Maps vary by scale (and usually detail). Select your maps based on the amount of detail you will need.

• Small scale maps cover a wider surface area, but in less detail. These maps are usually best for trip planning.
• Large scale maps cover smaller surface areas, but in greater detail. These maps are usually best for when you are actually on your way.

The terms small scale and large scale are, of course, subjective but, in broad terms, road maps and atlases are smaller scale; walking maps and city maps are larger scale.

But here's where it gets confusing: the larger the number the smaller the scale!

The south of Sweden is mapped at 1:250,000, and the less populated north at 1:400,000. There are enlargements of the areas around Gothernburg, Stockholm and Malmo at 1:100,000; and street plans are provided for these and 47 other towns and cities.

Seven types of roads are shown, from motorways to small private roads. Car ferry routes, railways, canals and electricity lines are all marked. Symbols show the locations of places of tourist interest, such as hiking trails, campsites, ski lifts, castles, etc.

Boundary information includes municipal, county and provincial borders as well as national park and international borders. Maps show show the distances between main towns and route route-planning maps of the whole of Sweden, Norway and Finland at 1:2,000,000 are included.

This atlas Includes tourist information along with city maps, and an index with postal codes. The maps show motorways, filling stations, roads, railways, camping sites, hotels, churches, monasteries, castles, ruins, airports, national boundaries, seat of the federal government, seats of provincial governments etc. The atlas also includes city maps of Goteborg, Linkoping, Malmo, Stockholm, Sundsvall, Umea, and Uppsala.

Six types of roads are shown, with road names and distances between major junctions, gradients, gas stations and motels. Railways, ferry lines and administrative boundaries are also marked, along with national parks and places of interest.

Following the Swedish mapping is a section at 1:3,500,000 covering the whole of Europe.