The most beautiful cities in Sweden

Sweden is a country of rare beauty, even amid its starkest northern landscapes. Its cities and towns testify to 1000 years of urban life, but there are precious places offering glimpses into even older traditions of human settlement.

Time

Sweden is in the Central European Time (CET) zone, one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT – also referred to as Coordinated Universal Time or UTC). This agrees with neighbouring Denmark, Norway, Germany and Poland, but Finland and the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are one hour ahead.

Times in public areas such as transport timetables are given according to the 24-hour clock, although opening times for cultural or tourist attractions, when expressed in English, are usually given as am or pm.

Opening hours in Raven Guides are abbreviated thus: M-F 9-17 (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday), M-Sa 10 to 16.30 (10am to 4.30pm Monday to Saturday), Tu-Su 17-1 (5pm to 1am Tuesday to Sunday and closing 1am Monday).

Summer time

Daylight saving or summer time, which advances clocks one hour, operates half the year for the whole CET zone, beginning after midnight on the last Sunday in March and ending after midnight on the last Sunday in October.

Time zones

When on CET adjust for the following world cities:

Auckland/Wellington +11 hours
Sydney/Melbourne +9 hours
Hong Kong +7 hours
Singapore/Kuala Lumpur +6 hours
New Delhi +4.5 hours
Johannesburg +1 hour
Jerusalem +1 hour
London/Dublin -1 hour
New York/Miami -6 hours
Chicago -7 hours
Los Angeles -9 hours