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Luleå, Sweden

Luleå 🇸🇪 Home to Northern Europe’s Largest Preserved Church Town and One of Sweden’s Northernmost Steel Works

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 78: Luleå Luleå is a Swedish coastal city in Norrbotten County, sitting at the head of the Bothnian Bay (the specific northern arm of the Baltic Sea) at the mouth of the Lule River. The municipal population is approximately 79,000, with […]

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Muddus, Sweden

Muddus 🇸🇪 One of Europe’s Largest Surviving Primeval Forests, Part of the 9,400-Square-Kilometre Laponia UNESCO Site

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 77: Muddus Muddus National Park (Muddus nationalpark, or Muttos in Lule Sámi) is a protected wilderness area in Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, in the Swedish Arctic region of northern Sweden. The park covers approximately 493 square kilometres — one of

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Abisko, Sweden

Abisko 🇸🇪 The Northern Lights Capital That Works Because of the Weather, Not the Latitude

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 76: Abisko Abisko is a small village in Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County, in the Swedish Arctic region of Norrbotten (part of the broader traditional Sápmi region extending across northern Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia). The permanent population is approximately 85

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Nordkapp, Norway

Nordkapp 🇳🇴 The Norwegian Arctic Cliff That Is Not Actually Mainland Europe’s Northernmost Point

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 75: Nordkapp Nordkapp is a specific coastal promontory on the northern shore of Magerøya island in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The specific cliff rises 307 metres directly from the Barents Sea, presenting one of the most dramatic Arctic coastal geographies

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Alta, Norway

Alta 🇳🇴 The Norwegian Arctic Town Where Hunter-Gatherers Carved 6,000 Figures Into Rock Across 5,000 Years

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 74: Alta Alta is a Norwegian town and municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, sitting at the head of the Alta fjord on the Arctic Ocean coast of northern Norway. The municipal population is approximately 21,500, with the town centre itself

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Lofoten, Norway

Lofoten 🇳🇴 The Norwegian Arctic Archipelago Where the Same Cod Fishery Has Operated for a Thousand Years

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 73: Lofoten Lofoten is a Norwegian archipelago in Nordland county, extending approximately 160 kilometres from the mainland into the Norwegian Sea at approximately 68 degrees north latitude — well above the Arctic Circle (which crosses mainland Norway at approximately 66°33′N). The

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Trondheim, Norway

Trondheim 🇳🇴 The Northernmost Gothic Cathedral in the World, Built Over a Viking King Who Became a Saint

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 72: Trondheim Trondheim is Norway’s third-largest city, sitting at the mouth of the Nidelva river on the Trondheimsfjord, approximately 500 kilometres north of Oslo and 300 kilometres north of Ålesund by road. The commune population is approximately 215,000, with the metropolitan

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Ålesund, Norway

Ålesund 🇳🇴 The Norwegian City That Burned in One Night and Was Rebuilt in Three Years as an Art Nouveau Masterpiece

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 71: Ålesund Ålesund is a Norwegian coastal city on the western coast of Norway, sitting on three main islands (Aspøya, Nørvøya, and Hessa) and several smaller islands at the mouth of the Storfjord system. The commune population is approximately 66,000, with

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Oslo, Norway

Oslo 🇳🇴 The European Capital That Was Transformed by Oil Money Into One of the World’s Wealthiest Cities

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 70: Oslo Oslo is the capital of Norway, sitting at the head of the Oslofjord on the southeastern coast of the country. The commune population is approximately 720,000, with the metropolitan area approximately 1.1 million — substantially the largest urban region

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Akureyri, Iceland

Akureyri 🇮🇸 The Northernmost City in Iceland Where the Botanical Garden Contains 7,000 Plants and the Whales Come to the Fjord

🌐 Around the World with Beyondia 🧵 Nordic & Western Europe Region 🪡 Episode 69: Akureyri Akureyri is the second-largest urban area in Iceland, sitting at the head of Eyjafjörður on the northern coast of the country. The population is approximately 20,000 — a fraction of Reykjavík’s 140,000 but substantial for a country of 400,000

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