Uppsala, Sweden's fourth-largest city, is the best side-trip from Stockholm-- just under an hour away by train. This happy town is Sweden's answer to Oxford, offering stately university facilities and ...

You can blame my Norwegian heritage, but I’m not so hot on the Swedish countryside. Even so, you can’t say you’ve seen Sweden if you’ve only been to Stockholm. Rural Sweden — especially the province ...

Skye Sherman is a travel writer based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Aside from traveling, she's also a pilot, scuba diver, bookworm, and fourth-generation Floridian. Her work has appeared in Travel + ...

The British have afternoon tea, the Germans have afternoon coffee, Americans have coffee breaks, and the Swedes have ... fika! Fika (pronounced fee-kah) means "to have coffee," although it's not a ...

If you could take a road trip with your younger self, how well do you think the two of you would get along? Would you have an admiration for each other? Would you even recognize each other? Rick ...

Rick Steves is arguably the country’s most beloved travel writer and guide since Mark Twain, and millions know him from his long-running series on traveling through Europe. But his latest book is a ...

For Americans of a certain age and income bracket, Europe is synonymous with Rick Steves, a one-man travel impresario whose guidebooks and tour groups have introduced the continent to thousands of ...

Looking for an inspirational summer vacation read? This young-at-heart travel adventure crosses far-flung borders, opens eyes to new possibilities and unveils life-affirming insights. ByLaura Manske, ...

Uppsala, Sweden’s fourth-largest city, is the best day trip from Stockholm (it’s just under an hour away by train). This happy town is Sweden’s answer to Oxford, offering stately university facilities ...

There’s something deeply satisfying about a visit to a glass workshop, or “glasbruk”, where you feel genuine artistic energy in the air. You can blame my Norwegian heritage, but I’m not so hot on the ...