Travel – Sweden: Ice pick

Now is the time to skate Stockholm’s archipelago, says Fraser Nelson

There are two times to visit Sweden: the height of summer or the depths of winter. If you have to choose, go now. Diving into the waters of Stockholm’s archipelago is a joy you can more or less imagine: skating across them, and having a snow barbecue afterwards, is something that has to be done to be believed.

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