You're seriously coming to Sweden? OMG! Ha ha ha! :-D That's wonderful!
And now you've stumped me. I'm not an outdoorsy person. X-D *lol* BUT! On the other hand, I had another online friend visit last year, from Great Britain, and she was so so fascinated how green it was here in this country, how much nature there was everywhere. It's in the cities to. I mean, if I've understood in New York, you got Central Park and... that's it for green nature in New York? Here you got little parks, trees and stuff everywhere. In most cities. Stockholm is known as the blue city, since it has SOOOO much water smack in the middle of the city. You can FISH in the middle of Stockholm if you'd like, which is the biggest city of Sweden. Granted, not much to a New Yorker, but still. :-) (And yes, the fish is eatable.) We have A LOT of history here in Sweden and we're proud of it to. So if you're into that, I'd recommend checking out the museums of Stockholm. The best museums are in that city, to be honest. (My favorite is the Museum of Medieval Stockholm (http://www.medeltidsmuseet.stockholm.se/in-english/), to be honest. I'm a medieval geek.) And then there's the The Royal Palace (http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/visittheroyalpalaces.4.396160511584257f21800033.html), of course. Where the Royal Family ACTUALLY live. :-) They have more than one palace, but the one in Stockholm is the main one. I like our Royal Family. They are very approachable for being royals. :-) And hey, Crown Princess Victoria married her personal trainer, who is now a royal prince, Prince Daniel. ;-) Fairy-tale material right there!
Feels like I'm just babbling. I actually took my British friend to visit my mother and, if she can make it she wants to visit this summer again and we'll visit my brother (who seriously lives smack in the middle of nowhere in the midst of nature). So there's that.
To travel to visit me in Borås (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%A5s), the easiest thing to do is go by train. Honestly. And you'll see more nature that way. I find traveling by train is very relaxing. It takes 4-5 hours at most to get here from Stockholm, I think. If you go by plane, I'd pick you up at Landvetter right outside of Gothenburg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothenburg), which is the closest airport. Since that is the easiest. :-)
When it comes to Northern Lights, I have to disappoint you, I'm afraid. Sweden is a very elongated country. To see the northern lights you'd have to be way WAY north in Sweden, we're talking close to or on the other side of the polar circle. And in winter, not summer. Seeing Northern Lights is very very hard during summer. If you can see them at all. And hey, way north in the country if so. :-)
Parks like Yosemite we do have here and there, if smaller. It's a lot ancient forest here though, no open areas where you can see for miles. Most of Sweden is dense forest, expect the south parts where I live where there's mostly farm-country. :-) My uncle, who lives close to my brother, has a small farm. And my brother is working at a bigger one (and we're not talking US-big, fair warning. ;-) ). Just look at a map of only Sweden and you'll see that most cites are in the southern parts and then there's more and more forest and less and less cities the more north you get. :-) WAY north we have our own "natives" or "indians", the Sami people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people). But they're WAY north. :-)
I don't even know what else to write. X-D Best is to just throw questions at me, and I'll see what to answer. :-D
*HUGS*
peting73 wanted to add that nature? WAAAAY north. *lol* Sarek National Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarek_National_Park) is bigger than Yosemite, he thinks. Again, nature? WAAAAY north. *lol* But there you have the biggest park in Sweden. And yes, you can hike right through it if you like.
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And now you've stumped me. I'm not an outdoorsy person. X-D *lol* BUT! On the other hand, I had another online friend visit last year, from Great Britain, and she was so so fascinated how green it was here in this country, how much nature there was everywhere. It's in the cities to. I mean, if I've understood in New York, you got Central Park and... that's it for green nature in New York? Here you got little parks, trees and stuff everywhere. In most cities. Stockholm is known as the blue city, since it has SOOOO much water smack in the middle of the city. You can FISH in the middle of Stockholm if you'd like, which is the biggest city of Sweden. Granted, not much to a New Yorker, but still. :-) (And yes, the fish is eatable.) We have A LOT of history here in Sweden and we're proud of it to. So if you're into that, I'd recommend checking out the museums of Stockholm. The best museums are in that city, to be honest. (My favorite is the Museum of Medieval Stockholm (http://www.medeltidsmuseet.stockholm.se/in-english/), to be honest. I'm a medieval geek.) And then there's the The Royal Palace (http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/visittheroyalpalaces.4.396160511584257f21800033.html), of course. Where the Royal Family ACTUALLY live. :-) They have more than one palace, but the one in Stockholm is the main one. I like our Royal Family. They are very approachable for being royals. :-) And hey, Crown Princess Victoria married her personal trainer, who is now a royal prince, Prince Daniel. ;-) Fairy-tale material right there!
Feels like I'm just babbling. I actually took my British friend to visit my mother and, if she can make it she wants to visit this summer again and we'll visit my brother (who seriously lives smack in the middle of nowhere in the midst of nature). So there's that.
To travel to visit me in Borås (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%A5s), the easiest thing to do is go by train. Honestly. And you'll see more nature that way. I find traveling by train is very relaxing. It takes 4-5 hours at most to get here from Stockholm, I think. If you go by plane, I'd pick you up at Landvetter right outside of Gothenburg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothenburg), which is the closest airport. Since that is the easiest. :-)
When it comes to Northern Lights, I have to disappoint you, I'm afraid. Sweden is a very elongated country. To see the northern lights you'd have to be way WAY north in Sweden, we're talking close to or on the other side of the polar circle. And in winter, not summer. Seeing Northern Lights is very very hard during summer. If you can see them at all. And hey, way north in the country if so. :-)
Parks like Yosemite we do have here and there, if smaller. It's a lot ancient forest here though, no open areas where you can see for miles. Most of Sweden is dense forest, expect the south parts where I live where there's mostly farm-country. :-) My uncle, who lives close to my brother, has a small farm. And my brother is working at a bigger one (and we're not talking US-big, fair warning. ;-) ). Just look at a map of only Sweden and you'll see that most cites are in the southern parts and then there's more and more forest and less and less cities the more north you get. :-) WAY north we have our own "natives" or "indians", the Sami people (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people). But they're WAY north. :-)
I don't even know what else to write. X-D Best is to just throw questions at me, and I'll see what to answer. :-D
*HUGS*