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Stockholm

3 Days in Stockholm

7Stops1UNESCO Site+16Travel Score

Day 1Arrival DayMediumGamla Stan

Gamla Stan and the Royal Palace

Medieval lanes, Stortorget square and the changing of the guard.

  1. AM

    Arrive and Settle In

    Check in, drop your bags and get your bearings.

  2. 15:00
    1.5 h

    Royal Palace

    Kungliga slottet

  3. 16:45
    1 h

    Stortorget and the old lanes

    Gamla Stan

  4. 19:00
    1.5 h

    Swedish meatballs

    Food

    Stockholm restaurants

Day 2Day TripFullDrottningholm

Drottningholm Palace

The royal family's home and its 18th-century theatre, by boat in summer.

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Day 3City DayMediumDjurgården

Vasa Museum · Skansen

The 1628 warship that sank on her maiden voyage, raised almost whole. Open-air museum of old Swedish farms, with Nordic animals.

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Day Trip · UNESCO

Birka Viking Town

Sweden's first town on a lake island, by boat May to September.

Day Trip

Archipelago Boat Trip

Ferry through the islands to Vaxholm and its fortress.

Day Trip

Uppsala

The cathedral, old university and royal burial mounds, 40 minutes by train.

Half Day

ABBA The Museum and Nordic Museum

Sing along with ABBA, or Swedish life at the Nordiska museet.

Half Day

City Hall Tower

The Nobel banquet hall and the tower view over the islands.

Half Day

Södermalm and Monteliusvägen

Vintage shops, cafés and a cliff-top view over the city.

Half Day · UNESCO

Woodland Cemetery

Asplund's modernist cemetery in a pine forest.

When to Go

This version is for Jun–Aug, Dec. The best months below come from GoGo's climate data.

Typical highs

Best monthsRain: wettest Jun (78 mm), driest Apr (37 mm)

Climate: NASA POWER