{"id":15266,"date":"2019-03-09T07:05:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T07:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?page_id=15266"},"modified":"2020-01-19T08:53:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T21:53:42","slug":"sweden-%f0%9f%87%b8%f0%9f%87%aa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?page_id=15266","title":{"rendered":"Sweden \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our thoughts on Sweden after touring there in 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Strengths:<\/strong>  My apologies, but we didn&#8217;t put a lot of planning into Sweden.  we cross in and out of Sweden three times during 2017.  Firstly we drove up the west coast of Sweden from Gothenburg to Norway.  We visited the beautiful Koster Islands on our way.  Some six week later we crossed northern Sweden in Finnish Lapland, another scenic drive of snowcapped hills and treeless tundra.  Finally we travelled by ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm spending 2 days exploring the palace&#8217;s of Stockholm.  We then followed the east coast spending a couple of days on windswept \u00d6land before heading west to Malmo and the famous Bron\/Broen bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_5553-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8398\"\/><figcaption><em>Stockholm&#8217;s marina stellplat<\/em>z<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weaknesses:<\/strong>  Obviously dealing with the Swedish Krona is inconvenient.  There are few options for legal overnight parking in Stockholm other than the marina stellplatz.  It&#8217;s expensive, crammed and a bit noisy with an overpass directly above it.  Diesel and LPG is expensive as is beer and wine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/\u00d6land_12-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/\u00d6land_12-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/\u00d6land_12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/\u00d6land_12-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/\u00d6land_12-570x427.jpg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/\u00d6land_12.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Solliden Slott, \u00d6land<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opportunities:<\/strong>  The smaller town such as Sigtuna and Veta are very pretty and worth exploring.  The regional centre of Link\u00f6ping was another interesting visit.  We found the drive south from Stockholm to \u00d6land particularly interesting.  The island of \u00d6land is well worth a couple of days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sigtuna_6-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sigtuna_6-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sigtuna_6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sigtuna_6-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sigtuna_6-570x427.jpg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Sigtuna_6.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Following Sigtuna&#8217;s viking rune stones<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Threats:<\/strong>  Sweden has speed cameras everywhere.  Wandering wildlife in the north are a driving hazard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our thoughts on Sweden after touring there in 2017 Strengths: My apologies, but we didn&#8217;t put a lot of planning into Sweden. we cross in and out of Sweden three times during 2017. Firstly we drove up the west coast of Sweden from Gothenburg to Norway. We visited the beautiful Koster Islands on our way. 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