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The Turku Castle, (Åbo slott) dating from the 1280s, is a monument of Finnish history. Turku castle is the largest surviving medieval building in Finland, and one of the largest surviving medieval castles in Scandinavia. The layout of the castle consists of the Medieval keep (päälinna) and Renaissance bailey (esilinna). The keep consists of a square fort with two square gateway towers; the thickness of the walls at the base is some 5 m. It is one of interesting vacations trips around continent.
GPS tourist coordinates: 60° 26′ 7.19″ N, 22° 13′ 40.74″ E
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The Vasa Museum (Vasamuseet) is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa Museum opened in 1990 and, according to claims on the official web site, is the most visited museum in Scandinavia. The museum belongs to the Swedish Maritime Museums (Statens maritima museer). I like north cities, nice people, great travel destination. Food is mostly fish but prepared very well.
GPS tourist location: 59° 19′ N, 18° 05′ E
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With a length of 179 km (111 miles), the Hardangerfjord in the county of Hordaland in Norway is the third largest fjord in the world and the second largest in Norway. The surrounding district is called Hardanger.
The Hardangerfjord starts at the Atlantic Ocean just south of Bergen (SW Norway). Here the fjord penetrates in a north easterly direction until it meets the grand mountain plateau of Hardangervidda. The longest branch of the Hardangerfjord is Sørfjorden which cuts south about 50 km from the main fjord. Its maximum depth is more than 800 m (2,624 ft) just outside Norheimsund in the middle of the fjord. Nice Scandinavian sightseeing tour.
Start at GPS location: 60°10′N, 6°00′E