To really enjoy the intricate Scandinavian coastline, you can't beat sailing.

This is small kind of fjords that you go through, small canals, a lot of small wooden houses

in different colors and it's really beautiful, really scenic.

Coming up a tour guide from Oslo takes us out for a spin.

If you prefer dry land, guides from Holland recommend easy bicycle routes

through farmland and cities that can take you all the way to Amsterdam.

If you're really into cycling, what you should do is start in a hike

and cycle right past the coast of North Sea, up north to Harlem and maybe even further.

Plus, Robert McFarlane helps us explore the underland beneath your feet

from caves to quarries and even the deep blue recesses of a glacier.

And you're going backwards in time as you go downwards in space.

You're going into the history of the glacier.

You're going into the ancient past of the earth.

It's just a hint of travel with Rick Steves. Come along.

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My favorite experiences, sights and encounters in a hundred essays.

If you love Europe too, this is four decades of greatest hits in 400 pages

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You might expect someone who spends time in caves and ravines to be a man of few words.

But as a teacher of literature and environmental humanities at Cambridge,

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