May16
Facts About Stockholm And Sweden
Some of the things that I love about Sweden: the lovely jagged snow-covered peaks, fat cows roaming the valleys with bells around their necks, chocolate and yodeling. Wait a minute! This isn’t a description of Sweden. Yes, occasionally people confuse Sweden, a nation in Scandinavia, with Switzerland, a nation with a population that yodels.
Sweden, in fact, is more than two hours by air from Switzerland. There is no Matterhorn here, the cows don’t wear bells and if you hear yodeling, check your documents. You may have landed two hours south.
Situated in Europe’s northernmost latitudes, Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union in terms of land area. Sweden is the length of California, and it would take you 25 hours to drive from North to South.
With 9 million people, Sweden is also spacious. There’s lots of room for everyone to spread out, and in fact, there are only 52 people per square mile in Sweden.
