Yes, that’s right, you sleep underwater! Utter Inn is an art project by Mikael Genberg – a local artist and sculptor which offers an underwater accommodation for the public. This floating underwater hotel in Stockholm, Sweden is sets 1km out to the middle of a Lake Malaren. It lies 3m below the surface of Lake Malaren and contains only twin beds and a table.

Guests can also swim, sunbathe or watch the fish (from both upstairs and downstairs) at the hotel. It’s a remarkable feeling to go to bed while the fish surround and watch you carefully. If guests prefer deluxe accommodation, someone can deliver dinner by boat in the evening. Average Cost: $250-350

The whole atmosphere of this wonderful island is redolent of the Viking Age - ruins and runestones, cairns, medieval churches, windmills and trolls. According to some historians the original home of the Goths, Gotland lies 90 km east of the mainland and is Sweden’s largest island, covering in area of 3,140 sq km. The island is known for its natural beauty – a craggy limestone and share landscape with rugged shores, mainly given over the farmland. Photo by: Umberto Luparelli

Gotland was once an important independent Baltic nation, eventually integrated into Sweden in 1645. The picturesque medieval city of Visby, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the west coast, was once the main port of the Baltic with trading links as far away as Arabia. Its massive city walls are 11 m high and 3,4 km long; as you walk along its cobbled streets and wood houses, to the medieval harbour, you can’t help being blown away by its Viking charm. Photo by: mmoborg

The north coast has a peculiar Nordic beauty with its stony shoreline and breathtaking clifftop views. Most of the island is rich pastoral scenery of fields, woods and moors with drystone walls, whitewashed churches and windmills – perfect for horse riding and cycling. All along the east coast spectacular raukar – limestone columns up to 6m high, weathered into extraordinary shapes. The most famous rauk is the island’s landmark of Hoburgsgubben (Old Man’s Rock) on the south coast, which is a magnet for birds. Photo by: Bartek Kuzia

When to go: Late May to early September. Population: 57,317. How to get there: Daily flights from Stockholm. Ferry several times a day from Nynashamn or Oskarshamn on the mainland, takes about three hours. Photo by: Johan Runegrund

Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden. The park opened in 1923 and is the largest among counterparts located in the Nordic countries, attracting over 3 million visitors annually. One of the most popular attractions is the wooden roller coaster Balder, voted twice as Best Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster in the world in a major international poll. The park itself has also been chosen as one of the top ten amusement parks in the world (2005) by Forbes Magazine.

Additional to the summer season, the park is also open during November and December, albeit with fewer rides operating, hosting a Christmas market with traditional Swedish cuisine such as mulled wine and specialties such as dunner kebab made from reindeer meat.

Tornado is a very scary and 100 % guarantee adrenaline spinningwheel performer in the Amusement park.

Many artists have performed on Liseberg through the years, including Bob Marley, Zarah Leander, Maurice Chevalier, Marlene Dietrich, Evert Taube, ABBA, Lasse Dahlquist, Birgit Nilsson, Pernilla Wahlgren and Carola Häggkvist. Photos by: iapia

Just north of Gothenburg on the west coast, Sweden’s sixth largest island covers an area of 167 sq km and is the gateway to the beautiful islands of the Bohuslan Archipelago. The coastline is extraordinary complex and varied – rocky shores, sandy stretches of beach, winding inlets and sheltered bays that are natural harbors for yachts and small boats. The island has a stark beauty and liberating space. At its highest point, 116 m above sea level, you feel like on the top of the world, gazing across ancient meadows full of wild flowers, with breathtaking view to open skies and the sea. Photo by: npr001

There are traces of human habitation on Tjorn from the Stone Age onwards and you can see Bronze Age pictures carved into the rocks and the remains of Iron Age burial cairns. For many hundreds of years islander have depended on the fishing and boat building industries for their livelihoods. There are pretty little villages and hamlets of red and white painted houses dotted around the coast. In recent years the island has also become famous for an artist’s colony. There are also private galleries and exhibitions all over the island. Photo by: Richard Beer

Although Tjorn is a popular resort among the Swedes, its economy is not reliant on tourists; it is mercifully free of the rampant commercialism that is often found at holiday destinations. Photo by: iapia

