Swedes spend most of the summer in their beautiful homes on the archipelago (Image: Google Maps Claudia Romberg)
Island tours are a popular activity for many travelers who try to experience exotic places with unusual or photographic landscapes.
Many countries around us world III. Extensive Al Jazeera Network Waiting to be explored by intrepid adventurers.
There are three between them Nordic countriesThey are wonderful destinations, especially in the summer, with long daylight hours.
Below we take a look at the ten countries with the highest number of islands in the world.
Finland has the largest archipelago in the world (Image: Getty)
Sweden (267,570) – L Swedish Lapland At the northern end, across the coast to the southern end, it extends to the west coast, to Sweden with its many archipelagoes and thousands of islands.
The Swedish archipelagos are characterized by beautiful landscapes, pristine nature and sparsely inhabited islands.
Norway (239,057) The country has the two longest and steepest coastlines in the world, filled with countless islands.
Some can only be reached by plane or supply ships, others have a regular ferry service and still others are connected to the continent by bridges or tunnels.
Finland (178,947) Finland has one of the two largest archipelagos in the world, consisting of more than 170,000 islands along the coast.
Buddha statue sitting in a stupa in Kandy Borobudur (Image: Getty)
Many of them are easily accessible by car, bike or cruise ship and offer a combination of peace and quiet, as well as extraordinary culinary experiences and cultural events.
Canada (52,455) – Canada There are several thousand islands, and many of them have wonderful places to visit with their dazzling landscapes.
Ilha Cape Breton is not on the list, no Atlantic coast. Its gorgeous coastal and mountain views, panoramic walks and delicious seafood offerings are a must-see for any traveler.
United States of America (18,617) – The second most popular goddess among Condé Nasté and Hilton Head Island Traveler readers.
The island is part of the Lowcountry region of South Carolina, home to beaches and golf courses in the Atlantic Ocean.
Indonesia (17,504) – Indonesia It is the largest archipelago in the world that forms a single country.
It consists of five main islands and about 30 smaller archipelagos, totaling about 18,110 islands and lagoons, comprising about 6,000 inhabited areas. The five main islands are Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua.
Japan (14,125) Japan is a long archipelago consisting of nearly 7,000 islands, with Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu making up four main islands, where most of the major cities are located.
Smaller islands tend to be on more popular two-lane roads and offer a rustic charm, while some of the islands are not popular beach destinations. Most of the small islands can only be reached by plane or ferry.
Australia (8,222) – Australia There are 8,222 islands within its water borders. One of the most impressive of these is the Whitsundays, with its impressive group of 74 jewel-like islands in the Coral Sea, on the east coast of Queensland.
Discovered by Captain James Cook, who passed by in 1770, and credited with being Whit Sunday (in fact it was the second Whitsun Fair), they are heaven boxes of white-sand beaches, national parks and some of the best. Boat trips in the south. Hemisphere.
Altar of the wooden church of Santa Maria de Loreto in Ilha de Chiloe (Image: Getty)
Philippines (7,641) – The Republic of the Philippines is located in the Pacific Ocean, near the equator, and consists of about 7,641 islands – including about 2,000 inhabited areas – which form an archipelago.
The country can be divided into three main regions: Luzon (the northernmost region, which includes Manila); A group of islands called the Visayas (including the main islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Leyte, Samar and Masbate); Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines, is located at the southern tip of the archipelago.
Chile (5000) Perhaps the most beautiful island to visit in this country is Ilha de Chiloé, near the southern coast of Chile.
It is a large pastoral landscape with its famous wooden churches built by Jesuit missionaries in the 17th and 18th centuries, such as the Igreja dei Chonci.
On the northwest coast, where the blue beaches meet, also includes the three Buñuel Islands, the natural heritage, and the penguin breeding areas of Magalhães and Humboldt.
