Insight Guides: Scandinavia

by Joan Gannij

The Insight Guides are beautiful, visual guides to destinations worldwide. They are renowned for their striking color photographs which vividly convey a sense of everyday life. They each contain detailed maps and helpful travel tips, along with a wealth of information about the culture, commerce, government, arts and literature, sights and sounds of the country they describe. Insight Guide Scandinavia is your comprehensive guide to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Full-color photos throughout combine with lively text to inspire you to discover this vast and fascinating region. Lively and engaging essays on History and Culture cover a wide range of subjects, from the legacy of the Vikings to the food and drink, while the Places chapters will help you plan your trip to this natural landscape of sparkling fjords and rocky mountains, glassy lakes and rushing rivers, dense forests and frozen tundra. Major sites are cross-referenced with the detailed maps to help you get around, while the travel tips give you all the planning information you’ll need, including recommendations about where to eat and where to stay. Highly recommended. Flexicover Paperback.