Golf -- For those who want to play golf at the "top of Europe," there is the Bromma Golf Course, Kvarnbacksvägen 28, 16874 Bromma (tel. 08/564-888-30), lying 5km (3 miles) west of the center of Stockholm. It's a 9-hole golf course with well-maintained greens. Greens fees are 150SEK ($21/£11) or 200SEK ($28/£14) on Saturday and Sunday, and golf clubs can be rented.

Horseback Riding (Viking Style) -- Iceland horses -- known for being gentle and small -- can be ridden at the Haniwnge Iceland Horse Center at Hemfosa, 37km (23 miles) south of Stockholm (tel. 0730/48-88-85). For 450SEK ($62/£32), you can ride for 2 1/2 hours; the price includes a picnic lunch. Aside from walking, galloping, trotting, and cantering, the horses have another gait, the t¨lt, a kind of equine speed walk that has no English translation.