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sweden as a country for tourists.
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Vättern, the districts near Lakes Hjälmaren and Mälaren, and the province of
Dalarne. South of lake Vänern lies the hill of Kinnekulle, with extensive views
and an interesting flora. Among the towns in this tract — the fertile liin of
Västergötland — may be noted Skara (fine cathedral), and, among the watering
places, Mösseberg. Between Lake Vättern and the Baltic extend the fertile plains
of Östergötland, which are rich in historical memories. Among the towns should
be mentioned the commercial and industrial centre of Norrköping, Linköping
(interesting cathedral), Vadstena (Renaissance castle and a most interesting
abbey-church with memories of St. Birgitta of Sweden); among the watering-places and
wells, Medevi and the Kneippbaden near Norrköping.
North of Östergötland Län and between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic lies
the charming province of Södermanland, the principal sights of which belong
to the surroundings of Stockholm. Between Södermanland and Uppland — the
latter one of the most interesting of the various läns of Sweden from an
historical point of view, lies Stockholm, the goal for most tourists to Sweden,
and celebrated as one of the most beautifully situated cities in the world.
Just where the waters of Lake Mälaren flow into a deep bay of the Baltic,
which is studded by thousands of islands and holms — as are the coastal
waters of the mainland for 200 km northwards and southwards from
Stockholm — lies the capital of Sweden, built on islands and peninsulas, and
surrounded by scenery whose original beauty the presence of this modern
metropolis cannot altogether hide. It is this rare union of nature and culture
that gives Stockholm its special interest, and the city has one of its principal
sources of attraction in the beauty of its immediate surroundings.
Among the chief sights in the neighbourhood of Stockholm may be men-
The Falls of Tännforsen (Jämtland).
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