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A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.

Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.

Ancient stone graves shaped like ships provided a Viking-like burial to carry the dead to the afterlife.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

Don your party hat, sing, and chow down at these seasonal Swedish crayfish feasts.

This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.

Every Tuesday, students let off steam by screaming into the night air.

A retail shop has preserved the 17th-century food cellar from the old building it now occupies.

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Dutch travelers who want the taste of home can always pack “vacation cheese.”

With this Dutch liqueur, you can now drink licorice.

Even its creator says to stick to one scoop.

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

A pre-Hispanic pyramid in the middle of a tourist district in the Canary Islands.

Sweden's largest optical telescope sits on a rooftop in Stockholm.

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.

One of the Leiden's oldest pubs is also the birthplace of the Heineken star.

One of the great math minds of the 17th century is underfoot in this 900 year old Dutch church.

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.