As Christianity expanded across the Vättern region, a lady-in-waiting of the royal household of King […]
Author: currently away
Ancient Lake Vättern
The Östergötland is rich in Sweden’s most fascinating history, that of the early Bronze Age […]
Göta Canal
The ambitious and daring engineering project to link Sweden’s waterways coast-to-coast was finally realised in […]
Nyköping & Söderköping
One hour south of Stockholm on Sweden’s east coast sits one of its oldest towns, […]
Stockholm
Sweden’s capital has one of the oldest histories of the continent, boasting a succession of […]
Turku
Demeaned by Russia to become Finland’s ‘second city’, Turku is a wondrous place of history, […]
Helsinki
Helsinki is a relatively modern city, having been recast as Finland’s capital after acquisition by […]
Tallinn
The enchanting Old Town of Estonia’s capital city could well be described as a Sleeping […]
Lahemaa National Park
Estonia’s largest national park was also the Soviet Union’s first, created by careful lobbying of […]
North East Estonia
Private investment is bringing much of Estonia to life, including in its farthest flung corners. […]