Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Often called 'Sweden in miniature', Skansen is an unmissable Stockholm highlight. Expect to spend a full day wandering this hilltop open-air museum, with…
Must-see attractions in Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
A good-humoured glorification of some dodgy calculations, Vasamuseet is the custom-built home of the massive warship Vasa; 69m long and 48.8m tall, it was…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Moderna Museet is Stockholm’s modern-art maverick, its permanent collection ranging from paintings and sculptures to photography, video art and…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
The surprisingly entertaining Museum of Spirits is dedicated to Sweden's complicated relationship with alcohol, as mediated over the years by the state…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
The epic Nordiska Museet is Sweden’s largest cultural-history museum and one of its largest indoor spaces. The building itself (from 1907) is an eclectic,…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, at the southern tip of Djurgården, is a soul-perking combo of water views and art. The palace once belonged to the painter…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Junibacken whimsically recreates the fantasy scenes of Astrid Lindgren’s books for children. Catch the flying Story Train over Stockholm, shrink to the…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Thielska Galleriet, at the far eastern end of Djurgården, is a must for Nordic art fans, with a savvy collection of late-19th- and early-20th-century…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
The Glassblowers' hut, built in 1936, is one of the top attractions within Skansen. It's also possible to book your own glassblowing session – reserve…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Inside Skansen is this excellent zoo, with native Nordic animals, farm animals and a kid-friendly petting zoo.
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Crowded Gröna Lund Tivoli has some 30 rides, ranging from the tame (a German circus carousel) to the terrifying (the Free Fall, where you drop from a…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
A sensory-overload experience that might appeal only to devoted ABBA fans, this long-awaited and wildly hyped cathedral to the demigods of Swedish pop is…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Adjoining Moderna Museet and housed in a converted navy drill hall, this architecture and design centre has a permanent exhibition spanning 1000 years of…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
This long, narrow building displays Asian decorative arts, including one of the world’s finest collections of Chinese stoneware and porcelain from the…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
On the northern side of Djurgården, Rosendals Slott was built as a palace for Karl XIV Johan in the 1820s. One of Sweden’s finest examples of the Empire…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Opened in 1916, Liljevalchs is an all-purpose gallery space that puts on at least four major exhibitions a year of contemporary Swedish and international…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
As notable for its creaky wooden building as for its collection of critters, the 1893 Biologiska Museet charms visitors with two circular floors of…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
Inside the vast open-air park of Skansen, the Tobaks & Tändsticksmuseum traces the history and culture of smoking and the manufacture of those iconic…
Djurgården & Skeppsholmen
The Skansen Aquarium is worth a wander, its residents including piranhas, lemurs and pygmy marmosets (the smallest monkeys in the world). Intrepid…
