Attractions in Stockholm. Nordiska Museet, Junibacken and Vasamuseet, as seen from the waters outside of Djurgården.

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Restaurants in Stockholm. Blå+ on Djurgården, the museum restaurant at Liljevalchs art museum. Picture of food; large platse of vegetables, hummus and feta cheese.

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Winter in Stockholm. A snowy evening in Old Town. Pictured is Stortorget, a square in the middle of the district. Evening. A Christmas tree with glowing lights.

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Parks in Stockholm. A scenic view of Vasastan and Östermalm, as seen from Vanadislunden park.

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Attractions in Stockholm. An old carusel at Gröna Lund Amusement Park on Djurgården. Summer. Blue Sky.

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Lifelike wax figures of Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anne-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson of ABBA. The figures depicts the group in its heyday.

Lifelike wax figures of Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anne-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson of ABBA. The figures portraits the group in its heyday.

ABBA The Museum is more than just a museum. Sure, the permanent exhibition is chock full of ABBA memorabilia like stage outfits, instruments, gold records, awards, and much more. But it’s also an interactive experience that invites you to sing, dance, mix music and become the fifth member of ABBA on their big stage.

ABBA The Museum

Empty tabels at the fine dining restaurant Aira in Stockholm.

In March 2020, Tommy Myllymäki opened AIRA, a fine dining restaurant on the island of Djurgården. The acclaimed chef wants the restaurant to be worth a detour – a clear hint to those who know their Guide Michelin. The kitchen focuses on seasonal Nordic ingredients, traditional cooking, and flavors from all around the world. Choose between à la carte or a tasting menu, depending on how much time and money you are willing to spend. In June 2023, AIRA received its second star from Guide Michelin.

AIRA

The amusement park Gröna Lund at night, all the attractions are lit up in pretty neon colours and the park is surrounded by water.

Experience the joyful and magical world of Gröna Lund, Stockholm&#x27;s amusement park. A day spent at Gröna Lund is a memorable one, whether you dine in one of the restaurants, compete in the mini-games, enjoy a live concert, or go on one of the 30 exciting rides. Gröna Lund is open from late spring to September. The park is also open during the Swedish Autumn break and Halloween.

Gröna Lund's Amusement Park

The hotel and restaurant Hasselbacken in the central island of Djurgården serves delicious breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks in a historical setting from 1748. Enjoy classic Swedish dishes with a modern touch, such as the famous Hasselback potatoes which are a permanent feature on the menu, since it was created here in 1953 by one of the restaurant’s trainee chefs. In spring and summer you can enjoy a meal in the sun in their terrace and park.

Hasselbacken

Pippi Longstocking sitting outside her house Villa Villekulla at Junibacken. Stockholm for kids.

The Story Train takes you on an amazing journey through the magical fairy tale world of Astrid Lindgren. Meet Mardie, Emil, Karlsson on the Roof and many others. Experience a treasure trove of Swedish children’s books through playful exhibits and a well-stocked children’s bookstore. Restaurant with a great view.

Junibacken

The exterior of the art museum Liljevalchs, build between the years 1913-1916

One of Stockholm&#x27;s most attractive exhibition settings, showing art and design. A recurring feature is the popular Vårsalongen (Spring Salon). There is a shop where you will find Liljevalch&#x27;s own products. A restaurant/café with a garden is located in conjunction with the museum.

Liljevalchs Konsthall

A painted purple clay mask from the Museum of Ethnography, the mask is smiling sinisterly and has a row of skulls as a diadem.

The Museum of Ethnography is a place for everyone interested in the world. Bring the whole family on an extraordinary trip and experience art, culture, and food in an exciting and inspiring environment. With pieces from America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania the museum is a place full of dreams, achievements, and treasures from Swedish adventurers, merchants, collectors, and scientists. Restaurant Matmekka and museum shop.

