Slow Travel and Food and Travel Blog for Trips to Savor
Hotels are expensive in Helsinki. Therefore, hostels are well worth considering. Hostels offer single, double and shared rooms. Most of them are without a private bathroom. Guests share a bathroom. However, there are also hostels that have en-suite rooms.
Aboard the MS Juno on a Göta Canal cruise. The canal connects Gothenburg with Stockholm. We were traveling across Sweden on the oldest registered passenger ship in the world. An experience that is second to none.
Did you know that a Smaland-style cheesecake takes seven hours to finish? No? We were surprised too. We were invited to Stella Nilsson's farm near Braas in Smaland.
This is exactly how I imagined Sweden to be: pretty, red-painted wooden houses with proper, white windows with crochet curtains blocking the view of the interior. But blooming cherry trees and wild violets attract our attention.
For those who come to Stockholm for the first time, Gamla Stan is a must. This is where the core of Stockholm is, from which the city developed. The art galleries, cafés, restaurants and craft shops are not to be missed.
Shortly after Malmö, signs above the motorway announce the last exit on Swedish soil. Since there are costs and tolls for crossing the Øresund Bridge, we join the toll lane for credit card payers. You can also buy a ticket for the Øresund Bridge online.
In the south-east of Smaland Sweden there is a region whose soil consists mainly of hard rock on which thick forests grow. There is a lot of that in Glasriket in Smaland. There are a total of 12 glass factories in the Smaland Kingdom of Crystal.
Wellness at the lake in Sweden - from every pool you have a view of the lake in front of the hotel. Add to that the tranquility of the lake, from which the hollow cry of an ice diver on the shore only echoes from time to time. Wellness at the lake has never been better!
Grimsnäs Herrgard consists of several buildings that the current owners Mia and Sune Markmann are lovingly and enthusiastically restoring and preparing for their guests. Simply but lovingly furnished rooms are offered in the main building and in a neighboring building.
At the VOX Hotel in Jönköping, the guest is important. We feel this in our luxury suite, during our tour of the hotel and during the meals we eat in the hotel restaurant. The guest should feel comfortable and find exactly the right room for their needs.
