Many of the travellers who visit the north of Sweden for the first time surprise when discovering a so great and majestic landscape, with majestic virgin earth extensions in perfect conditions and impressive views, so close and so accessible from the bullicio of central Europe. Frequently - and lamentably - we talked about to the wild nature of the north of Sweden like “the last one of Europe”.
In fact he is really vastest and wild. Sweden is one of the greatest countries of Europe and the region of the north of Sweden includes more than half of the total surface of Sweden, with less than a ninth part of its population. It is to the north of Sweden where the visitors worldwide arrive to experience the natural luxuries that do not have price, like the solitude, the endless open spaces, perfect silence, the pure air and the clear water, the sun of midnight and the aurora borealis, the total dark, the polar cold and the limitless amounts of a nature with a splendid beauty.
From the magnificent Scandinavian mountain range in the west, throughout the border with Norway, the landscape of the north of Sweden includes the limitless forests and abundant marshes with great amount of wild fauna, as elk, bears, wolves, lynges and foxes by which cross a great amount of magnificent rivers, some of which are wild, with full brutales expresses of salmons and trouts. Throughout the coast this there are numerous interesting cities, fishing towns and landscapes with colorful islands to explore.
For the traveling loving assets and of the activities outdoors, the north of Sweden offers a tremendous variety of options, for all the ages, capacities and preferences, from simplest, calm, contemplativo and calm happening through the amused adventures for all the family, to the mountain extreme challenges for and the sport ones. Passages, mountain and cross-country skiing, fishes, routes in canoe and rafting by the rivers, scaling, excursions in motos of snow, excursions in bicycle, sleigh of dogs or reindeer, excursions in icebreakers - simply there are no limits to the alternatives.
The north of Sweden also has an pleasant multitude of places and interesting attractions and cities and towns for which they like to combine the enriching experiences of the nature with the culture, with the world-wide famous one Hoists Hotel near Kiruna like one of the main attractions. Laponia in the north is by all means the Earth of the Sami, the Scandinavian natives, with its singular culture, its crafts and its traditions.