Well, yes, I suppose there are even cheaper ways to travel \u2013 like buying your own donkey, but somehow I can\u2019t imagine it would work very well in a country like Sweden. Though again, you never know. I think a couple of years ago there was a guy who traveled across Scandinavia on a mule. Anyway\u2026 let\u2019s stick to buses for now. The crisis is bad but not THAT bad just yet.<\/em><\/p>\n I admit it, I like buses. And it\u2019s not just because I\u2019m a cheapskate. If you ride a bus during the day, you get to see a whole bunch of places and amazing scenery that otherwise you wouldn\u2019t even know existed. One summer, just for the heck of it, I rode buses all the way from Kiruna<\/strong> to Stockholm<\/strong>. The further south you go, your options in bus travel increase tremendously. Here are a few bus companies ready to take you almost anywhere in Sweden and beyond.<\/p>\n Yes, this is \u201cbus\u201d with only one \u201cs\u201d. From Stockholm<\/strong>, this company can take you to G\u00f6teborg<\/strong>, Oslo, Malm\u00f6<\/strong> and many other destinations in between. Unfortunately, their website is only in Swedish.<\/p>\n I know this provider very well, I\u2019ve spent many a long night (and day) on their buses going between Ume\u00e5<\/strong> and Stockholm<\/strong>. This is probably the cheapest option on this particular route, and those buses are always filled up with student crowds commuting to and from UMU. What\u2019s nice about Ybuss<\/strong> is that they also stop at Arlanda<\/strong> airport, and hence provide a very attractive alternative for those in Norrland<\/strong> connecting to charter flights.<\/p>\n Not exactly a summer photo, I know, but this just goes to show you that buses in Sweden run year-round, even in conditions that would cripple traffic in most other countries. <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n is in cahoots with Ybuss<\/strong> these days, and thanks to that you can have a more or less seamless travel experience all the way down to K\u00f6penhamn<\/strong> and beyond. What\u2019s good about Swebus<\/strong> is that their website is multi-lingual.<\/p>\n is a company previously known as S\u00e4fflebussen<\/strong> and you will frequently hear folks refering to it by its old name. No worries, it\u2019s one and the same.<\/p>\n Covers southern Sweden, as well as Oslo and Kastrup (that\u2019s the international airport in Copenhagen).<\/p>\n again mostly southern Sweden, but it goes as far north as Sundsvall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nAs a bus traveler, I am partial to l\u00e4nstrafik<\/strong> buses. Those are the massive, mostly blue, mostly doubledeckers plowing the Swedish \u201coutback\u201d. Needless to say, I like to sit upstairs and watch the world go by as we zoom to Mo i Rana in Norway, or to Haparanda<\/strong> on the Finnish border. In many places in northern Sweden, those l\u00e4nstrafik<\/strong> buses will be your only choice, and unfortunately, their prices will also reflect this fact.<\/p>\n\n
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