Stockholm Destination

An independent guide to Stockholm

Change islands. Change the mood.

Find your rhythm between city streets, green shores and the wider archipelago. Give each place its own part of the day.

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Water and Riddarholmen’s waterfront seen from Södermalm in April 2015
Riddarholmen seen from Södermalm, 3 April 2015. Tore Sætre · CC BY-SA 4.0.
People sitting beside sunlit facades at Nytorget in Södermalm
Nytorget, Södermalm, 24 February 2019. Holger.Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 4.0.
A corner building and café tables on Stora Nygatan in Gamla Stan
Stora Nygatan, Gamla Stan, 27 July 2018. Øyvind Holmstad · CC BY-SA 4.0.

Begin with a place

Different streets.
Different pace.

Choose the part of Stockholm that suits the day you want. The journey between places can stay simple.

An ordinary street crossing on Ringvägen, Södermalm
Ringvägen, Södermalm, 10 April 2017. AndersLindman · CC0.

Södermalm · the ordinary street

Follow the life between the stops.

A crossing, a small square, a table with time to spare. Read Södermalm at street level and let one place lead to another.

Read a street-led day

Gamla Stan · material and memory

Look closer
at the city.

Doorways, corners and changing façades reward a slower look. Keep historical surroundings in conversation with the working city around them.

Choose your city districts
Waterfront of Gamla Stan and Riddarholmen with boats in July 2018
Gamla Stan and Riddarholmen, 13 July 2018. Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 4.0.

A little water
between chapters.

A view can join places visually without explaining the route. Check the named stop or pier and let the current journey information shape the crossing.

Check SL travel information

Culture & design

From a whole room
to one small detail.

Visitors in Nationalmuseum’s high vaulted pillar hall
Nationalmuseum pillar hall, 31 October 2018. Holger.Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nationalmuseum brings art, applied arts and design into one cultural setting. Choose a collection that interests you, then give the objects time to hold your attention.

Explore the design guide

Green Stockholm · Djurgården

Leave part of
the day open.

Pair a cultural visit with a shorter outdoor interval. Read the current conditions and keep an easy return in mind.

Plan a green interval
A bridge railing, canal and early spring trees on Djurgården
Djurgårdsbrunnskanalen and bridge, 28 April 2019. Zquid · CC BY-SA 4.0.

Compare the arrangements

Put the place
beside the plan.

Read the named district or island, the meeting point and what the visit includes.

Compare the named place as well as the activity. A city visit and an archipelago excursion have different routes: check the island, meeting point, transport, time ashore and return arrangements.

Trip idea

Compare ocean and snorkel options

Use these picks to check timing, launch location, gear details, and price before you choose a water day.

Choose a base for your day.

Read the location carefully

Compare the exact location, arrival arrangements and the places you want to reach.

Choose a neighborhood base

Keep reading
between places.

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A separate excursion chapter

Beyond the
central islands.

Vaxholm and the wider archipelago bring another scale of journey. Count the travel, time ashore and return separately.

Plan an archipelago day
Vaxholm’s wooded waterfront seen across open water
Vaxholm viewed from the water, 14 June 2023. Gerda Arendt · CC BY-SA 4.0.
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