Nordic countries Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic
About Nordic countries
See also:Ice Age traces The Nordic countries were covered by ice during the last ice age, until 10,000BC. The ice has set its mark on the scenery. The Earth's crust was pushed down, and is still rising in modern times, up to one centimetre each year in he Kvarken region of Sweden and Finland. The post-glacial rebound constantly moves the coastline; most modern settlements and farmlands in Sweden and Finland were navigable sea a few thousand years, or even less than 1,000 years ago. The movement is enough for old people to remember a different shoreline. The ice has set other traces in the scenery, such as enormous rocks in otherwise flat terrain and sandy terraces a hundred metre high at some valley mouths. Thefjords of Norwaywere also created by glacial erosion, though at a longer time sc
Top Attractions in Nordic countries
Explore the best things to see and do in Nordic countries:
- ★G! Festival
- ★Hove
- ★Iceland Airwaves
- ★Øya
- ★Roskilde Festival
- ★Ruisrock
- ★Skanderborg Festival
- ★Sweden Rock Festival
Nordic countries Travel Guide Sections
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