North Scandinavia (July 2010)
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We drove north without much stops. We used the classic route along the Swedish west coast with a short stop in Lund, Uppsala and Umea to arrive in Rovaniemi. On the way north we walked through downtown Uppsala. Further north we visited Gammelstaden, known for the old small houses around the church. We had a short stop at the lakes in Töre. Finally we crossed the arctic circle at Rovaniemi! |
Gate towards Scandinavia. The bridge to the island Fehmarn, North Germany from where the Ferry leaves to Denmark
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Regular ferry between Puttgarden (DE) and Rodby (DK) |
Coming closer to Rodby (DK) |
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A short stop in Uppsala, the university city (SE) |
Gammelstaden, small houses around the church (SE) |
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Töre (SE) |
Crossing the arctic circle in Rovaniemi (FI) |
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We reached North cape due in time to enjoy the midnight sun. We arrived in the afternoon and had bad weather (as usual). Although the weather was not quite promising we went back for a second visit shortly before midnight. We had luck and enjoyed the midnight sun! |
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Midnight sunlight at North Cape (NO) |
Endless road towards North Cape (NO) |
| After visiting the North cape we returned along the coastline in Norway via Hammerfest and Tromso. The views of the fjords are marvelous. Reindeer walking along the roads. We used the ferries to reach Tromso, we could enjoy the fjords from another perspective. On the way we visited the rock carvings at Alta. |
Fjord (NO) |
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Reindeer (NO) |
Rock carvings at Alta (NO) |
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Ferry (NO) |
Ferry (NO) |
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Tromso church (NO) |
Fjord near Tromso (NO) |
| Prior to return to Sweden we decided to spent some time on the Lofoten, the archipelago North of the arctic circle North of Norway. |
Henningsvaer (NO) |
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Lofoten (NO) |
Lofoten (NO) |
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Lofoten (NO) |
Lofoten (NO) |
| Our way back goes through mid Sweden. On our way to Kiruna we walked through the Absiko National park. In Kiruna we visited the iron mine of LKAB. On the way south we crossed the arctic circle near Jokkmokk and visited Lappstaden, the Sami church town at Arvidsjaur. |
Absiko National Park (SE) |
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Iron mine LKAB in Kiruna (SE) |
Statues on Kiruna church (SE) |
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Crossing the arctic circle near Jokkmokk (SE) |
Lappstaden (SE) |
| In the middle of Sweden we had the opportunity to meet Moose, the kids fed them. We also visited the hometown of Selma Lagerlofs in Marbacka. | |
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Feeding young moose (SE) |
Marbacka home of S. Lagerlofs (SE) |
| On our way back home we made stops in the south of Sweden in Gothenburg and Malmö. | |
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Ship 'Viking' in Gothenburg (SE) |
Candy shop in Gothenburg (SE) |
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Malmö (SE) |
14th century painting in Malmö church (SE) |
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