An ancient religious and political centre of Sweden with royal burial mounds from the Migration Period.
Location: Gamla Uppsala →A megalithic stone ship monument from the Iron Age, often called Sweden's Stonehenge, overlooking the Baltic Sea.
Location: Ales Stenar →Jämtland's great lake, home to the legendary Great Lake Monster.
Location: Storsjön →Known as the Queen of Lapland, a sacred mountain of the Sami people rising to 2,015m.
Location: Akka →Mythical mountain beside Lake Vättern, said to be home of elves in Swedish legend.
Location: Omberg →The flowering mountain — a unique table mountain with extraordinary biodiversity in Västergötland.
Location: Kinnekulle →Gotland's medieval walled city on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The city of roses and ruins.
Location: Visby →According to Swedish Easter tradition, witches fly to Blåkulla to meet the devil. Children still dress as Easter witches today.
Location: Blåkulla →In Swedish folklore, changelings (bortbytingar) were human children believed to have been swapped by supernatural beings — gnomes, trolls or fairies — for their own offspring. The belief arose as an explanation for congenital disabilities, autism or developmental conditions that could not be explained medically. Parents sometimes performed brutal tests to force the changeling to reveal itself. The belief was particularly widespread in the Nordic countries from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.
Location: Bortbytingar →