Find out what each point on the map stands for. See list below …
Explore Sweden Map Explanation
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- Northern lights: The further north you go the more likely it is to view Nothern lights. In some rare circumstances you can even spot them from the south of Sweden.
- Hotel with no heating: Ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi
- Mountain: Sweden’s highest mountain, Kebnekaise
- Midnight sun: Northern polar circle
- Salmon land: Norway. They sell a lot of salmon.
- Cars drifting on lakes: Arjeplog. Car companies and suppliers the winter testing of their unreleased models there.
- Lots of trees: Just a random spot on the map, indicating that (particularly the north of) Sweden has a lot of trees/forest.
- Bears: An area where more bears than usual live. There are no bears in the south of Sweden or in towns. So don’t be afraid.
- Basically just nature: Random spot, saying that Sweden is rich of nature and stunningly beautiful landscapes.
- North of Sweden: Most people in Sweden live in the southern part, south of Stockholm. Everything above the line “North of Sweden” is considered “the North”.
- Wooden horses: Home of the dala horses. Dalarna.
- Wolves: An area with more wolves than usual. It is rare that wolves are seen in the south of Sweden. But it occasionally happens.
- Very big lake: Lake Vänern
- Big lake: Lake Vättern
- Station wagons: Volvo, Trollhättan
- Fishing huts: Smögen
- Fish church: Fiskekyrkan, fish market in Gothenburg that looks like a church
- Beach: Very nice beach in Tylösand, close to Halmstad
- Very fast cars: Koenigsegg, hypercar manufacturer in Ängelholm
- Twisted tower: Skyscraper “Turning torso” in Malmö
- Huge bridge: Öresund bridge, connecting Sweden with Denmark (or Malmö with Copenhagen)
- Students in a park: Lund. Particularly at Valpurgis night, students gather in the city park to celebrate.
- Previously Denmark: Skåne/Scania, was previously part of the Danish Kingdom. People joke that people from Skåne want to become Danish again.
- Vodka: Home of Absolut Vodka, Åhus.
- Flat-pack furniture: Home of IKEA, Älmhult.
- A lot of lakes: City that is surrounded by many lakes, Växjö. Also in the area around Växjö, in Småland, you find plenty of lakes and beautiful landscapes.
- Sheep: Fårö (which means Sheep island), is an island in the north of the island Gotland.
- Moose parks: You find several moose parks in this region of Småland. And thereby… German tourists.
- Pippi Longstocking: Astrid Lindgrens World in Vimmerby
- ABBA Museum: Well, ABBA Museum, in Stockholm
- Candy canes: Gränna, close to lake Vättern. A beautiful little town.
- Old university: Uppsala. By the way that’s where Celsius came up with his popular temperature scale.
- Burning straw goat: In the city of Gävle a huge straw bock (which is considered typical Swedish Christmas decoration) is placed in the park every year. And almost every time someone lights it up.
- Red color: Falun (the location where the typically Swedish red color comes from)
- Arctic fox: Home of the outdoor clothing company Fjällräven (which means “arctic fox”)
- Birch trees: City Umeå. There are lots of birch trees in and around Umeå.
- Cheese: Home of the in Sweden very popular cheese maker Västerbottens ost
- Snowmobiles: Random spot indicating there are lots of snowmobiles in the north of Sweden
- Treehouses: Tree hotel. You have probably already seen a picture of the “room” that looks like a cube where the walls look like mirrors. Pretty cool, isn’t it?!
- Arctic circle: Well pretty self-explanatory, I guess.
- Husky sledding: Kiruna
- Reindeers: In the north you find lots of reindeers, sometimes crossing land roads in large flocks.
- Sauna land: Well, that’s Sweden’s friendly neighbour in the east … Finland.
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