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GOTHENBURG.
Twelve Michelin stars have been awarded of Contemporary Art and Seurasaari Open
In the warmer south of Sweden, the country’s to Copenhagen’s restaurants, including the Air Museum.
second-largest city is gaining a reputation for organic Restaurant Geranium. The Helsinki Festival from August 14-30
gourmet dining, art and design. The calendar of special events includes the showcases the main performing arts.
Local produce including fish and shellfish Film Festival from April 16-26, and Whitsun Finnair is the main carrier, from
has put it on the culinary map, and it has Carnival and Harbour Cultural Festival from Heathrow and Manchester.
several Michelin-starred restaurants. May 29-31. ■
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The Gothenburg Art Museum is its leading EasyJet has become a key carrier with
cultural attraction, focusing on the “national Gatwick and Stansted flights, plus SAS and
romantic” era. BA from Heathrow. Other gateways served
REYKJAVIK.
Flights are by SAS from Heathrow, and by SAS include London City, Birmingham, Iceland has been in the news because of its
Ryanair from Stansted and Prestwick. Manchester and Glasgow. financial collapse, but for UK visitors it has
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visitcopenhagen.com become less expensive as a result. You get
about 160 krona to the pound compared
with 120 before the crisis.
COPENHAGEN. HELSINKI.
Reykjavik’s great appeal is easy access to
The Danish capital is still the most popular The Finnish capital is attracting more city some of Iceland’s outstanding attractions,
Nordic city for UK visitors, and can now offer breaks despite being the only Nordic city in such as the Blue Lagoon thermal pool,
two cities for the price of one. A 20-minute the euro zone, and costs have been eased by spouting geysers, and Gullfoss waterfall.
train ride across the Oresund Bridge takes the start of an easyJet flight from Gatwick After a day’s sightseeing you can enjoy
you to Malmo in Sweden. with prices from £32.99 each way. gourmet dining then a party in the town.
The best-known sights in Copenhagen are It is a small city of about half a million A new guide to Reykjavik’s restaurants is
the Little Mermaid statue commemorating people, with a strong focus on the arts and available at
icelandgourmetguide.com
storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, and sightseeing. A steam train journey to Porvoo Iceland Express has launched a personal
picturesque Nyhavn with its old houses and a cruise through the nearby archipelago shopper service, and retail therapy
along the canal. are among the more unusual options. experts can be ordered online. This airline
Sightseeing cruises operate through the The Helsinki Card includes all the main switches flights from Stansted to Gatwick
canals and harbour from March to October, sights, nearly 60 museums, a city sightseeing from May 1, filing a void left by BA’s
some departing from Nyhavn. tour and public transport, costing from pull-out. Icelandair is the main carrier,
The Copenhagen Card includes more than about £30 for 24 hours. from Heathrow and Manchester, but it
60 sights and attractions, plus unlimited use Main sights include Finlandia Hall, the has dropped Glasgow.
of local buses and trains. cathedral, Ateneum Art Museum, Museum ■
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