Sweden

Stockholm archipelago of islands runs through many of the articles in this category, alongside Gothenburg, Malmo, and the small university town of Uppsala. Coverage extends north into Lapland for aurora season and the midnight-sun summer, and into the forests of Varmland and Dalarna for the slow-travel pieces. Gotland gets a separate thread for medieval Visby and its coast.

Food writing covers the institution of fika, regional pickle-and-fish traditions, and the new Nordic cooking that came out of Stockholm better restaurants. Practical material handles SL transit, the Allemansratten right of public access that lets travelers walk and camp more freely than they expect, and the long-daylight rhythm that throws off sleep for unprepared first-timers in June.