Collection · 4 stories

Nordic City Breaks

Long weekends in Reykjavík, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Ålesund.

Publisher Northwind Tours
Updated 11 Oct

Nordic City Breaks

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Colourful rooftops of central Reykjavík with Mount Esja across the bay
GuideReykjavík
8 min
5.0 out of 5

A Long Weekend in Reykjavík

The world's northernmost capital is small enough to walk and big enough to fill three days, especially if you do as the locals do and start every morning in a hot pot.
Publisher Northwind Tours
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A red wooden summer house and boathouse on a rocky island shore
GuideStockholm
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Island-Hopping the Stockholm Archipelago

From the steps of the Grand Hôtel, the archipelago boats will take you to bathing rocks, cinnamon buns and red summer houses within the hour.
Publisher Northwind Tours
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Two open sandwiches on rye bread, beef tartare and chicken salad
RestaurantCopenhagen
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Kanalens Frokoststue: Smørrebrød Done Properly

Rye bread, cold beer and a schnapps if you dare: our favourite place to learn the order, and the etiquette, of the Danish open sandwich.
Publisher Northwind Tours
4
The pastel Art Nouveau centre of Ålesund spread across islands and harbours
DestinationÅlesund
6 minBe the first to review

Ålesund, Norway's Art Nouveau Town

A fishing town reborn in Jugendstil, spread across three islands and a gateway to the Sunnmøre Alps and Geirangerfjord.
Publisher Northwind Tours

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