RSS FeedThe Scandinavian tourist season peaks in June, July, and August, when daytime temperatures are often in the 70s (21°C to 26°C) and sometimes rise into the 80s (27°C to 32°C). In general, the weather is not overly warm, and a brisk breeze and brief rainstorms are possible anytime. Nights can be chilly, even in summer.
Visit in summer if you want to experience the delightfully long summer days. In June, the sun rises in Copenhagen at 4 am and sets at 11 pm and daylight lasts even longer farther north, making it possible to continue your sightseeing into the balmy evenings. Many attractions extend their hours during the summer, and many shut down altogether when summer ends. Fall, spring, and even winter are pleasant, despite the area’s reputation for gloom. The days become shorter quickly, but the sun casts a golden light not seen farther south. On dark days, fires and candlelight will warm you indoors. ... More
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The Scandinavian tourist season
November 18th, 2011 
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Finland: Nature dictates life in this Nordic land
October 5th, 2011 Travel Passion Nature dictates life in this Nordic land, where winter brings perpetual darkness, and summer, perpetual light. Gin-clear streams run through vast forests lit by the midnight sun, and reindeer roam free. Even the arts mimic nature: Witness the soaring monuments of Alvar Aalto, evocative of Finland’s expansive forests—and the music of Jean Sibelius, which can swing from a somber nocturne to a joyful crescendo, like a streak of sunlight in the woods. ... More
Norway: Information, Geography, Places To Visit
August 22nd, 2011 Travel Passion Carved by snow-topped mountains and serrated by Gulf Stream–warmed fjords, Norway has an abundance of magnificent views. No matter how or where you approach, if you fly above the clean ivory mountains of Tromsø in the winter, or tear by in a heart-stopping train north of Voss in the spring, getting there is often as eye-popping as arriving. ... More
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May 28th, 2011 Travel Passion Denmark consists of one peninsula and more than 400 islands, half of them inhabited. Finland and Sweden used to dispute which country was really “the land of a thousand lakes.” Finland settled it, after counting almost 190,000. An island summer in the archipelago is part of every Stockholmer’s childhood memory. The mail packets of Norway’s Hurtigruten sail north from Bergen along the fjord-indented coast and turn around at Kirkenes on the Russian border, 2,000 km (1,242) later. Iceland is so dependent on the surrounding sea that it has been known to take on the British navy to protect its fishing limits. ... More