When to go: Mid-May to early September. Population: 15,022. How to get there: Fly ti Gothenburg. Tjorn is only 50 km away and since 1960, has has a bridge connection to the mainland. You should know: Tjorn is a great place for cycling, walking boating and nature holidays and an ideal base from which to explore the beautiful islands of Bohuslan Archipelago. Photo by: Tokyo Tanenhaus

Highlights: Rorestrands beach – watch the sunset over the water. Sandholmen – bathing island off the pretty fishing villages of Skarhamn reached by boat. Mjorn – a nearby island to the northwest with wild landscape and shell banks. Photo by: WorldIslandInfo.com

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Sala Silvermine is one of the most unusual hotels of the world. It is situated in the middle of Sweden, 120 km from Stockholm. 155m underground it is not so much a hotel because there’s only bedroom and the underground staff consists of one butler, who prepares the guest’s breakfast and dinner.

Sala Silvergruva is one of the best preserved mines in the world. Ones produced to more than 3 tons of silver a year, today is one developed and entertaining show mine in Sweden. There are a dozen different tours, completed above ground by a small mining museum dedicated to the history of the silver mine. Also there is a Conference Hall, which seats 60 people and is used for parties, conferences or weddings. It is furnished with pine furniture and decorated with lambskins and candle light. It is even possible to stay underground for the night.

Today there is a new form of urban graffiti in the world and it’s extremely interesting and enjoyably – urban knitting. I mean like sweater -wearing tree or all yarn covered corners with some of the best examples of knit/crochet graffiti.

The images display entitled ”tree cozy”. The impressive outfit was made by Carol Hummel and took her 500 hours from start to finish and stood for a 3 years outside clever land heights city hall until just recently.

Top left – a knitted handrail cover near Tullikamarinaukio Square, Finland, by Knit Sea. Top right – a tagged guard chain in Stockholm, left by the prolific Masquerade Crew. Bottom left – a mooring ring tagged in Stockholm, again by the Masquerade Crew. Bottom right – a grateful and warm lampost in Houston, Texas dressed by members of Knitta Please.

The picture display territorial knitting, an unauthorized project by Lauren Marsden. Her aim was to cover the signs of every street on which she has lived in Victoria, British Columbia, with knitted replicas.

The Kingdom of Sweden is one of the Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The country is the third largest one in the European Union. Sweden lies west of the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia, providing a long coastline, and forms the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

Sweden is much warmer and drier than other places at the similar latitude, and even somewhat further south, mainly because of the Gulf Stream.

But the sun never sets for part of each summer, and for part of the winter the sun never rises.  The capital of Stockholm’s daylight lasts for more than 18 hours in late June, but only around 6 hours in late December. Most of Sweden has between 1,600 to 2,000 hours of sunshine annually.

The total population of Sweden was estimated to be 9,234,209. In Sweden living immigrant group consists of people from Finland, and born in Iraq, Former Yugoslavia, Somalia, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Turkey, Poland, Romania, Russia, Syria, Lebanon, Chile and Iran.

Sweden is a pure place for ice-adventures and fun in the snow. If you want to explore the country on maximum, you should take a tour into the wild with those friendly dogs in the picture. They will be your best friend, guard and transport during your vacation. If you are ski seeker, Sweden is also your favorite spot.

Swedens province Skane, which is the southernmost county that has been drawing Swedes from ages. Ales Stenar is one of the popular spots there, which is called also ” Swedish Stonehenge”.

 

A millennium ago 59 massive stones were arranged there on a bluff in the form of a giant ship – some 220 feet long.

 

If you have plans to book your trip exactly in this part of Sweden you won’t be wrong. The young and affluent crowd in Bastad play on the beach almost every sunny day. The hang gliders are everywhere soaring off the cliffs in the Osterlen region.

 

As well as the resort of Bastad is home to the Swedish Open tennis tournament every July.

 

During the night the Loft nightclub is part of the famous Pepe’s Bodega nightlife nexus in Bastad.

Avalon Hotel is situated in the centre of Gothenburg, Sweden and it’s the first building of the main boulevard ”Avenyn”. Within strolling distance, you are going to bump into many restaurants and interesting shops. For fun and entertainment you’ll find out The Opera and Concert Hall, museums, Scandinavium Arena and Swedish Exhibition center. The hotel is just 26km far away to Landvetter International Airport.

Gothenburg is amazing city with ancient port and newly vibrant downtown. But the hotel is very astonishing and modern with a mix of low and high ceilings and abundant use of wide swathes of light wood.

