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Overview

Endless day, perpetual night. Rocking festivals, majestic aurora borealis. With effortlessly chic cities and remote forests, Scandinavia attracts style-gurus and wilderness-hikers alike.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Outer courtyard at Stockholm's Royal Palace

    Kungliga Slottet

    Gamla Stan

    A massive structure with more than 600 rooms on 11 levels, Kungliga Slottet (the Royal Palace) dominates the north end of Gamla Stan. The official鈥�

  • Bygdoy Vikingskipshuset.

    Museum of the Viking Age

    Oslo

    Around 1100 years ago, Vikings dragged up two longships from the shoreline and used them as the centrepiece for grand ceremonial burials, most likely for鈥�

  • Suomenlinna (Sveaborg) Fortress in Helsinki, Finland

    Suomenlinna

    Helsinki

    Suomenlinna, the 鈥榝ortress of Finland鈥�, straddles a cluster of car-free islands connected by bridges. This Unesco World Heritage site was originally built鈥�

  • Kronborg castle, Helsingor, Denmark

    Kronborg Slot

    贬别濒蝉颈苍驳酶谤

    Best known as the Elsinore Castle of Shakespeare's Hamlet, this Unesco World Heritage Site is a vast Renaissance masterpiece topped by baroque green鈥�

  • Park and Palace Frederiksborg Slot, Hillerod, Denmark 278747150 ancient, architecture, attraction, beautiful, brick, building, castle, copenhagen, culture, danish, denmark, design, europe, exterior, facade, famous, flowers, frederiksborg, garden, hillerod, historical, history, king, lake, landmark, landscape, medieval, monument, nature, old, palace, park, pond, renaissance, residence, romantic, royal, scandinavia, scene, sight, sightseeing, slot, tourism, tower, traditional, tree, water

    Frederiksborg Slot

    Zealand

    One of Denmark's most impressive buildings, this gigantic, Dutch Renaissance鈥搒tyled fortress-palace rises proudly out of photogenic moat-lake Slots酶鈥�

  • December 04, 2016: The Replicas of Viking longboats in the Viking Ship Museum of Roskilde, Denmark

    Viking Ship Museum

    Zealand

    Five original Viking ships, discovered at the bottom of Roskilde Fjord, are displayed in the main hall of this must-see museum. A short walk away, the鈥�

  • Legoland in Billund

    Legoland

    Billund

    Mind-blowing Lego models, fun rides and the happy-family magic associated with great theme parks have transformed Legoland into Denmark鈥檚 most visited鈥�

  • Greta Garbo's gravestone at 厂办辞驳蝉办测谤办辞驳氓谤诲别苍 in Stockholm.

    厂办辞驳蝉办测谤办辞驳氓谤诲别苍

    Stockholm

    One of Stockholm鈥檚 most unexpected attractions, 厂办辞驳蝉办测谤办辞驳氓谤诲别苍 (the Woodland Cemetery) is an arrestingly beautiful graveyard set in the soothing pine鈥�

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