World Heritage Sites Tours in Sweden takes you to some of the city's most we preserved World Heritage Sites. Sweden is a country with rich natural resources. Modern Sweden is known for the co-existence of old and new side by side. Swedish people has beautifully retained their cultural heritages and historical sites. Sweden Tours can not be complete without World Heritage Sites Tours in Sweden. There are about 12 World Heritage Sites in the country.
Sweden World Heritage Sites Tours must include a visit to the following places :
Royal Domain of Drottningholm is located on an island in Lake Malar in the outskirt of Stockholm. The royal residence comprises a castle, theater, Chinese pavilion and gardens.
Located on the west shore of the Gulf of Bothnia, a northern extension of the Baltic Sea, High Coast covers 142,500 hectares of land. High coast is formed due to the retreat of glacier and uplifting of land from the sea. The last retreat happened over 9,600 years ago.
The Rock Carvings in Tanum depicts humans, animals, weapons and various facets of human life. The rock carvings, found in the north of Bohuslan, are unique examples of artistic achievement with rich and varied motifs. The rock carvings date back to the bronze age.
World Heritage Sites Tours in Sweden also take you to Laponian Area, which is the Arctic Circle region of northern Sweden and also the home of the Saami, or Lapp people. It is the largest area in the world with a primitive way of life.
Sightseeing in Sweden must include a visit to Church Village of Gammelstad, Lulea. Gammelstad, situated by the Gulf of Bothnia, is the best-preserved instance of a 'church village'. Church villages are a unique type of village previously found throughout northern Scandinevia.
The archaeological site of Birka is located on Bjorko Island in Lake Malar. The sites houses architectural remains from the 9th and 10th centuries. Hovgarden is situated on the nearby island of Adelso. Adventures to the Agricultural Landscape of Southern Oland ensure an unmatched experience. Actually the southern part of Oland island and the Baltic Sea is featured by a vast limestone plateau. Human civilizations were developed here for 5000 years. The area contains the evidence of human settlement from the prehistoric era.
Naval Port of Karlskrona is a great instance of a late-17th-century European planned naval city. Engelsberg Ironworks is one of the best preserved sites where superior quality of iron was produced n the 17th and 18th centuries. To get an idea of copper mining and production take a tour of the Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun.World Heritage Sites Tours in Sweden also stop over Skogskyrkogarden, the Stockholm cemetery; Hanseatic Town of Visby, former residence of the Vikings and the Varberg Radio Station at Grimeton in southern Sweden.
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