As your tour is private, we can tailor it to your interests, be they medieval, literary or 20th Century political. As you wander through the streets, you will pass the Parliament building, the Opera House, and the Royal Palace - let your guide know if you'd like to go for a snoop around.

After lunch - have a look in your handy Dossier for our favourite spots - you will make your way to the water to see Sweden's capital from the water. With an expert guide, you will paddle up and down the waterways of the archipelago in kayaks (except if it's winter, obviously, when the water is frozen solid!).

As you explore the working class district turned artsy bohemian central with your guide, you will discover steep hills and narrow streets where modernity and ancient superstitions compete and trendy types run burgeoning galleries, coffee shops and artisanal florists.

After your tour, you will pick up your bags from your hotel and be privately transferred to the station to take the three-hour train journey across Sweden to Gothenburg. The train will take you through the wildest parts of the south of the country as you cross from east to west, before you arrive in the centre of Gothenburg, where one of our team on the ground will be waiting to privately transfer you to your hotel.

As you weave in and out of the islands, your guide will explain how people live on the islands - hint, there are a lot of bicycles - and point out the resident wildlife.

This afternoon, we recommend digging out our definitive Gothenburg Dossier and exploring on foot. Anyone interested in food should head to the Feskekorka ('fish church') fish market, with its ecclesiastical design and chance to sample super fresh shellfish.

Before your afternoon flight back to the UK, you will meet an expert photographer guide for a private tour of the various photography exhibitions from all aspects of Nordic life.

After lunch, you will be privately transferred to the airport, in time for your two-hour or so flight back to the UK.