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Read MoreAbba: The Museum
Even the name of Stockholm’s newest attraction is amusing, a play on the film Abba: The Movie. This museum on Djurgården, close to the Vasa, celebrates the Swedish supergroup that enjoyed massive success in the 1970s, slipped into being considered...
Read MoreArtipelag
Camouflaged into the Stockholm Archipelago is Artipelag, a striking modern art museum located on the island of Värmdö (90 minutes by boat or 20 minutes by car from the city center). Opened in 2012 on a donation from BabyBjörn founders...
Read MoreDay Trip: Vaxholm
A 30-minute drive or a pleasant hour-long ferry ride from Stockholm, sits the quaint seaside town of Vaxholm. The city is made up of well-preserved, pastel-colored wooden houses from the early 1900s, creating a unique aesthetic that visitors find romantic...
Read MoreDrottningholm Palace
This impressive and beautifully maintained mini-Versailles was inspired by 17th-century French architecture and has some of the best untouched Gustavian interiors. Take the one-hour sedate old-steamer trip from Stadshuset (City Hall), and enjoy cloudberries and vanilla ice cream and a...
Read MoreFotografiska
Fotografiska, the photography museum, has quickly established itself as one of the most popular places to visit in the city by staging a series of exhibitions by big name photographers (Helmut Newton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, David LaChappelle) as well as other...
Read MoreGripsholm Castle
This fortified castle, which dates from 1537, is situated on Lake Mälaren in Mariefried, forty-three miles southwest of Stockholm. The centerpiece is the circular theatre, an elaborate confection of gilt and mirrors built in the neoclassical style during Gustav’s reign....
Courtesy Gomer SwahnRead MoreGustav III’s Pavilion
International designers such as John Saladino and Paul Wiseman claim that Gustav III’s Pavilion (also called Haga Pavilion) has the most elegant interiors in the world. Gustav’s pleasure retreat, built for summer entertaining by Olof Tempelman, is filled with light...
Read MoreHallwyl Museum
This Swedish national museum is located in the former winter home of Count and Countess von Hallwyl, who kept their significant art collection here. The estate, located in the city center, was donated to the state in 1920 and opened...
Sodermalm, Courtesy Visit StockholmRead MoreIndagare Tours: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Tour
Set in Stockholm, Stieg Larsson’s sensational trilogy covers significant ground in the city, especially on the island of Sodermalm. Fans of the books can visit major sights like Lisbeth Salander’s loft and Michael Blomqvist’s home. The tour stops at key...
Read MoreJunibacken
Dedicated to Swedish children’s literature, the Junibaken most closely follows the work and characters of Astrid Lindgren, the beloved novelist behind Pippi Longstocking (and many more fictional youths). The cultural center aims to ‘awaken the desire to read’ in kids,...
Courtesy Yanan LiRead MoreMillesgården
Set on five acres on the island of Lidingö, Millesgården is dedicated to famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles, whose home and studio were located here (both of which can be toured). The gardenlike grounds are filled with fountains and sculptures...
Read MoreModerna Museet
The victim of a notorious 1958 burglary in which six Picassos were stolen (only three have been recovered), Stockholm’s Moderna Museet is one of the best museums in the city to view contemporary art from the 20th century and today....
Read MoreNational Museum
This grand columned edifice overlooking the harbor is the best starting point for immersion in the spectrum of Swedish painting. Particularly lovely are local artist Anders Zorn’s sensual paintings of islands of the Swedish archipelago bathed in summer light. There’s...
Grandpa, Courtesy Mikael SjobergRead MoreNeighborhood Walk: SoFo
Many who live in the bohemian enclave of SoFo base their businesses there, resulting in a number of one-off vintage stores, unique fashion boutiques, convivial restaurants and coffee shops that are used as meeting and working spaces for local entrepreneurs....
Read MoreRoyal Palace of Stockholm
With more than 600 rooms, the Stockholm Royal Palace is one of the biggest in the world still used by a head of state: King Carl XVI Gustav. The Baroque palace houses the Royal Apartments, the Hall of State, the...
Read MoreSkansen
Take a walking tour of historic manor houses and town houses from all over Sweden in an elegant royal-park setting. Note their authentic, carefully preserved furnished interiors. The residences were collected toward the end of the 19th century, when scholar...
Read MoreStockholm City Hall
Opened in 1923 after 12 years of construction, Stockholm’s City Hall is one of Sweden’s most iconic buildings showing national romanticism in architecture. The building’s nearly 350-foot high tower is a fixture on the Stockholm cityscape, and it incorporates the...
Read MoreThe Archipelago
If you are in town for more than the briefest of trips, consider taking a ferry out to the archipelago. You need to allow several hours to get out, and the same to get back, but it’s a stunning place...
Read MoreVasa Museet
This is, perhaps, the city’s only true must-see sight. The warship Vasa sank just minutes after she launched in 1628 and lay underwater for 333 years until 1961 when she was salvaged and eventually displayed in the Vasa Museet. It’s...
Read MoreWaldemarsudde
Once home to Swedish Prince Eugen, this beautiful estate on the island of Djurgården features several Gustavian-style buildings and a park, which affords beautiful views of the water. Eugen loved to paint (he studied in Paris) and the main house...
Read MoreWoodland Cemetery
Pay your respects to Greta Garbo and take in the sublime beauty of this UNESCO World Heritage Sight that is more of a pine forest with added architecture than a traditional cemetery. Visiting it is a remarkably calming and uplifting...
