When is the best time to visit Stockholm?
5 min read • Sep 2, 2021
Stockholm’s seasons offer both sunshine and snow but when is the best time to visit? Let us help you decide if now is the best time to visit Stockholm.
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Stockholm
- The most unmissable experiences in stunning Stockholm
6 min read • Aug 27, 2021
Stockholm has great museums, beautiful nature, and vibrant neighborhoods. Here are our top tips for the best things to do in Stockholm.
- Best places to swim in Stockholm
5 min read • Aug 20, 2021
Stockholmers make the most of the long summer days by flocking to the water to socialize and cool off. Here’s our pick of the best places to swim in the city.
- The best things you can do for free (and nearly free) in Stockholm
7 min read • Aug 13, 2021
Although it has a reputation for being expensive, there are many low-cost things to do in Stockholm. Here are the city's best budget and free experiences.
- How to get around in Stockholm
7 min read • Aug 9, 2021
Getting around Stockholm is a breeze with its compact size and reliable public transport. Here's our guide to the best way to navigate the Swedish capital.
- Chic bars, stunning parks and ABBA: Stockholm's neighborhoods have it all
5 min read • Aug 9, 2021
Stockholm's a capital city with huge aesthetic appeal. Use our guide to the city's best neighborhoods to work out where you’d most like to spend your time.
- The best cities in Europe to celebrate New Year’s Eve
7 min read • Oct 24, 2019
Struggling where to choose to spend New Year's? Wrap up warm and ring in the New Year at one of these European cities with the ‘wow’ factor.
- What I have learned from travelling the world with a wheelchair
7 min read • Jul 27, 2019
Living with a disability all my life, as a crutches user initially and now a wheelchair user, I’ve come to grips with that universal vagueness around…
- Stockholm Pride: top LGBT-friendly places to stay and things to do in the Swedish capital
5 min read • Jun 29, 2018
With its gender-fluid fashion scene and colourful LGBT culture – not to mention rumoured gay royals of yesteryear – Stockholm is a vibrant, open and…
- Superfood cities: where to find healthy urban eats
6 min read • May 3, 2017
City tripping can be hungry work – and these days the options are seemingly endless. But what if you'd rather forgo the freakshake and bubble-waffle fads…
- More than meatballs: a gourmet guide to Swedish cuisine
5 min read • Dec 12, 2013
Having a muppet as your main culinary ambassador is a lot to overcome, especially for a smallish, out-of-the-way country like Sweden, whose presence in…
- SStieg Larsson’s Stockholm
4 min read • Jul 6, 2012
With more than 60 million copies of the bestselling trilogy Millennium sold worldwide, late author Stieg Larsson has presented a different side of…
- Six ways to experience Stockholm
5 min read • Jun 19, 2012
From crafts and medieval architecture to haute cuisine and cocktails, enjoy the very best of Stockholm with Lonely Planet Magazine's guide.
- SStockholm’s vintage style
3 min read • Feb 7, 2012
With Stockholm Fashion Week currently taking place (6 to 12 February), Sweden’s prowess for fashion is on full display. While the city’s Nordic chic style…
- Stockholm: budget, mid-range or luxury?
2 min read • Apr 27, 2011
Stockholm is stylish, cultured and beautiful. Once you’ve sampled the delights of the city, hop on a ferry to the islands in the archipelago for the best…