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Seven hours. Two to five daily. Car and up to five passengers Trelleborg-Rostock
Skr490, Trelleborg-Travemünde Skr790. Berths are compulsory on night crossings.
Norway
There's a daily overnight DFDS Seaways ( 031-65 06 80; www.dfdsseaways.com ) ferry
between Copenhagen and Oslo (from €109 per passenger plus €83 per vehicle), via
Helsingborg. Passenger fares between Helsingborg and Oslo (14 hours) cost from
Skr1100, and cars Skr475, but the journey can't be booked online; you'll need to call.
A Color Line ( 0526-620 00; www.colorline.com ) ferry between Strömstad and Sandefjord
(Norway) sails two to six times daily (2½ hours) year-round. Tickets cost from €19; rail-pass
holders get a 50% discount.
GETTING AROUND
Public transport is heavily subsidised and well organised. It's divided into 24 länstrafik (re-
gional networks) , but with an overarching Resplus ( www.samtrafiken.se ) system, where one
ticket is valid on trains and buses. Timetables are available online.
Air
Airlines in Sweden
Domestic airlines in Sweden tend to use Stockholm Arlanda as a hub, but there are 30-odd
regional airports. Flying domestic is expensive on full-price tickets, but discounts are avail-
able on internet bookings, student and youth fares, off-peak travel, return tickets booked in
advance, and low-price tickets for accompanying family members and seniors.
The following is a selection of Sweden's internal flight operators and the destinations they
cover.
Malmö Aviation ( 040-660 28 20; www.malmoaviation.se ) Göteborg, Stockholm, Malmö,
Östersund, Halmstad, Kalmar, Ronneby, Sundsvall, Visby, Växjö, Ängelholm and Umeå.
SAS ( 0770-72 77 27; www.flysas.com ) Arvidsjaur, Borlänge, Gällivare, Göteborg,
Halmstad, Ängelholm-Helsingborg, Hemavan, Hultsfred, Jönköping, Kalmar, Karlstad,
Kiruna, Kramfors, Kristianstad, Linköping, Luleå, Lycksele, Malmö, Mora, Norrköping, Os-
karshamn, Oskersund, Skellefteå, Stockholm, Storuman, Sundsvall, Sveg, Torsby, Trollhät-
tan, Umeå, Vilhelmina, Visby, Västerås, Örebro and Örnsköldsvik.
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