Win a Fjällräven backpack worth €200
Travelling around Scandinavia and want to get off the beaten track? You’re going to need a comfy backpack that has plenty of…
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Making memories with maps, Scandi style
Promoted: A Swedish start-up lets travellers create beautiful, customised maps of their favourite places…
Swedish for tourists
As we’ve written on Routes North before, Swedish isn’t the most useful language to learn. But foreign tourists who make…
The Swedish tree that grew big online
If there’s one thing Sweden has a lot of, it’s trees. There are 87 billion of the things dotted across…
Swedish fika is getting its own documentary
A few years back, Swiss photographer Fabian Schmid fell in love with Sweden. Since then he’s road-tripped through the country…
The big trip: hiking Kungsleden
Could you survive an epic 440km trek through some of northern Sweden’s most spectacular scenery?
Tourism: what Sweden could improve
Sweden is one of those places that’s really easy to travel around. It’s safe, most locals speak fluent English, and…
Q&A with photographer Cody Duncan
Travelling to Scandinavia’s wildest reaches is one thing, but capturing their raw beauty on camera is another challenge altogether –…
Swedish wildlife: a reality check
Sweden is consistently ranked as one of the world’s greenest countries. More than 99% of the nation’s household waste is…
Amons: would you work for travel?
Sites like Airbnb and Couchsurfing have transformed the budget travel landscape, making it possible to stay in fun places and…