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    Gröna Lund (category Operating amusement parks)
    Stockholm from the taller attractions. Since 2006, the park is owned by Parks & Resorts Scandinavia AB, which is wholly owned by the Tidstrand family, which...
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    April 2011. (subscription required) "Kolmården Zoo". parks-resorts.com. Parks and Resorts Scandinavia. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved...
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    Furuviksparken (category Amusement parks in Sweden)
    Municipality took over the park 1983, again sold to Tom Widorson in 2004, and in 2010 sold to the present owner, Parks & Resorts Scandinavia AB. The zoo attracted...
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    Skara Sommarland (category Amusement parks in Sweden)
    Sommarland is a summer park located 8 km east of Skara. It was founded in 1984 by Swedish entrepreneur Bert Karlsson. The park attracts 350,000 visitors...
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    England (1988), France (1990), Scandinavia (1992), Spain (1994) and the German Alley (1996). In 1991, for the first time the park counted over 2 million visitors...
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    intermodal passenger transport connections, park and ride facilities, campuses, resorts, and amusement parks. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of...
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    euros. In April 2008 Thomas Cook bought the luxury travel firm Elegant Resorts from its founders Geoff Moss and Barbara Catchpole for an undisclosed figure...
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    views and parks and dominated by the cathedral. The most outstanding building in Uppsala is the Domkyrka (Uppsala Cathedral), Scandinavia's largest church...
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    pronunciation: [ˈôːrɛ]) is a ski resort in Jämtland, Sweden, founded 115 years ago in 1909 and owned by SkiStar AB. The town of Åre is located in Åre...
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  • gin in the Netherlands, brandy (eau de vie) in France, and akvavit in Scandinavia. aquila non capit muscas an eagle does not catch flies Or, "a noble or...
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