Höstlovsaktiviteter, höstlovsresor och vinterkryss till Visby

It's Monday again and time for travel news. This week the focus is on Sweden and autumn - everything from autumn holiday activities to domestic winter cruises. Also a short report from the Bocuse d'Or in Tallinn, where Sweden did really well!

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Viking Cinderella first Baltic Sea vessel to be classified as a heart safe zone

The Åland cruiser Viking Cinderella is the first ship on the Baltic Sea to be classified as a heart-safe zone, according to the standard developed by the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, among others. This means that Cinderella's employees are trained in and regularly repeat cardiopulmonary resuscitation with the defibrillators on board. There are also medically trained staff on the ship and the possibility of calling an ambulance helicopter if necessary.

Tallink Silja launches winter departures to Visby

After the summer's success with 26 sold-out cruises to Gotland and Norrland, interest in domestic cruises has only grown. To meet demand, Tallink Silja is now launching the opportunity to cruise to Visby in winter for the first time in 30 years. Tickets were recently released for four Christmas cruises to the world heritage city with Silja Symphony. The Advent cruises between Stockholm and Visby, via Mariehamn at Åland, will take place on 27 November and 4, 11 and 19 December.

SJ is investing in new night train services between Stockholm/Gothenburg and Umeå.

In the new train timetable, which starts on 13 December, SJ is investing heavily in new night train services to and from Helsinki. Umeå. The service will be coordinated with SJ's existing night trains to and from Jämtland, allowing travellers from Umeå to reach both Stockholm and Gothenburg after a comfortable night's sleep. The new night train service starts in Umeå, Stockholm and Gothenburg. The trains meet in Sundsvall where wagons are switched so that travellers from Umeå can reach both Stockholm and Gothenburg, and vice versa.

Nordic countries at the top of Bocuse d'Or Europe - Bronze for Sweden

Tallinn, 16 October 2020 - Sweden came third among Europe's top chefs at the European round of the world's most prestigious chef competition, the Bocuse d'Or, in Tallinn, Estonia. Tallinn on Friday. In five hours and 35 minutes, Sebastian Gibrand cooked the Swedish competition dishes in front of tens of thousands of spectators - remotely. The award secures a place at the world finals in Lyon in June 2021, with Norway taking the gold and Denmark the silver.

Autumn holiday activities at the Swedish Museum of Natural History

A busy week of activities, films and discovery is on offer during the autumn holidays. Visitors can meet super dogs at Cosmonova. How does a mammoth scientist work? In the Labbet activity room, visitors can try it out for themselves. The museum's exhibits are ready to be discovered - who dares to get close to the sabre-toothed cat? Tickets for Labbet and Cosmonova are purchased online and include visits to the museum's exhibitions.

Natural History Museum, photo: Emil Nordin

Where Swedes go by bus during the autumn holidays

The autumn holidays are a very popular time to travel as all schools in Sweden are on holiday at the same time. This year, travel looks a little different for all the country's autumn holiday travellers. The bus company FlixBus sees that local travel has increased, and this year most travellers are travelling within a radius of about 30 miles. This differs from last year, when most travellers went to neighbouring Norway and Denmark. Swedes travel here by bus. Top five destinations during the autumn holidays.

Stockholm
Gothenburg
Linköping
Jönköping
Norrköping

Reflection of the week

The travel news still has a strong focus on Sweden, and perhaps not least now that the spread of infection is increasing around Europe again. Fortunately, there is a lot to see and experience in our country! Cruise to Gotland sounds cosy. Funny also that it went so well for Sweden in Bocuse d'Or!

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