If winter is your jam, you’ll love Sweden.
After you’ve exhausted yourself with skiing, sledding, and snowboarding, you’ll be dazzled by the light displays of the Swedish Lapland. Sip a hot chocolate or something stronger and enjoy.
Visit Sweden notes that “the Sami – the indigenous people of Sweden – believed the lights were the souls of the dead. You weren’t to dance, sing, or whistle at them for fear they would feel disrespected and the lights would dip down and carry you off to the afterlife. The Vikings on the other hand, thought that the northern lights were the Valkyries taking fallen soldiers to meet Odin, their chief god.”
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