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sweden as a country for tourists.
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The coast of Bohuslän is characterized by fiords with precipitous shores, and
by an archipelago, consisting for the most part of naked islands, against which
break the salt waves of the Skagerrak. Here we find a great number of
seaside-places, the largest of which are: Marstrand, Lysekil, and Strömstad. The chief
attractions are bathing, fishing, and yachting.
The central part of South Sweden has its tourist centre at Lake Vättern.
At the southern end of the lake is situated, amid very beautiful scencry, the
town of Jönköping, world-renowned for its matches. Besides railway
connections, Jönköping has also steamboat lines running to Stockholm viå the Göta
Canal (see below), and local steamers to the historically interesting island of
Visingsö, to Grenna and Motala. West of Jönköping lie the sanatorium and
watering-place of Ulricehamn.
The eastern part of South Sweden, farthest to the south, and east of Skåne,
embraces the government district of Blekinge, which, from its charming scenery,
is called "the garden of Sweden". The coast is, to a great extent, protected by an
archipelago. Here lic Karlskrona, the most important naval station in Sweden,
and the much frequented watering-place of Ronneby with powerful chalybeate waters.
On the narrow channel between the mainland and the island of Öland lies
Kalmar, with an interesting castle from the 16th century. Kalmar has direct
steamboat communication with Lubeck, the various Swedish coast towns and
the islands of Öland and Gottland. On Öland lies Borgholm, the stateliest
ruined castle in Sweden, close to which there is a popular seaside place of the
same name, celebrated for its mild climate.
Visby, on the island of Gottland, "the pearl of the Baltic", is one of the
sights of Europe. In the days of the Hanseatic League, Visby was a mighty
and wealthy mercantile centre, of whose glories there now remain merely some
magnificent church ruins and a circular city-wall with some forty towers. The
situation of the city on the precipitous shore is picturesque, an impression
which is increased by the dwarfed houses and the numerous rosegardens lying
among the ruins. — Visby is the city of ruins and roses, but it is also a
pleasant seaside place, reached most conveniently by steamer from Stockholm.
Photo. Gerda Sönjäiu.rxd, Leksand.
From Dalarne (Hedens by and Lake Styrsjön).
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