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Slideshow: Fjallbacka and West Sweden

Slideshow: Fjallbacka and West Sweden

Fans of Scandinavian crime novels such as Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” might have already encountered new English translations of books by top-selling Swedish author Camilla Lackberg, a native of the fishing and holiday village of Fjallbacka, on the western Swedish coast, who sets her thrillers in her hometown and surrounding locales. [...]

RAILWAY & TRAINS

Gettin’ some gemutlichkeit: Day 2

Recently, treKKen’ headed overseas to southwestern Germany for a 10-day, culinary- and culture-themed trek from Mainz to Lake Constance, with stops in Freiburg, Stuttgart, Hohenzollern Castle and other towns, cities, vineyards and sightseeing spots well-known, and less so, across the Black Forest, the Schwabische Alb (Swabian Alps) and the states of Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Wurttemberg. [...]