Sweden

Visited Sweden for 18 days. The positives are real: Vasa Museum is every bit as impressive as advertised, and the food scene around Kiruna is genuinely excellent — try gravlax if you haven't. very progressive society was an unexpected bonus. That said, long dark winters. It's not a dealbreaker but …

I wanted to love Sweden more than I did. The positives exist: Vasa Museum is genuinely impressive, Malmö has moments of real charm, and cinnamon rolls is as good as people say. But very expensive was a persistent problem throughout the trip and dragged the experience down. I've heard others say it'…

Sweden is undeniably beautiful. Gamla Stan Stockholm and the area around Stockholm have a visual quality that photographs don't capture fully. I enjoyed cinnamon rolls and appreciated Stockholm is gorgeous. That's all real. But can feel reserved socially was more of a problem than I expected based …

Three weeks is long enough to get past the tourist surface in Sweden. The first week I was in Kiruna and the big sites like Vasa Museum. The second and third I went further and slower. The food evolution was interesting — Jansson's temptation everywhere but prepared so differently by region. excell…

We chose Sweden for our honeymoon and it was perfect for us. The romantic atmosphere in Malmö at night, the drama of Göta Canal, the intimacy of small restaurants serving cinnamon rolls — all of it added up to exactly what we were hoping for. very progressive society became an unexpected gift — som…