 |
| The Baltic Islands: Oland and Gotland | p. 243 |
| Oland | p. 244 |
| The Blue Maiden | p. 248 |
| Gotland and Visby | p. 253 |
| The Gota Canal and Lake Vanern | p. 262 |
| The Gota Canal | p. 263 |
| Trollhattan | p. 264 |
| Vanersborg | p. 267 |
| Lidkoping | p. 270 |
| Skara | p. 273 |
| Angling Along Gota Alv | p. 274 |
| Mariestad | p. 276 |
| Varmland and Dalarna | p. 280 |
| Karlstad | p. 281 |
| Sunne | p. 288 |
| Filipstad | p. 291 |
| The Swede Who Helped Defeat the South | p. 292 |
| Falun | p. 294 |
| Leksand | p. 297 |
| Sweden's Best White-Water Rafting | p. 298 |
| Tallberg | p. 300 |
| Rattvik | p. 303 |
| Mora | p. 305 |
| The Bothnian Coast | p. 308 |
| Gavle | p. 308 |
| Soderhamn | p. 313 |
| Hudiksvall | p. 315 |
| Sundsvall | p. 319 |
| Harnosand | p. 324 |
| Umea | p. 327 |
| Skelleftea | p. 331 |
| Swedish Lapland | p. 334 |
| Enjoing the Great Outdoors | p. 334 |
| Lulea: The Gateway to Lapland | p. 336 |
| Northern Lights and the Midnight Sun | p. 337 |
| Arvidsjaur | p. 340 |
| The Lapps (Sami) in Sweden | p. 341 |
| Tarnaby and Hemavan | p. 343 |
| Jokkmokk | p. 345 |
| Kvikkjokk | p. 348 |
| Gallivare | p. 349 |
| Kiruna | p. 353 |
| Holiday on Ice | p. 356 |
| Abisko | p. 357 |
| Index | p. 360 |
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