Tourism in Sweden - Swedish Culture

Swedish Culture

Sweden has a number of World Heritage Sites, which are popular as tourist destinations. These include:

• The agricultural landscape of the island of Öland, visited for its geological and geographical features
• Birka and Hovgården on the islands Björkö and Adelsö in Mälaren near Stockholm
• The church village of Gammelstad, Luleå, in northern Sweden
• Drottningholm Palace, Theatre, and the royal domain
• Engelsberg Ironworks
• The Hanseatic town of Visby
• The "High Coast" of Ångermanland
• Laponian area, Swedish Lapland, in northern Sweden
• The mining area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun
• The naval port of Karlskrona
• Rock carvings in Tanumshede
• Skogskyrkogården in Stockholm

Swedish horse racing is an unusual attraction, in that many races are actually trotting races. The horses are not allowed to gallop; they pull a small vehicle ridden by the human racer.