All rooms are designed in a contemporary style with absolutely stunning design. Each one has LCD TV and DVD player, free high speed wireless access, great choice of music through internal system, air-conditioning, mini bar, hairdryer, open bath solution in 24 rooms.

As well as there’re 2 meeting rooms equipped with the latest technology, boardroom style meetings hosting up to 30 people, rooftop pool open until 6p.m. every day. Some of the rooms are equipped with private gym, sauna, fireplace and bubble bathtub.

For the food lovers there’re sitted on the ground floor, the Avalon Restaurant with very delicious cuisine & Bar.

Universeum is a science centre and aquarium situated in Gothenburg Sweden. Gothenburg is a city, a municipality and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. Gothenburg is Sweden’s second largest city with about 770 000 inhabitants.

Universeun is situated on the west coast of Sweden at the mouth of the river Göta Älv. The natural surroundings of the centre climb down the mountainside, while the technology displays are accommodated in the wooden box which is the face of the complex towards the city.

The structure is the simplest with nothing to obstruct when exhibitions come to be changed. The ecological message is in-built. The building can be renewed on a shoe string, it is naturally ventilated, its energy requirement is minimal, the water is recycled within the building and the roof can be equipped with solar collectors when this is financially possible. The lake around there make the building nature itself.

Astra Zeneca was created on 6 April 1999- two companies got together in this period with similar science shared their vision of the pharmacentic industry in Sweden.

At Astra Zeneca, innovation is about more tha just research. The building in where they put their efforts is more than an ordinary one. The comprehensive laboratory installations were gathered into the gable ends and the extensive fan spaces placed beneath the arched roofs, providing flexible, well-lit rooms.The requirment of climatic stability was making the building transperent by means of specially designed solar control and by varying the translucence of the glazed facades. The walkway starts in the KC entrance and office block and ends in a combined dining hall and conference centre.

The company support and encourage their people in discovering their own potencial through excellent learning. They committed to continues achievement in all of these areas to ensure a healthy future to one new world.

When you enter in Nordic Light Hotel you are going to have an exceptional visual experience. This hotel offers minimalists elegance, calm, relaxing for all those busy souls. Everything is very sophisticated and carefully applied represent inviting touch of warmth and life.

The lightning installations gives perfect moods of the interiors. Diners enjoy their meal in a pleasant environment where sound effects and again, imaginative lightning create a subdued yet stimulating background.

The ‘great hotel’ is located in the center of Stockholm, Sweden and easily accessed by the adjacent Arlanda Airport rail link, the hotel is attractive not only to the business community, but also to the weekend visitor keen to experience life in the cosmopolitan capital for themselves. Amenties of the Nordic Light are free broadband internet access, wireless LAN in selected rooms, comfort climate system, cable & internet TV, sound insulation, laptop safe, luxurious linen, towels & robes, hairdryer, minibar.

Food and drink accomadation is light restaurant & bar, serving modern, progressive, californian meals, matched by superb american wines, complimentary breakfast buffet, 24 hour room service. There are also 8 exclusive, 10th floor conference rooms with a total capacity of up to 160 people with breathtaking views of Stockholm City.

The interior design is made by three creative guys and they are Lars Pihl, Jan Söder, Rolf Löfvenberg. They made something very tricky: in some rooms guests can even play with the lighting to suit their own changing moods.

The special effect adds a remarkably pure, simple and transparent colour-theme to the solid elements of the interior design including light wood floors, furniture in whites, blacks and greys and quality Swedish Hästens beds.

Enjoy…!

The everyday comings and goings of trains and buses have been given shape in this muniicipality close to the city of Gothenburg. Gothenburg is a city in the province Vastergotland on the west coast of and it is the second largest sity in Sweden, after Stockholm.

The existing bridge links the two parts of the community together.The new structure unphasizes this character, and gives shelter from the wind. The big canopy allows buses to pass under it. By defining the paths between the bus stops and leaving the areas in between open, the large structure is less massive and open to the sun.

The edge of the roof is designed as a W, going the rather thick construction a slim and vigorous character. The leaning facade announces the station to the centre of the city. The materials have been chosen for their permanence and beauty over time. Facade and floors are covered with slates and the tined glass covers the ground with colours. The ceilings are covered with ribs of untreated larch.