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Sweden ports

Sweden presents visitors with an abundance of riches, everything from sophisticated cities to medieval towns and Europe's last untamed wilderness. Roughly the size of California, Sweden borders Finland to its northeast and Norway to its west. At the northern end is the Arctic Circle, with the Baltic Sea in the south. The south is where most of the population and cities are located, with much of the north uninhabited. Known for its warm summers and bitterly cold winters, Sweden is a land of lakes and forests, mountains and meadows. Space characterizes Sweden's vast forests, mountains, and national parks. Sometimes you can travel for miles without encountering another soul.

Stockholm boasts 24,000 islands, skerries and islets and has always been an important port. It is strategically located, offering easy access to the sea and the waterways of the Stockholm archipelago. Nowadays it is a business hub for the entire Baltic region, and offers regular ferry connections to Finland, Latvia and Estonia.

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Silja Line operates a ferry service to Helsinki in Finland daily, calling enroute at Mariehamn of the Åland Islands. The total journey time is 20 hours. Another port in Finland, Turku, is also serviced, with the service also stopping at the Åland Islands en-route. Totally journey time is 12 hours to reach Stockholm. The ferry sometimes docks at Kapellskär instead of Stockholm, but there is an easy bus connection to Stockholm. SeaWind Line Ferries also offers a daily connection to Finland on the Stockholm-Åland-Turku route, with an overnight journey time of 12 hours. Viking Line also have a ferry connection to Helsinki, stopping en-route at Mariehamn. The journey time is 16 hours and departures are once daily. A second route is serviced from Turku to Stockholm, with a journey time of 10 hours, twice daily. This service stops en-route at Mariehman and Långnäs.
Riga Sea Line services one route, a roundtrip service to Riga in Latvia. This service is available every Monday and Wednesday, with two additional sailings on every even week on Friday and Saturday. The journey time is 17 hours.

Tallink connects Stockholm with Tallinn in Estonia. Crossings take 14 hours, with one daily sailing all year round. During the summer months, the vessel stops en-route at Marienhamn.

The Port of Gothenburg (Göteborg) is located on the west coast and is Sweden's second largest city. Stena Lines operates sailings to Frederikshavn in Denmark, a route that is covered between seven and ten times daily by conventional ferry (three hours and 45 minutes) and high-speed ferries (two hours). There is also a daily service to Kiel in Germany, with a journey time of 13 hours. DFDS Seaways offers a Gothenburg-Kristiansand-Newcastle sailing, which takes 26 hours and departs twice a week. This service caters to passengers, vehicles and cargo.

Karlskrona is beautifully located on 33 islands and islets on the southeastern tip of Sweden. Stena Line Poland offers a crossing to Gdynia in Poland. There are twice-daily sailings except on Monday and Friday, when there is only one sailing. Most of the sailings are overnight, arriving in Gdynia the following morning, with a crossing time of between 10 and 12 hours.