Gay glossy Out Traveler editors
on Monday named Sweden its best international destination of 2013;
second place went to Spain.
Editors crowed about Sweden, saying
that the nation has “LGBT travelers enthralled,” and cheered its
capital city of Stockholm as a “cosmopolitan, hipster paradise with
almost all of the pleasures that larger European cities like London
and Paris offer.”
“But Sweden's wonders aren't limited
to SoFo, Old Town, or any of Stockholm's diverse neighborhoods:
there's the legendary Ice Hotel near the Arctic Circle, where guests
sleep on blocks of frozen water, and the Kolmarden zoo, the largest
wildlife park in Scandinavia,” editors
Out Traveler also noted that
Sweden has marriage equality and Stockholm has an ABBA museum and a
gay-themed Christmas celebration.