From Hamburg to Hamburg

Hamburg, a major port city in northern Germany, is connected to the North Sea by the Elbe River. It’s crossed by hundreds of canals, and also contains large areas of parkland. Near its core, Inner Alster lake is dotted with boats and surrounded by cafes. The city’s central Jungfernstieg boulevard connects the Neustadt (new town) with the Altstadt (old town), home to landmarks like 18th-century St. Michael’s Church.

Fondée au XIIIème siècle, Stockholm est la capitale étonnamment élégante et belle de la Suède, étalée sur de nombreuses îles là où se rencontre la mer Baltique et le lac Malar. Stockholm, connue pour son architecture exceptionnelle, est l’une des plus belles villes de Scandinavie. En plus de ses nombreux monuments, Stockholm bénéficie d’un vaste monde de beauté naturelle. Un tiers de la superficie totale de la ville est consacrée aux parcs.

Luleå is a coastal city in Swedish Lapland. It’s known for the Gammelstad Church Town, a cluster of well-preserved wooden houses and the stone Nederluleå Church from the 1400s. In the city center, Norrbottens Museum showcases local history, art and culture. Offshore, in the Bay of Bothnia, are more than 1,000 islands with beaches, cottages and seals. Junkön Island has a museum and an 18th-century windmill.

Luleå is a coastal city in Swedish Lapland. It’s known for the Gammelstad Church Town, a cluster of well-preserved wooden houses and the stone Nederluleå Church from the 1400s. In the city center, Norrbottens Museum showcases local history, art and culture. Offshore, in the Bay of Bothnia, are more than 1,000 islands with beaches, cottages and seals. Junkön Island has a museum and an 18th-century windmill.

Luleå is a coastal city in Swedish Lapland. It’s known for the Gammelstad Church Town, a cluster of well-preserved wooden houses and the stone Nederluleå Church from the 1400s. In the city center, Norrbottens Museum showcases local history, art and culture. Offshore, in the Bay of Bothnia, are more than 1,000 islands with beaches, cottages and seals. Junkön Island has a museum and an 18th-century windmill.

Kemi is a town on Bothnian Bay in Lapland, Finland. It’s known for the massive Sampo icebreaker, a giant ship built to ply the Arctic waters. At Kemi’s harbor is the SnowCastle, a seasonal carved-ice complex. Kemi Lutheran Church is a Gothic Revival structure with an ornate, red-brick exterior. To the north, Bothnian Bay National Park has old fishing huts, rare plants and abundant birds, including Arctic terns.

Oulu is a city in central Finland, where the Oulujoki River meets the Bay of Bothnia. Its waterfront square, Kauppatori, is home to food stalls and the Toripolliisi, a squat policeman statue. The Tietomaa Science Centre offers interactive exhibits and a large cinema screen for 3D films. Nearby, the Oulu Museum Of Art showcases regional works. The Northern Ostrobothnia Museum chronicles the city’s cultural history.

Rauma is a town and municipality of ca. 39,000 inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, 92 kilometres north of Turku, and 50 kilometres south of Pori.

La merveilleuse Copenhague est une ville faite de canaux enjambés par des ponts, de bâtiments aux toits de cuivre et parcs bien entretenus. Ce fameux port de la Baltique est l’une des plus belles capitales d’Europe et le siège de la plus ancienne monarchie du monde. Elle accueille un quart de la population totale du Danemark, Copenhague est un lieu stratégique pour ce qui est du commerce, de la culture, de l’industrie et pour son atmosphère cosmopolite.

Bien que les Vikings et les pêcheurs connaissaient ce site depuis des années en tant que « Havn » (Port), la fondation de Copenhague remonte à 1167, lorsque le guerrier-évêque Absalon y établit une citadelle. Au fur et à mesure que le commerce prospérait, le nom fut changé pour Kшpmannжhafn (Port Marchand) et en 1443, la ville est devenue la capitale du royaume du Danemark. Un siècle plus tard, Christian IV commença le programme de construction qui fut à la base de la ville moderne, en 1669 Frederik III dota la ville de son premier palais royal, Amalienborg, pour sa reine, Sophie Amalie. Beaucoup de ces bâtiments existent encore, les plus grands sont les traits dominants sur une ligne d’horizon agréablement basse.

The Kiel Canal is a 98-kilometre-long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal was finished in 1895, but later widened, and links the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel-Holtenau.

Hamburg, a major port city in northern Germany, is connected to the North Sea by the Elbe River. It’s crossed by hundreds of canals, and also contains large areas of parkland. Near its core, Inner Alster lake is dotted with boats and surrounded by cafes. The city’s central Jungfernstieg boulevard connects the Neustadt (new town) with the Altstadt (old town), home to landmarks like 18th-century St. Michael’s Church.