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Malmö Aviation (airline code TF; 040-660 29 00; www.malmoaviation.se) Hub: Stockholm Bromma. Covers Göteborg, Stockholm and Umeå.
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS; airline code SK; 0770-72 77 27; www.flysas.com) Hub: Stockholm-Arlanda. Covers Arvidsjaur, Borlänge, Gällivare, Göteborg, Halmstad, Ängelholm-Helsingborg, Hemavan, Hultsfred, Jönköping, Kalmar, Karlstad, Kiruna, Kramfors, Kristianstad, Linköping, Luleå, Lycksele, Norrköping, Malmö, Mora, Örnsköldsvik, Oskarshamn, Oskersund, Skellefteå, Stockholm, Storuman, Sundsvall, Sveg, Torsby, Trollhättan, Umeå, Vilhelmina, Visby, Västerås and Örebro.
Skyways (airline code JZ; 0771 95 95 00; www.skyways.se) Hub: Stockholm-Arlanda. Covers Arvidsjaur, Borlänge, Göteborg, Halmstad, Hemavan, Jönköping, Karlstad, Kramfors, Kristianstad, Linköping, Lycksele, Norrköping, Mora, Skellefteå, Stockholm, Storuman, Sundsvall, Trollhättan, Vilhelmina, Visby and Örebro.
Air Passes
Visitors who fly SAS to Sweden from Continental Europe, North America or Asia can buy tickets on a Visit Scandinavia Air Pass, allowing one-way travel on direct flights between any two Scandinavian cities serviced by SAS, Skyways and other operators. When you buy your international ticket, you buy up to eight coupons, each of which can be used on one domestic flight and is valid for three months. A coupon for use within Sweden costs €69 (except the Stockholm–Kiruna, which is €122); international flights between Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland cost €80. They can be purchased after arriving in Sweden if you have a return SAS international ticket. For the latest information, call SAS or check their website.
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BICYCLE
Cycling is an excellent way to see Sweden and a very common mode of transport for Swedes. Most towns have separate lanes and traffic signals for cyclists. For more information Click here.
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BOAT
Canal Boat
The canals provide cross-country routes linking the main lakes. The longest cruises, on the Göta Canal from Söderköping (south of Stockholm) to Göteborg, run from mid-May to mid-September, take at least four days and include the lakes in between.
Rederiaktiebolaget Göta Kanal (031-15 83 11; www.gotacanal.se) operates three ships over the whole distance with fares from ranging from Skr9425 to Skr17,825 for a four-day cruise, including full board and guided excursions. For shorter, cheaper trips on the canal, contact tourist offices in the area.
Ferry
An extensive boat network and the 16-day Båtluffarkortet boat passes (Skr340, plus a Skr40 supplement for first-time buyers) open up the attractive Stockholm archipelago (Click here). Gotland is served by regular ferries (Click here) from Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn, and the quaint fishing villages off the west coast can normally be reached by boat with a regional transport pass – enquire at the Göteborg tourist offices Click here.
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BUS
You can travel by bus in Sweden on any of the 24 good-value and extensive länstrafik networks (contact details are given at the beginning of each chapter) or on national long-distance routes.
Express Buses
Swebus Express (0200-21 82 18; www.swebusexpress.se) has the largest network of express buses, but they only serve the southern half of the country (as far north as Mora in Dalarna). Svenska Buss (0771-67 67 67; www.svenskabuss.se, in Swedish) and Säfflebussen (0771-15 15 15; www.safflebussen.se, in Swedish, Danish & Norwegian) also connect many southern towns and cities with