by Robin Rodig |
September 28, 2013
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If you were as surprised as I was to hear that Denmark is comprised of hundreds of islands, hold onto your lattes. Sweden is comprised of 30,000 islands. Yes, that's the right amount of zeros. Now granted, what qualifies as "island" ranges from those that are H&M-ridden suburbs to small, rocky land masses you could practically jump over. But hey, an island's an island here in Sweden and who am I to contest it. So naturally I had to put in some time in this massive archipelago given its importance to the country's identity.
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by Robin Rodig |
September 28, 2013
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After dipping my toe into Swedish waters with a few day trips to southern towns from Copenhagen (urban Malmo and historic Helsingborg), I have finally permanently crossed over the great Oresund Bridge that connects Denmark with Sweden. By train or car, the Oresund links one stereotypical blond, Viking-centric, water-worldly country to another. From the first 15 minutes on the train though, my relaxed, how-much-difference-can-there-really-be-in-Scandinavia nerves were rattled. 'K' sounds like 'sh' in Swedish. Uh oh. My Danish Krona are no longer any good. Ugh. And here come the sniffing security dogs through the train cars. Although the serene landscape we initially passed through of flat farmland, forest, and fields were similar to Denmark, things were going to be a lit-tle different.
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