Explore this capital city in an environmentally friendly fashion - by walking! Start your city walk at the Stockholm Stock Exchange, located in the old town section of Stockholm. The building is owned by the Swedish Academy and is the site of the yearly announcement of the winner of the Nobel Price for Literature. Continue on to see the Stockholm Palace, first built in the 13th century as a fortress, it is now the private residence of the Swedish royal family.

 Built in the 1600s by Dutch master shipwright Henrik Hybertsson and his business partner, Arendt de Groote, the Vasa was one of the most powerful warships to sail the Baltic. When fully outfitted with ten sails, 64 cannons, 120 tons of ballast and hundreds of sculptures the ship weighed over 1200 tons. The maiden voyage of the sea beast would be its last; after making it less than a mile and still in sight of the shipyard, it leaned onto its portside, filled with water, and sank. In September of 1956, navy salvage divers discovered the impeccably preserved warship but it wasn’t until April 1961 that the Vasa would reappear from its resting place of 333 years.

Tour the Temppeliaukio Church, an oddly shaped round structure that was built into rock and fitted with a glazed dome roof to allow natural sunlight in. Then visit City Museum to learn about the history of the city and see Finland’s Parliament House.

Your tour director will show you the vibrant seaside city of Helsinki, complete with beautiful islands and vast green parks. The University of Helsinki's campus offers ample opportunities for every visitor to see, hear and experience the research that is being conducted by the students and faculty. Uspenski Cathedral is the largest Eastern Orthodox church in western Europe. The cathedral is dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (the death of the Virgin Mary). The exterior, while moderately decorated, is still striking with its deep-red brick walls and green-gold onion domes. The interior starkly contrasts the exterior, richly adorned with chandeliers and an immense gold altarpiece. Shop like a local at Old Market Hall where the merchants sell everything from cheese, fish, vegetables, fruit, cakes, spices, souvenirs and more.

Take a tour of the capital city of Estonia on the banks of the Gulf of Finland. Walk through over 850 years of history in the narrow cobbled streets, old stone walls and towers of Tallinn’s Old Town and see the best preserved medieval town hall in Northern Europe.