The Ultimate Cruise Passenger's Guide - SWEDEN

Everything you need to know about Sweden and its ports.This comprehensive guide to Sweden, its people, history, culture and cruise ports of call first studies the Swedish people's affinity with Nature. It goes on to study the lifestyles and hardships faced by the Sami reindeer herders of Lapland and how Swedish Vikings travelled thousands of miles along Russian river routes and overland,.In doing so, they founded the Russian state and traded as far east as Samarkhand and Tashkent, on the same longitude as Afghanistan. Their rewards for such journeys were hoards of silver and some gold. Having given the reader a thorough insight into Swedish history and culture, Hall next visits each of the cruise ports of call, from Lysekil and Gothenburg on the west coast to the northernmost ports in the Gulf of Bothnia, highlighting their individual histories and attractions, so that on arrival readers will know precisely what to see and where to go.