Museum of Ethnography

Nordiska museet in Stockholm

Learn about life in the Nordics for the past 500 years at Nordiska museet (The Nordic Museum), Sweden&#x27;s largest museum of cultural history. Discover a variety of exhibitions on fashion and textiles, furniture and interiors, china and table settings, folk art, jewelry, photography, trends, and traditions. In 2024 Nordiska opened its new permanent exhibition &#x27;Nordic Life&#x27; where many of these objects are exhibited for the first time.Audio guides are free of charge and can be downloaded to your smartphone.

Nordiska museet

Prince Eugene’s former home is one of Sweden’s most popular art museums. The room in this photo is dominated by pastel colours, the walls are a light turquoise and the carpet is a deep pink.

Prince Eugene&#x27;s former home is one of Sweden&#x27;s most popular art museums. Visit the prince&#x27;s reception rooms and see his collection of early 20th Century Nordic art as well as temporary exhibitions. A flower and sculpture garden surrounds the museum.

Prince Eugen's Waldemarsudde

The greenhouses of Rosendal in fall, with backlight and some people browsing the plants for sale

Rosendal's Garden

Rosendals Trädgård is one of Stockholm’s true gems! The garden café is located in a fantastic setting on Djurgården island and offers salads, soups, sandwiches and pastries made in the bakery next door. The café uses organic and biodynamic ingredients, a lot of them even come from their own garden. Many Stockholmers make the pilgrimage to Rosendal on sunny days, but there’s room for numerous guests. In the summer you can sit on the grass in the orchard. Don&#x27;t miss to pop in to the little boutique before you leave. Best way to get here is to walk from the bridge Djurgårdsbron, follow the canal and you will see the signs.

Rosendals Garden Café

The world’s first national urban park is a green lung forming an arc more than six miles long, stretching around and through the city.

The world&#x27;s first national urban park is a green lung forming an arc more than six miles long, stretching around and through the city.The park abuts the adjoining forests around the city, ensuring an exceptional wealth of species. You can encounter deer and hares, even foxes and moose, and spot rare birds, butterflies, and insects, right inside the city. You can walk for days through the Ekoparken, discovering ever new lovely spots.There&#x27;s an abundance of things to see: museums, an amusement park, theaters and entertainment, castles, inns and hotels, sports facilities, numerous residences from different historical periods, hills with centuries-old oak trees, lakes, streams, bays, marshes, and canals.The meadows with grazing cows, horses, and sheep, secluded swimming spots, rocky hilltops, and areas with wild, virgin nature make it hard to take in that you&#x27;re in the middle of a big city.

Royal National City Park

Skansen

Skansen is a favorite both among Stockholmers and visitors passing through, and it’s a perfect family outing. This is the oldest open-air museum in the world and also the Stockholm zoo, with animals native to Scandinavia, a children&#x27;s petting zoo, and two indoor aquariums; <a href="https://www.skansen.se/en/skansen-akvariet-1">Skansen&#x27;s Aquarium</a> and the <a href="https://www.skansen.se/en/baltic-sea-science-center">Baltic Sea Science Center</a>.Skansen is beautifully located on Royal Djurgården and offers spectacular views over all of Stockholm. This is also Sweden in miniature. 150 farms and dwellings from different parts of the country were disassembled and transported here. Swedish traditions such as Midsummer, Walpurgis Night, and Lucia are celebrated at Skansen.

Skansen Open-Air Museum

Café Skroten

Skroten started at the old marine store on Skeppsholmen but is now located at the shipyard on beautiful Djurgården. Stop by for a coffee or stay for a bowl of fish stew and a glass of wine. This charming place is worth a visit all year round.

Skroten

Museums in Stockholm. Spritmuseum (The Museum of Spirits and the Absolute Collection of Art). Three women look at artworks hanging on the walls.

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Located between a shipwreck and an amusement park, this museum will take you on an unforgettable journey. From lust to suffering, from a park bench to a cocktail party, rarely does an afternoon dedicated to alcohol have so many wise insights. Shop and restaurant.

