Port on the coast of the Oresund channel which separates Sweden from Denmark, The country's third largest city after Stockholm and Gothenburg, Malmo stands almost opposite the Danish capital, Copenhagen, with which it is linked by ferry. The city was ruled by the Danes until l658, when Charles Gustav X seized it for Sweden. It has a 14th-century church and a 16th-century castle, in which the Earl of Bothwell - the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots - was held in protective custody from 1567 to 1573. He had fled to Malmo in 1567 after being implicated in the assassination of Mary's second husband, Lord Darnley.
Malmo's industries include food processing, shipbuilding, cement, chemicals and textiles.
Population 229 900
Lulea
Seaport at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, some 946 km (588 miles) northeast of Stockholm. Its harbor is icebound for most of the winter, but when it is open it exports about one-third of Lappland's output of iron ore - as well as wood pulp and timber. It has a large iron and steel mill, and there is a notable collection of Lapp handicrafts and costumes in the Norrbotten Museum.
Locals hypothesize that the legacy of Italian blood and culture in Cologne, colonized by the Romans more than 1500 years ago, makes the people more jovial and lighthearted. Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine.
Kolsch is not only the dialect spoken here but, also the name of their own top-fermented beer. There are more than 4,000 pubs, restaurant's and brewery taverns in Cologne.
Unlike many of the world's large cities, Cologne, with a population of over a million, gets better every day, there are more things to do and see, more new and innovative buildings... more
Travel is an opportunity to learn, whether geography, languages, history or other subjects.
Cologne is situated on the beautiful Rhine River.