Storforshei, Norway
Arctic Circle Centre
This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.
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Storforshei, Norway
This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.
Brønnøy, Norway
A naturally occurring tunnel in this Nordic mountain makes it look like it's been shot.
Norway
Mound of stones marking the burial site of the world's most famous orca.
Grip, Norway
On a tiny island in northwestern Norway, one of the country's few remaining original stave churches.
Hellvik, Norway
The largest cave in Northern Europe.
Uppsala, Sweden
A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.
Oulu, Finland
An incredibly durable timepiece glows beneath shoppers' feet.
Oulu, Finland
This misspelled graffiti reappears every time it is removed.
Östersund V, Sweden
Winter roadtrips are a little more exciting on this seasonal, slippery expansion of Sweden's national highway system.
Stor-Elvdal, Norway
The world's largest moose statue towers above the highway between Oslo and Trondheim.
Härjedalen, Sweden
This statue, deep in a Swedish forest, is all alone, just like the renowned recluse would have wanted.
Rättvik, Sweden
The unique design of this former quarry provides ideal acoustics for concerts.
Mora, Sweden
The city that saw the birth of Sweden is now home to an impressive collection of work from its favorite artist.
Hudiksvall, Sweden
A heated sculpture pays tribute to an actor who loved hugs.
Stockholm, Sweden
A 12th-century church with a medieval fresco and an intriguing “Greek runestone.”
Stockholm, Sweden
The fastest way to send a message before electricity was invented.
Gammelstad, Sweden
A medieval village, with red wooden cottages around a stone church, stands as a well-preserved example of a settlement type that was once common in northern Sweden.
Boden N, Sweden
A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.
Övertorneå N, Sweden
A Swedish town came up with an out-of-the-box way to eliminate the bloodthirsty insects.
Rovaniemi, Finland
Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Älvdalen S, Sweden
Believed to be the country's tallest waterfall, the Njupeskär is actually much smaller.
Älvdalen S, Sweden
The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.
Älvdalen N, Sweden
This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.
Storuman, Sweden
The giant club-wielding wildman stands proud as the symbol of Swedish Lapland.