I bought this book after having a good experience with the Lonely Planet Japan 1999. The Euro Shoesting book was evidently written on a shoestring. The Scandinavian section is lame at best. driving in Sweden, beware that there ARE photo speeding ticket systems in use. Breathalize exams administered at every traffic pullover. Sweden=.01 Norway=.02 Finland=.5 (MUCH more lenient) The book stated otherwise. Sort of a glaring error in the book. If you are going to the main large cities and the overrun touristy spots and you plan to hit them ALL, this is your book. Otherwise the book is cumbersome and far less informative as well as less accurate than the Let's Go equivalent offering. The is a severe shortage of useful maps as well.