Destinations & Dispatches

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Gränna: Sweden’s Candyland

Gränna: Sweden’s Candyland
December 31, 2010
Destinations & Dispatches

If you’ve got a sweet tooth, then the small town of Gränna, Sweden, may be your idea of heaven. Tucked away on the eastern shore of Vättern, the country’s second-largest lake, Gränna (population approximately 2,600) is known primarily for one thing: the polkagris, a striped candy cane (or peppermint stick) that has been made here for more than 150 years. It all began in 1859 when Amalia Eriksson, an impoverished …Read the Rest

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In the footsteps of Nobel laureates

December 7, 2009
Destinations & Dispatches

In my last post I wrote about the Nobel Prizes, which were awarded to President Obama and the other laureates …Read the Rest

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Calling the Cows in West Sweden

September 29, 2009
Destinations & Dispatches

by Alison Stein Wellner From The Perceptive Travel Blog I was hearing sounds that I couldn’t identify, but this didn’t …Read the Rest

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Wild Sweden

September 29, 2009
Destinations & Dispatches

From National Geographic Traveler‘s Intelligent Travel Blog: JT Blatty, a former Traveler photo intern, has been spending the last month …Read the Rest

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A taste of Sweden’s first marine park

September 25, 2009
Destinations & Dispatches

From The Guardian (UK): Chris Madigan discovers abundant sea life, colourful cold-water reefs and wild, car-free countryside as one of …Read the Rest

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