From folk traditions deep in the countryside to midnight ski runs and seaside saunas, here are eight different takes on this ...

Officials from the Swedish Olympic Committee have visited facilities part of the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics bid in Dalarna ©SOC Sweden's Stockholm-Åre bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics and ...

Dalarna in central Sweden offers unspoiled nature in abundance, including misty mountains, immersive forests, stunning valleys, and crystal clear lakes. Red cottages and handicrafts give character to ...

The Dalarna region is Sweden at its best, with dense forests speckling the landscape, a web of foot trails, dramatic waterfalls, gentle slopes for hiking and skiing, and placid lakes, including one of ...

With a little help from Katarina Jansson, a Stockholm-born blogger and podcaster now living in her “childhood paradise” of Särna in Dalarna, The Local presents ten reasons to visit this enchanting ...

‘THERE’S no cow on the ice’ is a common phrase in Sweden that basically means, don’t worry. Now, I’m not sure how prone cattle are to wandering onto frozen lakes here but the inference is that until ...

Lazy orange sunbeams had begun to warm the forests, and through a crack in the door on bus number 270, I could smell pine and wild berries. Beyond the trees on either side were rust-red cottages, ...

A change in seasons makes the ideal time to explore one of Scandinavia’s wildest hiking regions Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Vinterfest, in its last year with Martin Fröst as artistic director, took a step towards the adventurous.

I’m standing on a drenched and steaming hillside. Behind me are moss-covered boulders; in front, a steep drop to swampy marshland. My legs are aching and my clothes are soaked. Below, our team is ...

Reporting from Tallberg, Sweden — As I examined a map of central Sweden, place names seemed oddly familiar: Siljan … Leksand ... Rattvik. ... Had I been here in ...