Thursday, 16 January 2014

Going on an exciting trip!

I have been told that I am going on a trip soon. I am to visit Aunt Karen's friend in Göteborg, Sweden. I am looking forward to this trip. I don't know that much about Sweden. However I have been told the following ten facts about Sweden
  1. The population of Sweden is 9.2 million. The urban population of Sweden is almost 85 %.
  2. A popular souvenir is the road sign for moose-crossing. Every year a huge number of these signs are stolen from Swedish roads.
  3. Between 1850 and 1910 more than one million Swedes migrated to the USA.
  4. The Nobel Prize Ceremonies are held in Sweden and Norway every year on December 10th.
  5. IKEA and H&M are both modern Swedish retail shops.
  6. On an average, Swedish women have their first child at 30 years.
  7. Sweden has the highest number of McDonald restaurants, per capita, in Europe.
  8. The first ice hotel of the world was built near the village of Jukkasjärvi, in Kiruna district of Sweden.
  9. The largest shopping mall of Europe is ‘Nordstan’, in Gothenburg.
  10. Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden.

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