The Finnish capital is made up of the Vironniemi peninsula and 315 islands. Its origins go back to 1550, when King Gustav I of Sweden established a trading town to rival modern-day Tallinn. It has close historical ties not…
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The Danish capital is made up of the Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 443 islands. Its origins go back as far back as the 11th century, when it was a Viking fishing village. Nowadays, it’s the center of…
The Swedish capital is actually an archipelago of fourteen islands, that has been settled since the 6th millennium BC. Although its location has appeared in Norse sagas, its current name was first mentioned in 1252. Nowadays, it’s the center…
