Gota lot to offer: Exploring the tranquil glories of Sweden on a luxury canal cruise By NICK BOULOS Published: 15:02 EDT, 29 March 2013 | Updated: 15:02 EDT, 29 March 2013 ...

The Gota Canal has history at every turn, but is arguably at its most interesting in Birka, a community that, founded in the eighth century, would go on to become the first town in Sweden.

On the Gota Canal, Sweden-In these days of Concorde planes and bullet trains, it`s nice to occasionally move out of the fast lane. Consider, for instance, a cruise on the Gota Canal, Sweden`s own ...

Sweden’s West Coast can also be explored on a new two-night sailing on MS Juno’s sister vessel, MS Wilhelm Tham, a converted 1900 steamship. More: gotakanal.se/en/.

Construction on the Gota Canal began in 1810, and for 22 years, 58,000 men toiled 12 hours a day, six days a week, with little more than simple hand tools to remove the equivalent of a bank 16 ...

Mostly dug by hand from 1809 to 1832 by 58,000 soldiers, the 190-kilometer Gota Canal is Sweden's largest building project, the company said.

Cruising leisurely along the locks and lakes of Sweden’s Gota Canal is a journey many Australians have taken to their hearts, with Scandinavian specialist, MyPlanet, announcing a record year in ...

When Thomas Cook & Co in London collaborated with the Gota Canal Steamship Company in 1876, their posters and brochures in 16 languages put Sweden on the international tourist map.