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TOD RING FACILITIES.
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Places of interest somewhat farther afield, but still of easy access from
Stockholm are: Uppsala, the famous and ancient seat of learning, Elfkarleby
Waterfalls in Dalelfven River with salmon-fisheries, and
2) The Island of Gotland. Visby, the chief place of the island, was one
of the Hanseatic towns and is now a tourist resort of the first order, being
distinguished for its picturesque blending of the gloomy and grand impressiveness
of its monumental ruins, telling of its former greatness, and the peaceful and
idyllic invitingness of the simple edifices and fragrant rose gardens characterizing
the little provincial town of modern times. The proximity of the ever-changing and
never-resting sea lends a further charm to the quaint town. The interior of
Gotland also deserves to be seen and known.
3) Gothenburg and the West Coast of Sweden. The West Coast, especially
north of the city of Gothenburg, exercises great attraction upon Swedes by
reason of its numerous enticing watering-places, chief of which are Marstrand
and Lysekil. Marstrand is a little town at the foot of Karlsten, a fortress
formerly of considerable importance but now dismantled; King Oscar spends a
portion of every summer at Marstrand. The West Coast watering-places afford
visitors ample facilities for indulging in sailing and sea-fishing. — The famous
Trollhättan Falls are within easy reach of Gothenburg.
4) Gothenburg—Stockholm via the Göta Canal. This three days’ trip
takes the tourist across portions of three great lakes, Venern, Vettern, and
Mälaren, past the Falls of Trollhättan and the pretty scenery around Mt.
Kinnekulle; it well repays the time spent upon it. Several of the smaller towns in
Central Sweden are called at. The country through which the canal passes is as
a whole more typical and more picturesque and inviting than is that along the
routes of the trunk railway lines.
Portion of the Visby Town Wall. phot®- k. sidenbladh j:r.
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