829 Packing Light; Sweden Beyond Stockholm; Check-In
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.5 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
One of Rick's longtime cohorts shares her road-tested advice on what you need — and don't need — to put in your suitcase for a successful overseas trip. Then a brother-and-sister pair of Swedish tour guides share their picks for places to explore beyond Stockholm, from easy day trips to coastal wilderness adventures. Plus, listeners chat with Rick about what made their recent travels feel special.
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| 0:00.0 | If you get nervous about what to take with you on vacation, you're not alone. |
| 0:06.1 | Packing anxiety is a real thing, and even I struggle with it. |
| 0:09.7 | Coming up, we'll get time-honored tips from a frequent traveler for flying with just one |
| 0:14.7 | regulation-sized carry-on suitcase. |
| 0:17.1 | The three Ls are my secret for packing light, and they are layering, lists, and laundry. |
| 0:22.2 | Tour guides from Sweden reveal what kinds of adventures they enjoy most in their country. |
| 0:27.4 | Sailing between islands to summer festivals and parties, that's high on the list. |
| 0:31.8 | We are boat lovers of Scandinavians, but we also love our seafood. |
| 0:36.8 | Jumping from boat to boat, sharing your food, swimming together, |
| 0:41.0 | and it's a brilliant way to have a community. |
| 0:43.5 | Plus listeners share highlights from their recent European travels |
| 0:46.5 | with advice to help you experience the places you want to visit. |
| 0:50.3 | We're here each week to get you ready for memorable adventures, |
| 0:53.3 | so stick around for the hour ahead. |
| 0:55.0 | It's Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:00.3 | You could call Stockholm the grandest capital in all of Scandinavia. |
| 1:05.1 | But for a country as big as California, there is a lot more to explore in Sweden. |
| 1:10.7 | Coming up, a pair of sibling tour guides recommend their favorite ways to get away into |
| 1:15.6 | the Swedish countryside. |
| 1:16.6 | And our Travel with Rick Steve's listeners report in on their travels to Europe to encourage |
| 1:21.6 | the rest of us to make good plans also. |
| 1:24.6 | Let's start with packing light, so you're ready to fly comfortably and efficiently |
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