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TUI launches Singapore
With an ever-expanding range of destinations, TUI now offers over 100 destinations worldwide. One of the new destinations for Swedish travellers this autumn is Singapore. Singapore is best known for its diverse culture, modern architecture and vast culinary offerings. The small nation, only half the size of Öland, is a melting pot of Chinese, Indian and Malaysian traditions.
Three new restaurants have opened at Arlanda Airport
In October, three new restaurants opened at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. An Italian restaurant, a bar with local produce and a café with a focus on organic and genuine pastries. Here are the new units at Arlanda:
- Barino Italian Cuisine, Arlanda SkyCity
- 60° Bar & Brewery, Arlanda Terminal 5
- RC Café & Pâtisserie, Arlanda Terminal 5
Vemdalen ranks among the world's top 20 in Savills Ski Resilience Index
Vemdalen has been ranked twentieth among the world's ski resorts with the greatest resilience to climate change. The Savills Ski Resilience Index ranks 62 ski resorts worldwide based on five criteria to measure their quality, reliability and resilience to climate change. Vemdalen is ranked highest among the Scandinavian ski resorts, followed by Hemsedal (22), Åre (24) and Trysil (31). The list is topped by Aspen in the US.
Saga Christmas at Kolmården is back
On 2 December, Kolmården once again opens its doors to a sparkling, magical winter world full of Christmas spirit and adventure - for both young and old. Children can meet Santa Claus, visit Santa's workshop and visit Bamse in his Christmas-decorated Småköping, where there is a large skating rink. Sagojul at Kolmården is open on Saturdays and Sundays, 2-17 December and during the holidays 27-31 December.
Tyrol's Christmas table celebrates 40 years
Tyrol's Christmas table, at Gröna Lund, has started for the 40th year in a row. The 40th anniversary is celebrated with the reintroduction of some classic dishes in a modern style, including wild duck ballotine with cranberry sauce and ripple pâté with black trumpet mushrooms. In keeping with the 40-year tradition, there are also classics with northern flavours such as bear meatballs, souvash-baked salmon and field berry ice cream.
Vagabond invites you to a meeting on train holidays
Swedes' growing interest in train travel has led to a boom in interrail passes and winter departures that are selling out at record speed. Vagabond, which once started as a train travel magazine, is organising a train travel event at Stockholm Central Station on 1 December. The Vagabond editorial team will be there all day, including train holiday expert Per J Andersson, to talk travel and answer questions. There are also representatives from Snälltåget, SJ, Europarunt, Vy, the German Tourist Board and the Swiss Tourist Board.
Reflection of the week
Train holidays may not have become as popular among Swedes as some had hoped, but there is interest. Trains are not only a sustainable option, but also a pleasant way to travel, often with beautiful views and the opportunity to read or make new friends. Do you like travelling by train?
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Ditte says:
Thank you for this week's news! I have travelled by train a lot in my life, both in Europe and around the world. But unfortunately, I am not now directly positive about travelling by train in Sweden. Here it is very uncertain if the trains are running and in the summer time trains are replaced by buses on several routes. And it wasn't the bus I wanted to take.
Trains in Finland, Denmark and Norway work well, so perhaps Sweden can copy how they make it work.
Just taking the train to and from Uppsala means uncertainty. Feel that Mälartåg and MTR work much better than SJ.
But trains are a good idea. Absolutely. And with functioning trains, it would be perfect. So the fact that the interest in train travel is not as great as desired probably has its explanation. (In four out of five train journeys this summer, we got it "wrong" with delays and cancelled departures).
27 November 2023 - 11:36
Anna Nilsson Spets says:
In Belgium I like travelling by train because the traffic is disgusting. During the covid... well, the state was supposed to revitalise the population and gave away free train tickets, which was not exactly smart as we were in lockdown and had to avoid people. The train network here is very good and it works except when there is a strike and that is quite often.
27 November 2023 - 17:44