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Helsinki, Finland – A Quick Meeting With Santa Claus

November 23, 2011 • Posted by As We Travel

Despite coming from Sweden, a neighboring country to Finland, and despite the fact that they even speak Swedish as a second language and that the country was once part of Sweden – I never had any real plans on visiting Finland. It seemed like a beautiful country, and the thought of visiting northern Finland and go [...]

Stockholm, Sweden – The Best Of Both Worlds

November 17, 2011 • Posted by As We Travel

The most famous song about Stockholm is one that every Swedish person knows, it’s called “Stockholm in my heart”, and is a song about the love locals have for their capital city. And even as a girl born and raised in Gothenburg, its “little brother” who wants to think it’s the better city, I have [...]

Oslo, Norway – Expensive And Lots Of Swedish People!

November 12, 2011 • Posted by As We Travel

I’ll probably get a lot of people disagreeing with me on this, and maybe I’m totally wrong to say it – but Oslo didn’t leave much of an impression on me. It was small, cute and nice, but I have a very strong feeling that the country side of Norway, places like Bergen and Stavanger [...]

Denmark: The Happiest People In The World?

November 8, 2011 • Posted by As We Travel

As we stepped off the train in Copenhagen, the station was packed with young 20-something people in muddy gumboots lying on the ground, passed out or still drunk hammering away on guitar strings – it was the day after the Roskilde festival – known as one of the biggest festivals in Europe. But “the party isn’t over [...]