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Discover 19 places to experience unusual geology in Sweden.
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Trolltrappan
A mysterious stone staircase deep in the Swedish woods, said to have been made by trolls.
Hanö, Sweden
Drakmärket (Dragon Mark)
According to local lore, a flying dragon was blinded by a lighthouse and crashed, leaving a permanent mark on this island rock.
KlĂ¥veröd, Sweden
Snuvestuan (Cottage of the Hulder)
This cave at the base of an unusually shaped cliff is said to be inhabited by a mythical forest enchantres from Scandinavian folklore.
Stockholm, Sweden
Haga Tingshus Jättegryta (Haga Courthouse Giant's Kettle)
This building, previously used as a courthouse, has an unusual geological feature in its basement.
Simrishamn, Sweden
Prästens Badkar (The Priests Bathtub)
The world's only above water sand volcano, believed to once be the bathtub of a priest.
Stockholm, Sweden
Kymlingestenen
A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.
Stockholm, Sweden
Lyells Ek (Lyell's Oak)
This tree was once used to calculate the decrease of the Baltic Sea.
Stockholm, Sweden
Järnblocket (Iron Boulder)
A prehistoric geological oddity tucked behind Stockholm's natural history museum.
Ă…kraberg, Sweden
BorrĂ¥s SkĂ¥ra
Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.
Borgholm N, Sweden
Neptuni Ă…krar
An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.
Stockholm, Sweden
Vikingaliv Runestone
Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.
Stockholm, Sweden
Normalhöjdpunkten
Hidden in plain sight, Sweden's official ordnance datum is now abandoned.
Torslanda, Sweden
Tumlehed Rock Paintings
Sweden's southernmost prehistoric rock art is hidden just outside Gothenburg.
Visby, Sweden
Sankt Göransporten Arrow Slit
A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.
Sweden
Lummelunda Cave
This fantastic cave remained unexplored until 1948 when three schoolboys discovered a hidden entrance.
Borgholm, Sweden
Trollskogen (The Troll Forest)
Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.
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