Destination: Sweden
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Itinerary: World Heritage Listed Sites
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Culture hounds might enjoy a quest to see the best of Sweden as defined by Unesco.
To start with there’s the vast Lapponia area in the north, an entire journey’s worth of territory on its own. Then, working your way down, there’s Gammelstad Church Village in Luleå. The High Coast, or Höga Kusten, decorates the coastline between Härnosand and Örnskjoldsvik. In Falun there’s the Falu Kopparbergsgruva, and nearby are the Engelsberg Bruk.
In the suburbs of Stockholm you’ll find the royal palace and grounds of Drottningholm, as well as the unlikely beauty of the architect-designed Skogskyrkogården cemetery. Also near the capital is the ancient Viking settlement of Birka.
Moving south, there’s Tanumshede Rock Carvings and the well-preserved naval port of Karlskrona. Off the coast are the Hanseatic town of Visby on Gotland, the agricultural landscape of Southern Öland. There’s also the historic Varberg Radio Station in Grimeton.
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