Showing posts with the label Sweden

Struve Geodetic Arc: The 2,820 Km Line That Produced The First Accurate Measurement of The Earth’s Size

Oct 21, 2016

From the northern coast of Norway to the southern coast of Ukraine runs a chain of survey triangulation points that together forms the Struv...

The Forsby-Köping Limestone Cableway

Jan 5, 2016

From the limestone quarry at Forsby in VingÃ¥ker municipality, to the cement factory at Köping in central Sweden, once ran one of the world’s...

The Unusual Border of Märket Island

Oct 12, 2015

Märket is a small 3.3-hectare lump of rock located in the passage joining the Gulf of Bothnia to the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Finland....

The Narrowest Streets in the World

Jul 27, 2015

At what point does a street cease to be a street? According to the Guinness Book of Records, the narrowest street in the world is located in...

Vasa: A 17th Century Warship That Sank, Was Recovered And Now Sits in a Museum

Jan 10, 2015

In 1628, the Swedish warship Vasa set off on its maiden voyage from Stockholm harbor towards Poland, where a war was raging in the Baltic. B...

Jumbo Hostel: Stockholm’s Airplane Hotel

Nov 4, 2014

On a disused runway at Arlanda Airport near Stockholm, in Sweden stands a decommissioned 747-200 jetliner. After having served numerous airl...

Rapa River Delta, Sweden

Sep 10, 2013

The Rapa River (also called Rapaätno) flows through the Sarek National Park, winding through magnificent mountain ranges and narrow valleys,...

4 of the World's Most Amazing Treetop Hotels

Aug 1, 2013

Once upon a time, building a hotel meant bulldozing the planet's precious trees. However, many of the world's accommodation provider...

Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland

Jul 31, 2012

Halsingland is a small province in central Sweden, bordering the Gulf of Bothnia, where a large number of highly decorated wooden farmhouses...

World's Largest Scale Model of the Solar System Covers Entire Sweden

Oct 23, 2011

The Sweden Solar System is the world's largest model of our planetary system, built at a scale of 1:20 million and stretches the entire...

Artistic Stockholm Subway System

Jun 4, 2011

The Stockholm subway system is said to be the longest art exhibition in the world - 110 kilometers in length. Traveling by subway is like tr...

A Unique Tree Hotel in Sweden

Jul 18, 2010

In the remote sylvan village of Harads in northern Sweden, a unique hotel is set to open on July 17th, which aims to elevate the simple tre...