Scandinavia located in Northern Europe and originally only consists of the countries located on the Scandinavian peninsula Norway and Sweden. There is also (at least in terms of culture and language history) Denmark. In general, however, all are so-called Nordic countries counted to Scandinavia, so too Finland and Iceland.
Regions
The Nordic countries that are collectively considered as Scandinavia are:
- Denmark with the autonomous archipelago of the Faroe Islands and Greenland, the largest island in the world, but geographically too North America belongs
- Finland with the largely autonomous archipelago Åland
- Iceland in the North Atlantic
- Norway with the archipelago in the Arctic Ocean Svalbard
- Sweden
Cross-border regions are
- Lapland, one of the most famous regions in Northern Europe, which is about Norway, Sweden and Finland extends
- Karelia on the Finnish-Russian border, the one from the Finnish landscapes South Karelia and North Karelia as well as from the Russian Republic of Karelia consists.
Special regions around the Baltic Sea are i.a.
- the Åland Islands
- the Danish Baltic island Bornholm
- the Swedish and the Finnish Archipelago
- the Swedish islands Öland and Gotland
Located on the Kattegat and Skagerrak
- the rocky west coast of Sweden Boshuslan
- the only Danish mainland part Jutland' and the one adjacent to the east Danish South Seashow these Danish islands are also called
To the west lies the coast cut deep inland by fjords Norway at the North Sea
- the Vestlandet in the south, where, among other things, the western Norwegian fjords, which have been declared a World Heritage Site Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord are located
- Trøndelag with the old royal city Trondheim
- North Norge until high after Hammerfest and the North Cape.
Lying in the Arctic Ocean Iceland, Faroe Islands and Svalbard.
places
Bigger cities
Almost all large cities are also capitals at the same time. But there are also a few larger cities that are well-known travel destinations.
- Gothenburg - Sweden's second largest city and the first port of call for ferries arriving from Kiel off to Sweden
- Helsinki - capital of Finland
- Copenhagen - capital of Denmark
- Oslo - Capital of Norway at the top of the Oslofjord
- Stockholm - capital of Sweden
Known places
Other goals
- Swedish Lapland with the Kungsleden as one of the most famous long-distance hiking trails in Sweden
- Hardangervidda, Jotunheimen and the Dovrefjell - some of the most famous mountain regions in Norway
background
language
getting there
Ferry connections
Denmark
- Sassnitz - Rønne (Bornholm) with Bornholm Ferries
- Puttgarden - Rødby with Scandlines
- Rostock - Gedser with Scandlines
Finland
- Stockholm (S) - Turku with Tallink
Norway
- Kiel - Oslo with Color Line
- Hirtshals (DK) - Kristiansand with Color Line
- Hirtshals (DK) - Larvik with Color Line
- Hirtshals (DK) - Stavanger - Bergen with Color Line
- Hirtshals (DK) - Oslo with Color Line
- Frederikshavn / Hirtshals (DK) - Larvik with Color Line
- Frederikshavn (DK) - Oslo (5 - 7 times a week) with Stena Line
- Hanstholm (DK) - Egersund - Haugesund - Bergen with Fjord Line
- Copenhagen (DK) - Oslo (daily) with DFDS Seaways
Sweden
- Kiel - Gothenburg with Stena Line
- Frederikshavn (DK) - Gothenburg with Stena Line
- Gdynia (PL) - Karlskrona with Stena Line
- Grenå (DK) - Varberg with Stena Line
- Lübeck-Travemünde - Trelleborg with TT-Line
- Rostock-Warnemünde - Trelleborg with TT-Line
- Rostock-Warnemünde - Trelleborg with Scandlines
- Sassnitz - Trelleborg with Scandlines
- Tallinn - Stockholm with Tallink
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The multitude of landscapes in Scandinavia naturally produce a multitude of natural forms that are worth seeing in themselves, but emerge at some points through special formations.
It is similar with culture, even if Scandinavia's cultural roots are the same in many ways. Even the relics of early cultures are similar to one another, as can be seen from the stone carvings in western Sweden Tanum, in northern Norway Alta and in Allinge on the Danish island in the Baltic Sea Bornholm can recognize.
Viking ships, villages and treasures
In particular, the Vikings have had a major impact on most of the Nordic countries. Remains or reconstructions of their culture can be found in Norway, for example, in the Viking Ship Museum in the Norwegian capital Oslowho have favourited the Royal Tombs of Borre Hoard up to Borg Viking Museum on the Lofoten. Denmark as the "country of origin" of the Vikings shows traces of settlement almost everywhere, from the [VikingeCenter near the southern Jutland town Ribe, the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde on Zealand to Gamleborg, the old royal castle in the forest Almindingen on Bornholm, to name just a few examples. In Sweden you can find it in the Museum of Småland Vaxjo a silver treasure of the Vikings, the Viking settlements of Birka in the Mälaren, the third largest lake in Sweden and with the Fotevikens Museum on the Oresund south of Malmo the largest reconstructed Viking museum of its kind ever. Also Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Svalbard and of course Greenland were settled by the Vikings, on the 140 km long Viking tour you can hike the latter.
World heritage sites
Numerous sites in Scandinavia were included in the World heritage of humanity numerous cultural, natural and natural heritage sites Memory of the World can be found here, i.a.
- in Denmark the cathedral of Roskilde, Kronborg Castle Elsinorewho have favourited Stevns Klint cliff on the island Zealand
- in Finland the fortress Suomenlinna at Helsinki, the old town of Rauma in the southwest of the country, the Church of Petäjävesi North-east of Tampere
- in Iceland the Thingvellir National Park and the island that was only created in 1963 Surtsey
- in Norway the district of Brygge of Mountains, the mining town Røroswho have favourited Stone Drawings by Alta
- in Sweden the rock carvings of Tanum, the naval port of Karlskrona...
mountains
Denmark has a lot of beaches, but has to fit when it comes to high mountains. The 162 m high Rytterknægten However, it is less worthwhile because of its status as Denmark's highest mountain, but above all because of the island's sunny position Bornholm, on which he rises, a visit.
Norway has two mountains that are in constant competition for the title of the highest mountain in the country. The Glittertind officially had to give this title to the not far from each other in 1981 Jotunheimen lying Galdhøpiggen step away - the ice cap of the Glittertind had melted from 2,481 m to "only" 2,464 m, which makes it 5 m smaller than the 2,469 m Galdhøpiggen. Well-known mountains include the Snøhetta (2,286 m) in Dovrefjell, the Hårteigen, a 1,690 m high table mountain in the Hardangervidda and the Gaustatoppen (1,883 m) on the southern edge of the Hardangervidda, which is relatively easy from Rjukan from can climb.
