Destinations
Day Trip to Gripsholm Castle from Stockholm
Day Trip to Gripsholm Castle, From Missed Trains to Sweden’s Oldest Portrait Gallery About an hour outside Stockholm, a day trip to Gripsholm Castle brings you to a red brick castle with copper domes sitting on a spit of land in Lake Mälaren. It has guarded the faces of Swedish royalty for nearly five hundred…
Click to Explore and DiscoverSigtuna Day Trip from Stockholm to Sweden’s Oldest Town
Where a Thousand Year Old Street Still Sets the Pace A Sigtuna day trip from Stockholm is a bargain. Sigtuna sits inside Stockholm County, so the regular SL public transit network covers the whole trip. A single ticket costs about 42 SEK, roughly $4.50, and that covers everything you need. Stockholm Central runs two different…
Click to Explore and DiscoverPorvoo Day Trip from Helsinki
Cobblestones, a Tsar’s statue, and Finland’s oldest chocolatier – inside a Helsinki to Porvoo day trip that’s easily worth the full day. A Porvoo day trip from Helsinki shows up on every “must visit” list, and for once, the hype holds up. Finland’s second oldest town carries a charter dating to 1346. Many Nordic old…
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A Suomenlinna Day Trip featuring three empires, one 15-minute ferry ride, and a bonus trip at golden hour we never planned for A four block walk from our hotel put us at Helsinki’s Market Square (Kauppatori), and from there it was just a few more minutes past a row of yellow tents to the ferry…
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Finland in July means endless daylight, quiet lakes, and a country still shaped by empires. When most travelers picture Finland, they imagine snow-dusted pine trees, frozen lakes, and the dancing lights of the Aurora Borealis. Ask a local, though, and they’ll tell you that Finland in July is the country’s best-kept secret. July is the…
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