Islands & Island-Hopping

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, set in eastern Denmark on the island of Zealand, facing the Øresund strait toward Sweden.

Stockholm County · Sweden

Stockholm is built across 14 islands, and the skerry archipelago beyond fans out by Waxholmsbolaget boat straight from the city quays.

Västra Götaland County · Sweden

Gothenburg's southern archipelago is car-free — Styrsö, Donsö, Vrångö — reached on the city's own tram-and-ferry ticket from Saltholmen.

Vestland · Norway

Bergen is Norway's second city, a Hanseatic port set among fjords and mountains in western Vestland.

Trøndelag · Norway

Trondheim is a cathedral city in central Norway, set where the Nidelva bends into the Trondheimsfjord beneath the spires of Nidarosdomen.

Central Denmark · Denmark

Aarhus is a harbour city in central Denmark, on the Jutland peninsula, the country's second city.

Southern Denmark · Denmark

Odense is the old cathedral city of the island of Funen, in central Denmark, birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen.

Troms · Norway

Tromsø is an Arctic island city on Tromsøya, in the northern part of Troms, in northern Norway.

Norrbotten County · Sweden

Luleå's archipelago counts more than 1,300 islands in the brackish bay, served by summer tour boats and winter ice roads.

Örebro County · Sweden

Örebro's island is Vinön out in Hjälmaren, a farming-and-fishing flatland reached by the lake's little car ferry.

Gotland County · Sweden

Visby is the walled port of Gotland, the Baltic's largest island, where ferries land and the rauk coasts of Fårö wait up the road.

Kalmar County · Sweden

Kalmar is the mainland door to Öland — the six-kilometre bridge starts at the city's edge — with the island's windmills and sands beyond.