tegan414

Are there any outdoor things like hiking that we can do in northern Europe and Sweden? If we were going to go to Sweden, are there any places that we should definitely go?

bilboburgler

lots of good walking and bike paths all over the north of europe.

http://www.visitsweden.com/sweden/Th...Sports/Hiking/

http://www.germany.travel/en/leisure...g/walking.html

http://www.visitdenmark.co.uk/en-gb/...ral-adventures

Stockholm

suze

You need guidebook(s). Seriously just pick up a Let's Go or Lonely Planet or Rough Guides for Europe. No need to reinvent the wheel.

PalenQ

We were thinking of seeing Copenhagen and Amsterdam for about two nights each and spending a week in Sweden.

Sweden is not for folks who like to party - well that is unless you are immune to sticker shock for any booze even in stores and much more in cafes or clubs.

didn't catch your reason for going to Sweden - did not read every post - if you do not have one I'd stay in western and central Europe like Amsterdam, Paris, Germany maybe Switzerland, etc.

Stockholm is nice and Copenhagen a great place your younger folk but to me Sweden's countryside is just like much of northern mid-west - rolling scrubland and farms - I'll have to look to see why your are going to Sweden - must have a reason for picking out that remote and all in all very modern place.

Berlin is a great town for younger folk - Amsterdam the ultimate and of course Paris is Paris - why Sweden? And for hiking well there is a lot better places than boring IME Sweden. Why spend two days on your time going each way from Frankfurt to Sweden - you could fly but then you'd hardly use your railpasses.

Re-think Sweden - Copenhagen is in reach - though a full day from Amsterdam or Frankfurt.

Blueeyedcod

Are you going to Stockholm? Visit the old part of the city - and the ABBA museum - even if you don't like their music the museum is just brilliant.

janisj

You say Sweden for mountains . . . Sweden is not a mountainous country and is very VERY expensive.

tegan414

I am just saying what we talked about yesterday when we started to make an itinerary. The dads suggest that we try finding something to do in Scandinavia because we are more likely to go to places like Paris on other trips in the future. I do not know much about Sweden, but I just assumed that it was a lot like Norway. I'm not sure if we would have enough time to go to Norway but the scenery there looks amazing. There is lots of hiking and outdoor activities. Like I said, I really do not know anything about Sweden except for the fact that it borders Norway and most of it looks like forests on google maps. They also have very attractive girls that would obviously attract three 18 year olds to the area. If there is really nothing to see and/or do in Sweden then we won't waste our time going there since it is out of the way of most of the other places where we are interested in going.

janisj

Since you don't know and seemingly just throwing countries against a wall to see what sticks . . . ditto this >><i>You need guidebook(s). Seriously just pick up a Let's Go or Lonely Planet or Rough Guides for Europe. No need to reinvent the wheel.</i><<

Whathello

No girls around home ?

HappyTrvlr

The Swedes I know vacation in Norway, mountains, fjords, etc. and very expensive.

bilboburgler

All of Scandinavia suffers from low population density and a few smallish pleasant cities, Norway has the best countryside in terms of tumbling waterfalls, plunging fjords etc. Norway prices have recently come down but are still high. Of all of these Copenhagen is the most approachable and the big thing to do there is cycling (even more than the Netherlands). Rock concerts are big in July I can't remember when you are coming but a good time is had by all

Coming south Berlin is a good visit and due to historical reasons the countryside is pretty good around the place but majors on lakes and rivers. Amsterdam is the obvious focus for 18 year olds and you can talk to your parents about how much you liked the cycling ;-) Again June and July is concert time and this stretches into early August.

suze

<They also have very attractive girls that would obviously attract three 18 year olds to the area.>

There are very attractive girls in every country in Europe. That really doesn't narrow it down much!