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Sweden does get colder in the northern regions, however--and with good
reason. As the third largest country in Europe (at more than 170,000 sq.mi/
450,000 sq.km), Sweden covers a lot of ground. From north to south it stretches
nearly one thousand miles, about the same distance that separates Miami
from New York City! And fully half of that vast expanse is still covered
by beautiful forest.
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People
often equate Sweden with the North Pole. For many, it's a place where polar
bears paw their way through the streets and people go around dressed like
eskimos. It would be a lie to say that it can't get cold here in the winter,
but Sweden is nowhere near THAT cold. In fact, one is just as likely to
see camels in the streets of Stockholm, which is as close to the Sahara
Desert as it is to the North Pole.