34 of the best · Stockholm, Sweden
Nationalmuseum and Moderna Museet, Fotografiska, Waldemarsudde and Thielska Galleriet, Millesgården and Artipelag, the Royal Opera of 1773, Dramaten and the Concert Hall’s centenary.
Our 34 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three of our favourites from this list, vetted by people who know and love Stockholm.
Art and design
Sweden’s museum of art and design, facing the Royal Palace across the water from Blasieholmen.
Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2, StockholmExplore View on map
Modern art
The museum of modern and contemporary art on Skeppsholmen; under-18s go in at no charge.
Exercisplan 4, Skeppsholmen, StockholmExplore View on map
Open late every day
The museum of photography, art and culture at Stadsgården, open until 23:00 every day, with a restaurant and bar over the water.
Stadsgårdshamnen 22, 116 45 StockholmExplore View on map
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The back story
Nationalmuseum and Moderna Museet, Fotografiska and the painter-prince’s Waldemarsudde, the Royal Opera of 1773 and the Concert Hall’s first century: Stockholm’s arts.
Visual arts
Great collections.
Walk in. Dance out.
The museum of ABBA on Djurgården, with its own cinema inside the exhibition.
The Gold Room
The Swedish History Museum: the world of the Vikings, the Gold Room and medieval art.
The Royal Armoury
The museum of Sweden’s royal history, on Slottsbacken by the Royal Palace.
Slottsbacken 3, 111 30 StockholmExplore View on map
Modern art
The museum of modern and contemporary art on Skeppsholmen; under-18s go in at no charge.
Exercisplan 4, Skeppsholmen, StockholmExplore View on map
Art and design
Sweden’s museum of art and design, facing the Royal Palace across the water from Blasieholmen.
Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2, StockholmExplore View on map
Founded 1873
The museum of life in the Nordic countries, founded in 1873, in its great hall on Djurgården.
On Stortorget
The museum of the Nobel Prize and its laureates, on Stortorget in Gamla Stan.
Stortorget 2, StockholmExplore View on map
The ship of 1628
The 17th-century warship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and lay on the seabed for centuries, shown in a museum built around her.
Photography, the painter-prince’s house and the art halls of Djurgården.
Art in the archipelago
Art, design and food on Värmdö in the archipelago, “just 30 minutes from downtown Stockholm”, by bus or, in summer, by boat.
Open late every day
The museum of photography, art and culture at Stadsgården, open until 23:00 every day, with a restaurant and bar over the water.
Stadsgårdshamnen 22, 116 45 StockholmExplore View on map
The Spring Salon
The art hall on Djurgården, home of the open Spring Salon (Vårsalongen).
Carl Milles
The sculptor Carl Milles’s home and sculpture park on Lidingö: museum, art hall, restaurant and antiques collection.
Herserudsvägen 32, 181 50 LidingöExplore View on map
The painter-prince
The home, gardens and collection of the painter Prince Eugen, on the shore of Djurgården.
1907
The banker Ernest Thiel’s art collection in the house Ferdinand Boberg built for him on Blockhusudden, completed in 1907.
The palace, the City Hall and a UNESCO cemetery.
The burial church of the kings
Stockholm’s only preserved medieval abbey, the burial church of Sweden’s monarchs.
UNESCO
The Woodland Cemetery, a UNESCO World Heritage site where landscape, architecture and art work together.
Ragnar Östberg
The City Hall on Riddarfjärden, designed by Ragnar Östberg: guided tours of its halls, and the tower.
The King’s official residence
The King’s official residence at the head of Gamla Stan: the Royal Apartments, the Treasury with the regalia, and the Museum Tre Kronor.
Performing arts
Where to hear music.
Swedish Radio
The concert hall of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Radio Choir.
100 years
The Concert Hall on Hötorget, home of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, in its centenary year.
Plays, musicals and the playhouses.
The national stage
The Royal Dramatic Theatre, Sweden’s national stage for theatre, on Nybroplan.
An 18th-century stage
The 18th-century court theatre at Drottningholm, still playing with its original stage sets.
Musicals
Musicals on one of Stockholm’s historic stages, with a restaurant looking out over Kungsgatan.
The great houses and companies.
Founded 1773
Sweden’s national stage for opera and ballet, founded by Gustav III in 1773, home of the Royal Swedish Ballet.
Cinemas and film.
Every November
The city’s international film festival; programme and dates on its own website.
Folk & cultural traditions
Swedish design and brushes made by hand.
Since 1924
The interior-design house on Strandvägen since 1924: Josef Frank’s furniture and textiles, pewter and a café.
Strandvägen 5, StockholmExplore View on map
Lucia, Midsummer and the Christmas market at Skansen.
Since 1891
The world’s oldest open-air museum, founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius: old houses, Nordic animals, the Christmas market and Lucia.
