As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands.hips sailed from Amsterdam to the Baltic Sea, North America, and Africa, as well as present-day Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, and Brazil, forming the basis of a worldwide trading network. Amsterdam's merchants had the largest share in both the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company.
1 Sweden is the 3rd largest EU country in land area, after France and Spain. 2  Sweden is one of the homelands of the Germanic ethnicity and culture. 3  The Goths, the Suevirs and the Norses (Vikings) all trace their origin back to Sweden (as well as Norway and Denmark for the latter).
This North European country can not boast with world's most impressive man-made or natural attractions, but it has a bit of everything. Among the wealth of this heritage somewhat more impressive are: Megaliths, runestones and prehistoric settlements. Sweden has high diversity of archaeological monuments. Many are of international interest - such as RÃ¶k runestone, Eketorp and Ismantorp fortress, the gargantuan Askeberga stone ship and many others. Historical towns and cities. Sweden has several very interesting historical towns, such as Falun, Old Stockholm (Gamla stan). Very special is Visby - well preserved medieval trade metropolis of Baltic sea. Natural landmarks HÃ¤llingsÃ¥n canyon with HÃ¤llingsÃ¥fallet in the forefront / Sjoge, Wikimedia Commons / public domain Waterfalls. HÃ¤llingsÃ¥n canyon - JÃ¤mtland.