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spöet (ideott). 367
By reason of the great length of the Swedish coastline and the numbers of
lakes and canals in the interior of the country, Steamboats form a very usual
and a very popular means of locomotion. Many steamer routes pass within the
belt of islands fringing the coast, and in those waters there is little danger of
sea-sickness being occasioned. As a general rule, Swedish steamboats are kept
in thoroughly good order, and though not particularly large they are often fitted
up with great comfort The Swedish navigators are deservedly renowned. There
is almost always a good refreshment department on board, with prices but little
exceeding those of the hotels. The table d’hdte system is customary.
In the large towns and the principal tourist resorts there are to be found
good, in some cases really first-class, hotels; at other places, too, there is
accommodation afforded of a kind to satisfy anyone who is not too exacting and can
adapt himself somewhat to the conditions of the country he is in. Rooms are
charged in the country districts at l"5o kronor to 3 kronor each per night.
In large towns prices range higher, but good accommodation can usually be obtained
for 3 or 4 kronor. Most hotels, besides sleeping accommodation, also provide board,
served in the dining-room or the café. (A krona = Tio shill. or 0’268 dollar).
The former is used for meals, usually three in the course of the day.
Breakfast, often a so-called coffee-breakfast (Kaffe-frukost), consisting of bread,
butter, eggs, cheese, pickled anchovies or Baltic herrings, and small slices of
tongue and other cold meats (price: about 1 krona). If a more substantial meal
is desired, or hot meat is preferred, orders can be given from the bill of fare.
Dinner is usually taken between the hours of 2 and 5, occasionally on the table
d’hfite plan but more often à la carte. Dinners at hotels in Sweden generally
make an ordinary dinner of two, three, or four courses, with or without
»Smörgåsbord» (see p. 155), according to taste. The Smörgåsbord is laid out where all
can get access to it, but it is possible to order the same dishes to be served as
a preliminary course at the small table where the dinner proper is eaten. The
customary drink, except on festive occasions, is beer. It is only at a very few
of the more luxurious houses that wine is expected to be taken. Supper includes,
as a rule, Smörgåsbord and one or two courses, to be ordered from the bill
of fare. — The café at the best restaurants is often very sumptuously furnished
and provided with a band, that plays in the afternoons and evenings; there, those
who feel so inclined indulge in coffee after dinner or supper, accompanied or not
by liqueurs, according to taste.
The most recently compiled and most detailed guide-book for tourists m
Sweden is that published by the Swedish Touring Club. The Swedish edition
is in 4 volumes, but more concise handbooks in one volume have been issued
for the use of foreigners in German (second edition) and in English (with Philip
and Son, Fleet Str., London), while one in French is in course of preparation.
There have also been issued serveral maps for tourists, those on a small scale
being of unequal merit. Those on a larger scale, indispensable for cyclists and
pedestrians, consist of the mapsheets published by the General Army Staff on
a scale of 1 : 100,000, at a price of 50 öre per sheet, and by the Norrbotten
Map Department, on a scale of 1 :200,000, sold at 1 krona per sheet.
Sport (Idrott).
Idrott (sport) is an old Swedish word, evidencing that sports were
in vogue amongst our people from time immemorial. In ancient times,
the Viking traveling from place to place conquering and colonizing
— attracted the attention of the world by his physical beauty, his
vigour and his sagacity. It was a custom with the inhabitants of the
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