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Insight Guide Sweden (Insight Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jane Hutchings
Publisher: Insight Guides
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 662866
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3 Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 365
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 9812349510
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9789812349514
ASIN: 9812349510
Publication Date: January 2003
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Product Description
This book includes a section detailing Sweden's history, 12 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from the "eight seasons" of the Lapps to the national pastime of sports fishing, a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus hundreds of top-notch photographs and 17 maps, including one of the Stockholm transport system.
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 Great for Insight, OK for Travel March 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is something you'd want to read before going to Sweden, rather than lugging it along with you. However, it did have the best map of Stockholm in it of all of our travel books. You can usually pick up a decent map for free, though, when you get there in the back of the booklet that comes with a Stockholm Card.
The information in the book is great for getting more familiar with Sweden and Swedes, but not being a native-born Swede, I can vouch for its accuracy. It seemed pretty good to me, though.
Insight Guide is usu great, this one is almost great! June 21, 2001
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is great for a good overview of the entire country--the history, the people, the food, the main attractions. It explains about the different parts of the country. Some of the pictures are just sterotypical Sweden--Sweden is much more diverse then people realize. They have immigrants from many countries. Scandinavia is a beautiful place. The museum details are not up to date, but this is hard because they change often and can be closed for various reasons. Be sure to do research before you go there if you have specific places you want to see. Otherwise just head over and wander the streets and you will find great stuff. This is more of a book to read before you go rather then to carry around with you while you are there. The Iceland Insight Guide is great. As a side note: I lived in Stockholm, Sweden for one year working. I visited all of the Scandinavian countries and Finland while I was there.
 Insight Guide Sweden June 26, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Being Swedish, it is always fun to read how other see Sweden and Swedes'. It is a great book that is more in depth on real life and how people are. You will feel that you know the people more after you have read the book. This whole series of Insight guide are great books for anyone travelling for real or if you want to travel by reading a book. You will not be disappointed with this book.
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