Uppsala, Sweden’s fourth-largest city, is the best day trip from Stockholm (it’s just under an hour away by train). This happy town is Sweden’s answer to Oxford, offering stately university facilities ...

You can blame my Norwegian heritage, but I'm not so hot on the Swedish countryside. Even so, you can't say you've seen Sweden if you've only been to Stockholm. Rural Sweden — especially the province ...

Desperate times call for a public television host. Rick Steves is the sleepy-voiced European wanderer best known for his travel guidebooks and PBS specials. But he's also something of a lefty ...

Uppsala, Sweden's fourth-largest city, is the best side-trip from Stockholm-- just under an hour away by train. This happy town is Sweden's answer to Oxford, offering stately university facilities and ...