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Sweden is a kingdom in Scandinavia, Northern Europe. Sweden bordering Norway and Finland and the Skagerrak, Kattegat, the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia. The capital of Sweden, Stockholm. Sweden has since 1995 member of the European Union. The longest river is the Klar Älv with a length of 720 kilometers to the Vänern. The largest waterfall is 34 meters high and sixty-metre wide Tannforsen in Jämtland. Sweden has 96,000 lakes (where Vänern, Vättermeer, Mälarmeer and Hjälmarmeer). The most famous national park is Abisko. In Stockholm, the sights: the Old Town (Gamla Stan) in Strömmen, the royal palace, the National Museum. Other sightseeing cities Malmo, Linköping, Gothenburg, Hälsingborg and Visby. At the resort Abisko begins the 393 kilometre long Kungsleden (Koningspad), representing a trail through Lapland.

Winter is a collective term for all types of sports that are on ice or snow. So skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, biathlon, skating, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey ga and so on. Skiing is ride on snow or a kunstskibaan using one or more "planks", skis, which at the feet (shoes) are confirmed *. That sounds more complicated than it is. Actually it's just the two battens down a mountainside. Snowboarding is a sport where you stand on a board with vastgemaakte shoes descends on a snowy mountainside or piste. The snowboarding was invented by a surfer, who thought you with a different kind of board like a wave of the mountain had to be. Actually there is only since the 70s. And you should see it now: it is hugely popular. Cross-country skiing is a sort of glide and anticipate slats. Or put it another way, skating on cross country skis. These are longer and thinner than skis used in skiing. In addition to the skis do you need sticks to you to continue. There are two different ways to cross-country skiing. You have the classic style, where you essentially marketing with the skis, supported by the poles. You 'runs' than with the skis. The "free style" similar to the schaatstechniek; you get sideways with, or sometimes without, poles. Cross-country skiing you can do on a trail, which is called a track. In the classical technique that two tracks. For the free style ga you have made a smooth trail. Biatlon is actually a kind of cross, which you must geweerschieten on a goal. At certain points on the trail the athlete must stop and shoot a goal. Do you target, that means you lose time, because usually there is an additional circle walked / geskate again for your mag.

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