Beaches might not be your first thought when you think of Sweden, but the country’s many lakes and islands, not to mention ...

This thru-hike has no true beginning or end—but it does have everything else, from wilderness solitude to saunas and DJs.

Sweden has 267,500 islands — more islands than any other country. Most are tiny, uninhabited dots in the sea, but several are reachable by ferry and have forests and fishing villages to explore. For a ...

Surprisingly, Sweden has more islands than any other country ... is located in the Gulf of Bothnia near Umeå, while the Stockholm Archipelago, close to the capital city, has about 30,000 islands.