13 of the best · Stockholm, Sweden
The Vasa Museum and Skansen, the Royal Palace and Riddarholmen, the Nobel Prize Museum on Stortorget, the City Hall on Riddarfjärden, ABBA The Museum, Gröna Lund, Junibacken and Drottningholm.
Our 13 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.
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.
Since 1891
The world’s oldest open-air museum, founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius: old houses, Nordic animals, the Christmas market and Lucia.
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.
In-depth stories behind the list.
The back story
The Royal Palace and the lanes of Gamla Stan, the Vasa and Skansen on Djurgården, the City Hall on Riddarfjärden and an archipelago of 30,000 islands: how to read Stockholm.
The museum island.
Walk in. Dance out.
The museum of ABBA on Djurgården, with its own cinema inside the exhibition.
Since 1883
The amusement park on the Djurgården waterfront, with “a history dating back to 1883”.
Astrid Lindgren
Astrid Lindgren’s story world on Djurgården, with the Story Train, for children aged 0–8 and their grown-ups.
Since 1891
The world’s oldest open-air museum, founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius: old houses, Nordic animals, the Christmas market and Lucia.
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.
The old town and the palace.
The burial church of the kings
Stockholm’s only preserved medieval abbey, the burial church of Sweden’s monarchs.
Beside the palace
The cathedral church of Stockholm, beside the Royal Palace in Gamla Stan.
On Stortorget
The museum of the Nobel Prize and its laureates, on Stortorget in Gamla Stan.
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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.
The City Hall and the Woodland Cemetery.
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.
Drottningholm.
UNESCO 1991
The King and Queen’s private home since 1981, on Lake Mälaren: the palace, the court theatre and the Chinese Pavilion, a World Heritage site since 1991.
