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View over Stockholm: Gamla Stan and the islands in the water
Travel guide

Stockholm

Sweden's capital sits on fourteen islands between Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea: the medieval old town of Gamla Stan, the extraordinary Vasa warship, the Royal Palace and world-class museums. Beyond the city, the Stockholm Archipelago begins, a maze of thousands of islands stretching out to the open sea.

What brings you to Stockholm?

The city sits close together: Gamla Stan, Norrmalm and Södermalm are walkable, while Drottningholm and the archipelago are half-day trips out onto the water.

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First time in Stockholm

Spread the Vasa Museum, Skansen, Gamla Stan and the Royal Palace sensibly across your days.
Plan attractions 02

Discover the neighbourhoods

Choose between Gamla Stan, Djurgården, Södermalm and Kungsholmen by character.
See neighbourhoods 03

World-class museums

Pick the Vasa Museum, ABBA and Moderna Museet by interest.
Compare museums 04

Churches & royal tombs

Place the coronation cathedral Storkyrkan and the royal burial place on Riddarholmen in context.
See churches 05

Palaces around Stockholm

The Royal Palace in Gamla Stan, World Heritage Drottningholm and the palace parks that cost nothing.
Compare palaces 06

Food, fika & fine dining

Hearty husmanskost and the fika ritual at street level, one of Northern Europe's densest fine-dining scenes above.
Food & drink 07

Out of the city

Drottningholm, the cathedral city of Uppsala and thousands of islands all lie within a day's reach.
See day trips 08

Getting there & around

Flights to Arlanda, the night train from Berlin, the ferry via Gothenburg and driving compared.
Plan your journey

Highlights

All attractions

The six places people come to Stockholm for.

The Vasa Museum on Djurgården seen from the water, with the warship Vasa's distinctive red masts rising above the roof.

Vasa

Salvaged 1628 warship on Djurgården

The Royal Palace seen from across the Strömmen, the entire east facade of the palace, with its staircase, mirrored in the water.

Royal Palace

Baroque royal residence with the Changing of the Guard in Gamla Stan

Facade of the Nobel Prize Museum on Stortorget in Gamla Stan, with the striking orange Baroque former Stock Exchange building.

Stortorget

Stockholm's oldest square, lined with colourful gabled houses

The historic main entrance to the Skansen open-air museum on Djurgården, with its distinctive lettering above the gate.

Skansen

The world's oldest open-air museum

Stockholm's neighbourhoods

All neighbourhoods

Four neighbourhoods, four characters: from the medieval old town of Gamla Stan to the green museum island of Djurgården and hip Södermalm.

Cobbled square in Gamla Stan with colourful historicist facades, pollarded trees and flower displays. Gamla Stan Medieval old town on its own island The Djurgården ferry 11 passes in front of the Nordiska museet on Djurgården, its distinctive tower visible in the background. Djurgården Green museum island with parks & attractions The distinctive dome and tower of Katarina kyrka on Södermalm rise above the surrounding apartment blocks. Södermalm Trendy island district south of the Old Town View inside the historic Östermalms Saluhall food hall with lavish delicatessen stalls and a mounted elk head. Östermalm Elegant shopping and museum district

Stockholm on the map

What lies where: attractions, neighbourhoods and the destinations out on the water.

All places on the map as a list (54)

Food & Drink