Sweden"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sweden" is your expert guide to this breathtaking country. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of the must-see sights, plus street-by-street maps of all cities and towns. DK's insider travel tips and essential local information will help you discover the best of this Scandinavian country region-by-region, from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Detailed listings will guide you to hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops for all budgets, while practical information will help you to get around by train, bus, or car. What's new in "DK Eyewitness Travel Guides" New itineraries based on length of stay, regional destinations, and themes. Brand-new hotel and restaurants listings including DK's Choice recommendations. Restaurant locations plotted on redrawn area maps and listed with sights. Redesigned and refreshed interiors make the guides even easier to read. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that brighten every page, "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sweden" truly shows you this country as no one else can. |
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... king , who tied a white handkerchief round his arm as a badge and rode out into the city to be acclaimed by his ... king's powers , largely because of his costly war against Russia . In 1792 he was murdered by a nobleman during a masked ...