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The main international airport is Arlanda, half an hour's bus ride north of Stockholm. There are daily services to and from most European capitals. Most flights from North American and Asian centres fly through Copenhagen where you may have to change planes. An airport departure tax of Skr95 is included in ticket prices. Buses and trains link up with ferries to provide services to and from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany, Poland, Estonia and the UK. Swedish ports of entry include Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Malmö and Stockholm, although ferries from northwest Finland head straight for Umeå and Skellefteå in northern Sweden and services to Germany leave from Trelleborg.

Currency: Swedish krona (Skr)

• Budget meal: US$5-7

• Moderate meal: US$8-15

• Top-end restaurant meal: US$15+
  
  

• Budget bed: US$10-20

• Moderate room: US$25-75

• Top-end hotel: US$100+

Sweden is fairly expensive and you can easily spend your money quickly, so it pays to plan your trip carefully. The cheapest way to visit is to camp in the woods for free, eat supermarket food and hitchhike along the roads - this will cost under US$10 per day. If you stay in commercial campgrounds and prepare most of your own meals, you can squeak by on US$25 per person per day. During the low-price summer period, if you stay in a mid-range hotel and eat moderately priced meals, expect to drop over US$50 per day, or closer to US$100 per day if you're traveling solo.