Places KatjaSm Wants to Go

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

This striking structure, with balconies jutting out like hedgehog spines, combine cutting-edge design with a playful approach to light and space.

The traveling wares of Denmark's most famous author.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.

A geological wonder that helped fuel myths of trolls and giants.

A replica of the beloved character's house, modeled after the author's own drawings.

This oak has seen Vikings, the Black Death, and world wars pass but refuses to give up.

These Bronze Age rock carvings are among the oldest in the region.

According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.

Crooked windswept pines give this old forest an enchanted and magical look.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

This hole formed by a glacier is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in Stockholm.

A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.

A concrete Picasso in the middle of a student housing complex on the outskirts of Stockholm.

A Stockholm metro station is home to an escalator that is not only the longest in Sweden, but among the longest in the world.

The final resting place of the man whose name has become synonymous with greatness.

The signatures of esteemed colleagues of the physicists who stopped by to attend lectures.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.