Not everyone has a gift for photography or is able to travel to Scandinavia and its beautiful destinations. So how can you enjoy Scandinavia from your home? Easy. There are beautiful art prints and photographies from Scandinavia available online. I'm currently looking at them to pick a nice set of three poster prints for our living room and they have a good selection in various sizes.

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Each summer, the Karlshamn Baltic Festival - Östersjöfestivalen in Swedish - attracts performers and artists from the regions around the Baltic Sea. During this time in July, Karlshamn's streets are full with musicians offering great music that can fit anyone's taste (jazz, blues, rock, even latin-american music!). In 2009, it takes place July 15-18. More about this interesting festival here.

Countless beaches are located around the city of Stavanger. This is the area where you will find many white, sandy beaches in Norway - most within a 15-40 minute drive. To get there, just follow roads 509, 507 or 44 towards the coast. That will lead you from Stavanger past several beaches, so you can pick your favorite. More about the best beaches in Norway...

Photo Courtesy of Kurt Hamann/Innovation Norway

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The Stockholm Jazz Festival is coming near, taking place July 15 - 19 in the Swedish capital.

Just head over to the island of Skeppsholmen in Stockholm and enjoy the jazz music program running from early afternoon until midnight (at least). There is a wide variety of international artists lined up for this year's festival, and tickets for the Stockholm Jazz Festival can be reserved online.

Many travelers, especially ones on their first vacation in the beautiful Scandinavian countries, have a hard time trying to figure out a nice route that can offer beautiful landscapes along with major cities. And that's quite understandable, if you look at driving distances in Scandinavia. Fortunately, there are two great articles that can help you with that daunting task:

• Scandinavia: Tour Suggestions (3-20 Days) - This travel article is very useful if you have a certain amount of time for your tour - whether by car or rail - and want to visit the "must-see" destinations. The route itinerary suggestion here is customized by the length of time you can spend on your Scandinavia tour and includes city travel guides and attractions. It works great for traveling by car or train.
• Scandinavia Suggested Itinerary - If you have time for a nice detour to Finland, take a look at this tour suggestion created by James Martin, Guide to Europe for Visitors. He includes a trip to Finland by taking a 14-hour ferry across the Baltic Sea to Finland's capital Helsinki. James' tour ideas take you to the capitals of Scandinavia as well, and he recommends spending at least 3 days in each city to fully enjoy the Scandinavian atmosphere.

What kind of train ticket you purchase depends on several factors. Are you traveling on a commuter train in a city, or are you traveling to another city? For short distances, the automated machines in the local train station determine your type of ticket and ticket price automatically.

If you want to take the train from one country to another, you should get your ticket before you visit Scandinavia - through the EUrail Pass program, which offers flexible ticketing and online reservations in advance.

In-Depth Tips:

• Train Travel in Scandinavia
• Train Travel Around the World
• Ferries in Scandinavia

To get from Stockholm to Helsinki and back, travelers have a couple of transportation options. Each choice has pros and cons, though, so find out which way is best for you to travel between Stockholm and Helsinki...with the help of our new article about how to get from Stockholm to Helsinki.

Photo courtesy of K. Kataila. Visit Finland.

Viator.com currently offers 30-40% off all tours in Iceland for the summer of 2009, letting travelers choose from almost 30 different Iceland tours in all lengths and price ranges (like the Blue Lagoon tour for $28 now...my favorite deal of the week, so to speak).

Just book and travel between June 06 and August 31, 2009 on Viator.com in the currency of your choice.

BedandBreakfast.com is having their biggest sale ever, offering $100 off of online reservations this summer. The promotional discount on BedandBreakfast.com expires July 6th. Travelers get up to $100 off like this:

• Book a 2 or more night stay at any online reservation property on our site.
• Enter promo code BBSIZZLE100 into the "Reward Code" box.
• You'll get $50 off for a two night stay, $75 off for a three night stay and $100 for a stay of four or more nights.

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Mark your calendars from July 1-5, for this year's Stockholm Summer Games! This ever-growing attraction has become a very popular annual sports event for youngsters in Stockholm. Visitors can watch exciting soccer games, competitions in swimming, wrestling, beach volleyball, streetbasket, minigolf ...and even armwrestling! There are also competitions in archery, trampoline, and even inline skating.

Find out more about this annual event in the travel profile The Stockholm Summer Games. Participants are given many opportunities for local sightseeing, both guided and unguided.