Swedish Cross Cut [antikvár]

These pictures show the harbours at either end of the Gota Canal—Stockholm and Gothenburg, left, the berth for canal boats in Stockholm is at Riddarholm Quay in the heart of the city. above, Gothenburg Harbour, one of the largest in Scandinavia. Passengers usually start their trip up the canal from here. introduction This book is about one of Europe's major navigations—Sweden's charming Blue Ribbon which crosses the country from its main port, Gothenburg, on the west to its capital, Stockholm, on the east. But, as its title indicates, the guide is intended to be more than a description of the Gota Canal route itself. It is a guide to Sweden-as-seen-from-the-waterway so that voyagers along it, whether travelling in their own craft or in one of the passenger steamers, may understand from the part something of the whole. The book will therefore digress now and then. A timber bell-tower will provide the excuse for saying something about Swedish bell-towers in