Cruise through History – Itinerary XI Ports of the Baltic Sea, the fifth book in storybooks for travelers series, is a delightful romp through one fairytale city after another. These are stories of Viking kings and royal dynasties, competing for trade with the powerful Hanseatic League as they fought pirates and created the walled city of Tallinn and the European city of St. Petersburg. It is also a story of architects who designed Stockholm in the 18th century and Riga and Helsinki in the 19th century. Walk through Copenhagen with Hans Christian Anderson and explore the Hill of Witches in Klaipeda, Lithuania, where artists defied their Soviet overlords with hidden meaning in wooden statues crafted along a walk in the woods like no other.
Cruise through History takes readers beyond guide books to tell stories that make ports along a typical cruise itinerary so special and intriguing. Add depth and meaning to your travels, or just read the stories for all the interpersonal side of life your teachers never mentioned. Go into homes of historic celebrities to see what motivated their legacies on the landscape left for you to enjoy.
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Itinerary XI – Ports of the Baltic Sea
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Kings, Queens, Knights, Bishops and Vikings
Map
Timeline
Denmark
Copenhagen – Copenhagen’s Story
Copenhagen – Tivoli: Happiness Shared with the People
Copenhagen – Storytellers of Denmark
Copenhagen/ Helsingør – Holger Danske: Protector of Denmark
Helsingborg/ Helsingør – Hamlet in Helsingør
Fredericia – Harald Bluetooth Runes in Jelling
Skagen – Muse of the Plein Air Artists
Germany
Rostock/Warnemünde – Rostock of the Hanseatic League
Poland
Gdansk – The First 1000 Years: 997 to 1997
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
Tallinn, Riga and Klaipeda – Gems of the Baltic
Klaipeda – Lithuanian Wonder Tales
Riga – Riga Is Art Nouveau
Riga – Tales of Black Knights, Blackheads and Black Cats
Tallinn – A Tale of Two Towns
Russia
St. Petersburg – Peter I: First Emperor of Modern Russia
St. Petersburg – How Great Was Catherine?!
St. Petersburg – Alexander II and The Church on Spilt Blood
St. Petersburg – Iconic Russian Ballet
St. Petersburg – Hermitage of Russian Treasure
Finland
Helsinki – Helsinki by Design
Helsinki – In Defense of Helsinki
Sweden
Stockholm – City of the Vasa Kings
Stockholm – Operatic Life of Gustav III
Stockholm – Three Tessins Build a City
Stockholm – Nobel: Of Principles and Prizes
Karlskrona – A New Home for the Swedish Navy
Visby – Who Were the Vikings?
Norway
Oslo – Born of the Sea: Vikings, Fram and Kon-Tiki
Oslo – Vigeland’s Gift to Oslo
Oslo – Float through History Up the Oslofjord
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