Monday, August 25, 2014

Discovering Sweden’s World Heritage Sites

If you are looking to travel in a European country, you should put Sweden on your number 1 list. Historical sites are some of the most visited places on this Scandinavian country. To give you some tips on which place you should go to, below are some of the popular place that are considered by UNESCO as world heritage sites.

Laponian Area: Arctic Circle region of northern Sweden is called home by the Saami, or Lapp, people. This is the largest, and one of the last, area in the world that maintains an ancestral way of life. The movements of the people are based on the seasonal movement of the livestock. In summer the Saami lead herds of reindeer through the mountains. Geological processes re visible in the glacial moraines and the changing water courses. The site was selected for examples of ongoing geological, biological and ecological processes and a great variety of natural phenomena of beauty.


Naval Port of Karlskrona: Late 17th century European planned naval city. The site was selected as a well preserved example of a strategic naval town, with elements of earlier establishments. Naval bases were important in the centuries in which naval power ruled.

Rock Carvings in Tanum: Works of art carved into rock reveals the life and beliefs of the European people of the Bronze era. The collection of rocks are remarkable of the large numbers and outstanding quality. There are depictions of animals, humans, weapons, boats and other objects on the carved rocks.

Skogskyrkogarden, Stockholm County: Cemetery created between 1917 and 1920 by two young architects. The cemetery was built on the site of former gravel pits overgrown with pine trees. Vegetation and architectural elements blend in the design of the cemetery. As a landscape that is adapted to this function, this site has had a profound influence in many of the world's countries.

Hanseatic Town of Visby: Former Viking site on the island of Gotland. From the 12th to 14th century, Visby was a main center of commerce of the Hanseatic League in the Baltic. Well preserved warehouses and merchants swellings from the 13th century are on the site. Visby is consider the best preserved fortified commercial city in northern Europe.


Royal Domain of Drottningholm: On an island in Lake Malar, a suburb of Stockholm. This castle is preserved perfectly. This castle is considered the finest of the Northern European royal residences, inspired by the Palace of Versailles in France.

Birka and Hovgarden: Archaeological site located on Bjorko Island in Lake Malar. Birka was the first town in Sweden and is now an archaeological site is located on Bjorka Island in Lake Malar, which was occupied in the 9th and 10th centuries. Hovgarden is on the neighboring island of Adelso. The two sites make up a complex with illustrates trading networks of Viking age Europe and the history of Scandinavia. Birke was the site of the first Christian congregation in Sweden, founded in 831 by St. Ansgar.

Travel to Sweden can be rewarding and educational when visiting historic sites to your vacation itinerary. In order for you to enjoy these historic sites, you should rent a holiday house in Sweden for you to have a comfortable place to go home to after a tiring day. Here’s a website that will provide you a huge list of holiday homes in Sweden: Vacation-now.com

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