322a Stones of England; Stockholm Al Fresco, The Finnish Sauna
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.5 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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A guide shows us how to enjoy the Swedish capital al fresco, where the locals make it a priority to get outdoors, any time of year. We'll also explore the mysteries of the ancient stone circles and prehistoric monuments of England. And we'll hear how taking a sauna is an important part of life in Finland.
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| 0:00.0 | They're older than the pyramids and the standing stones and stone circles that |
| 0:04.4 | guard the landscape of Britain remain an unsolved mystery. |
| 0:07.8 | How did these people with the Stone Age culture, what engineering methods did they have? |
| 0:12.4 | A, to get the stones there, B to get them erected, |
| 0:15.0 | and then of course why. |
| 0:17.0 | Coming up today on Travel with Rick Steve's, an expert in prehistoric England tells us how to take a closer look at the Sistine Chapel of the Stone Age. Ina of Europe's best open-air folk museums. It is like a miniature Sweden, original buildings from all over the country that have been moved |
| 0:38.3 | log by log, so it's not pretend it's real buildings from seven centuries. |
| 0:43.4 | But the favorite part of any building in Finland is the sauna. |
| 0:46.8 | There is an expression in Finland. |
| 0:48.8 | First build the sauna, then build the house. |
| 0:52.4 | Explore ancient England, modern Stockholm. Sonna, then build the house. |
| 0:52.8 | Explore ancient England, modern Stockholm, and the Sonas of Finland. |
| 0:56.8 | It's coming right up on Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:00.1 | It's one of the most charming and inviting capital cities in Europe. |
| 1:03.0 | Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Today's Stockholm integrates its many islands and forested lands by design |
| 1:09.0 | into a clean and efficient cityscape where you don't have to leave town to catch the fish |
| 1:13.7 | you'll have for dinner. We'll get a guided walk around one of Northern Europe's |
| 1:17.7 | most people-friendly cities in just a bit on Travel with Rick Steves. But if you like a good mystery, |
| 1:24.0 | I recommend you explore the English countryside. |
| 1:27.0 | Walk around an ancient stone circle all alone in a field, |
| 1:30.0 | or get up close to a collection of massive standing stones that were erected in prehistoric times, |
| 1:36.0 | and you'll know there's still a lot more to learn about the ground you're walking on, |
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