(CNN)-- On Malmo's waterfront, once the heart of the city's industrial base, an eye-popping 57-story apartment tower rises spectacularly, dominating the skyline. The building, the Santiago ...

More than 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle lies the city of Kiruna, Sweden, a charming community of roughly 18,000 that provides 90% of all the iron sold in the European Union. The city is ...