Product Description

The Rough Guide to Sweden is the definitive travel guide twith clear maps and coverage of the biggest and best known of all the Scandinavian countries, Sweden. Discover the vibrant regions of Sweden with expert tips on exploring all of the best Swedish attractions; from the wilds of Swedish Lapland to the most popular bars and restaurants in Sweden’s cosmopolitan capital, Stockholm. Packed with the all the essential insider tips every traveller to Sweden needs; you’ll find an authoritative background on Sweden’s history and culture, detailed practical advice on what to see and do in Sweden whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels in Sweden, bars in Sweden, Swedish restaurants, shopping and entertainment for all budgets. Fully updated and expanded, The Rough Guide to Sweden covers everything from visiting the Hanseatic town of Visby, a former Viking site, to tips to seeing the country’s latest attraction, ABBA The Museum opening shortly in Stockholm. Explore all corners of Sweden with the clearest maps of any guide; including improved and enlarged maps of Gothenburg, Sweden’s second city, and new maps of Halmstad and Umeå.

Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Sweden.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #701209 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

Review
Best guidebook -- Telegraph, London

Best guidebook... proved invaluable -- Sunday Times, London

Review

''The best guide to the country with the most detail on Gothenburg'' The Telegraph, London, UK

About the Author

James Proctor is a former BBC Scandinavia correspondent and a presenter of ''Euronews'' and ''Global'', on BBC Radio Five Live. He is co-author of Rough Guides to Scandinavia and Europe.

James Proctor is a former BBC Scandinavia correspondent and a presenter of ''Euronews'' and ''Global'', on BBC Radio Five Live. He is co-author of Rough Guides to Scandinavia and Europe.

James Proctor is a former BBC Scandinavia correspondent and a presenter of ''Euronews'' and ''Global'', on BBC Radio Five Live. He is co-author of Rough Guides to Scandinavia and Europe.

James Proctor is a former BBC Scandinavia correspondent and a presenter of ''Euronews'' and ''Global'', on BBC Radio Five Live. He is co-author of Rough Guides to Scandinavia and Europe.

James Proctor is a former BBC Scandinavia correspondent and a presenter of ''Euronews'' and ''Global'', on BBC Radio Five Live. He is co-author of Rough Guides to Scandinavia and Europe.

James Proctor is a former BBC Scandinavia correspondent and a presenter of ''Euronews'' and ''Global'', on BBC Radio Five Live. He is co-author of Rough Guides to Scandinavia and Europe.

James Proctor is a former BBC Scandinavia correspondent and a presenter of ''Euronews'' and ''Global'', on BBC Radio Five Live. He is co-author of Rough Guides to Scandinavia and Europe.

Customer Reviews

Covers the big and small cities.
I have always wanted to go to Sweden. I started learning Swedish when I was 14, and I started a pen-pal friendship with a Sweden at the same time. When I was 21 I finally made a trip to Sweden (March 2002) for 2 weeks and I used the May 2002 edition of this book.

I spent my time in three cities: Stockholm, Umeå, and Skellefteå. Most guidebooks that I looked at covered the south of Sweden quite well at the expense of the North. This guidebook used 25% of its space to write about the two largest cities and 60% to write about the rest of Sweden. (The remaining 15% of the book deals with formalities of getting to/into Sweden, language, food, etc.)

The section on Stockholm was fantastic, and since the chapter was organized based on each island or section of the city, it was very easy to read. You could plot out which part of the city you wanted to visit each day with ease. The book specifies open/close times very well (although you always double check). As someone traveling in the winter, I appreciated that fact! Some guidebooks don't list the months that something is open!

Whereas some guidebooks have 2 paragraphs on Umeå and Skellefteå, this one had 6 and 3, respectively. The cities are described well and the information is as much as you'll probably need.

Another nice feature is that the guide features fairly detailed information about getting to/from each city, even the small ones.

The third section of the book, about history, food, money, language, etc was well laid out, and the history section was as complete as most general tourists would want it.

The book caters to a variety of tourists as it lists a wide (very wide) variety of accomodations, restaurants, activities, and methods of travel. Other guidebooks aimed at "poor college students" seem to cover mostly pubs and nightclubs at the expense of museums. Guidebooks aimed at the "one trip to Europe in a lifetime let's use all of our stock earnings" books seem to cover hotels at the expense of hostels. This book covers both.

Overall, a very good buy.

An excellent guide to a wonderful place.
Sweden is a wonderful travel destination. It is beautiful country that manages to be both very tranquil and very dynamic. However, like most Americans, I was totally ignorant about Sweden. In fact, I don't think I would ever have gone there if I hadn't found this book in the public library. It got me interested enough to spend a few weeks in Sweden, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I will definitely go back!

The book was very detailed and accurate, and went well beyond the average travel guide in the level of interesting detail about almost everything you could possibly encounter in Sweden. Although the book was published in 1997 and I went in 1999, most of the hotel and restaurant information was still accurate. The book also provides a good introduction to the history and culture of Sweden.

Accurate and with Attitude
I lived in Sweden for a year, and this book was hands-down the best guide to the place I found. In fact, when I traveled around the country I left the other guides behind and took this one with me. Not only is the Rough Guide small enough to cart around conveniently, it has consistently accurate information. I also admire the attention the guide gives to areas outside of the big cities. Sweden is a country of small towns, really, and the guide pays a lot of attention to their attractions. Rough guides have never been afraid to be candid, either. I walked into a coffeehouse in Lund one day, took a look around, and felt instantly at home. I looked in the Rough Guide, and read that this was the place to be if you were a pretentious intellectual and wanted to be among similar effette poseurs. Yep, that was me, and that was the place. I had a great time. Tak sa miket, Rough Guide.