Spritmuseum & The Absolut Art Collection

A person in VR glasses smiling and pointing at the Earth surface

Tekniska Museet

From the very start 100 years ago in 1924, the museum has looked to the future! The premises of 10,000 square meters are filled with exhibitions and experiences about the history and the future and are open from morning to late evening. The experience arena Wisdome Stockholm with its spectacular wooden architecture takes visitors on breathtaking adventures in immersive 3D - further into space, into the fantastic worlds of computer games and the smallest components of the Universe.

The National Museum of Science and Technology

The Thiel Gallery is recognized as one of the finest art museums in Sweden and is beautifully set in walled grounds at Blockhusudden in the royal park of Djurgården. The building was designed by Ferdinand Boberg specifically to house banker and art patron Ernest Thiel’s magnificent art collection and was completed in 1907. The Thiel Gallery also served as Ernest Thiel's home from 1907 to 1924 and has remained largely unaltered ever since.

The Thiel Gallery is recognized as one of the finest art museums in Sweden and is beautifully set in walled grounds at Blockhusudden in the royal park of Djurgården. The building was designed by Ferdinand Boberg specifically to house banker and art patro

One of the finest art museums in Sweden, the Thiel Gallery exhibits a unique collection of Nordic late 19th and early 20th-century art. Painters such as Edvard Munch, Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, and Anders Zorn form the basis of the banker Ernest Thiel&#x27;s collection.

The Thiel Gallery

The Vasa ship capsized and sank in Stockholm 1628. After 333 years on the sea bed the mighty warship was salvaged and the voyage could continue. Today Vasa is the world's only preserved 17th century ship and the most visited museum in Scandinavia.

The Vasa is the best-preserved seventeenth-century ship in the world and a unique art treasure. More than 98 percent of the ship is original, and it is decorated with hundreds of carved sculptures.The 69 meter-long warship Vasa sank on its maiden voyage in Stockholm harbor in 1628 and was salvaged 333 years later in 1961. For nearly half a century the ship has been slowly, deliberately, and painstakingly restored to a state approaching its original glory. The three masts on the roof of the tailor-made museum show the height of the ship&#x27;s original masts.There are different exhibitions around the ship ranging from topics like life on board and its historical context. The film about the Vasa is shown in different languages. There is also an audio guide in different languages, to be used by visitors on their own mobile devices. The museum has free Wi-Fi. In addition, there is a well-stocked shop and a pleasant restaurant for lunch and fika. Free admission for children up to 18 years.

The Vasa Museum

Two actors, dressed in clothes from the Viking Age at The Viking Museum in Stockholm.

The Viking Museum

The Viking Museum is an interactive museum for all ages, telling the story of the brave Viking-Age seafarers, as well as the people back home at the farms. Here, visitors can learn about one of the most mythical periods in history in creative and interactive ways – through films, sound effects, artifacts, and scenic environments. Apart from the exhibition, the museum also boasts a ride that will takes you on a dramatic journey through 10th-century Europe.

A plate of traditional Swedish meatballs, lingonberry-jam and mashed potatoes.

”Ulla, my Ulla.” This is the opening of a famous Swedish ballad by the eighteenth-century troubadour Bellman. The ballad is about his lover, Ulla Winbladh. The restaurant of the same name, with so much tradition behind it, is centrally located on the beautiful and lush island of Djurgården. Traditional Swedish home fare is served here year-round.

Ulla Winbladh

Museums in Stockholm. The permanent exhibition at Vrak - Museum of Wrecks. Glass dispalys contaning archeological finds found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

Vrak

Nowhere else in the world are there as many well-preserved wooden wrecks as in the Baltic Sea. Discover their fascinating stories at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks! Vrak takes you on a deep dive among the wrecks and remains of the Baltic Sea. With the help of digital technology, the museum takes the stories to the surface but leaves the wrecks on the bottom where they are best preserved. The museum is located on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm, with former shipyards, shipwrecks, and the Baltic Sea itself just around the corner.

Vrak – Museum of Wrecks

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