Autumn in Sweden
Forest walks, mushroom season and museum afternoons
The forests turn gold, the crowds are gone and the museums have their new exhibitions. A good time for the cities, before the Christmas markets open.
The best museums in StockholmTravel in Sweden
The places worth the trip, ranked by our readers and our editors, with the practical details you need.
Stockholm
The capital on fourteen islands, where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic.
This week
What’s on in Sweden
- Monday 2 November · 18:30 to 23:00The Witcher In ConcertAnnexet, Stockholm
- Monday 2 November · 20:00 to 23:00Yinon Muallem – oud and percussion, Saman Alias – clarinet. A blend of oriental maqam tradition, folk music and jazz.Glenn Miller Café, Stockholm
- Tuesday 3 November · 12:30 to 13:10Cosmonova: Ocean DreamsSwedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm
Gothenburg
The west coast city of canals, seafood and Liseberg.
Malmö
Sweden in the far south, twenty minutes from Copenhagen by train.
Sweden this week, for visitors
Events in the next seven days
The Witcher In Concert
to 23:00 · Annexet
Due to overwhelming demand, including a sold-out show in Stockholm, The Witcher in Concert returns to Europe in 2026. On 2 November, the production will make its only stop in Sweden, taking place at Annexet in Stockholm.
Yinon Muallem – oud and percussion, Saman Alias – clarinet. A blend of oriental maqam tradition, folk music and jazz.
to 23:00 · Glenn Miller Café
The restaurant opens at 6 pm and the concert starts at 8 pm. If you want to have dinner, book a table at www.glennmillercafe.se, otherwise you are welcome to the bar to listen from there. The band plays 3 sets.
Cosmonova: Ocean Dreams
to 13:10 · Swedish Museum of Natural History
Around the world there are inspiring stories of how nature can recover. In Ocean Dreams, you’ll embark on a journey, from the deep fjords of Norway, where orcas teach their young how to hunt, to Raja Ampat in Indonesia, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, where a groundbreaking project is working to save endangered sharks. Dive into the kelp forests and meet the wolffish, whose powerful jaws help keep sea urchin populations in check and protect the forest.
Clown and Le jeu workshop
3 Nov to 12 Nov · Teaterstudio
Theatre workshop to discover the grammar of theatre: Games, pleasure, impulse, complicite, humour, fixed point, beauty, lightness. Second part of the workshop i clown. We discover through improvisations what is funny about ourselves in order to make the audience laughing at this lovable, open and naive red nosed person who pops up on the stage when we least expect it.
Westside Cowboy
to 23:00 · Debaser Nova
In just three years, the Manchester quartet have gone from a project between friends to one of the UK’s most talked-about new bands. After winning Glastonbury’s Emerging Talent Competition and touring with Black Country, New Road and Geese, they are now set to release their debut album It Goes On, produced by Loren Humphrey.
Ingrid Malmén – vocals, Alice Hernqvist – piano, Pär-Ola Landin – double bass, Jon Fält – drums.
to 23:00 · Glenn Miller Café
The restaurant opens at 6 pm and the concert starts at 8 pm. If you want to have dinner, book a table at www.glennmillercafe.se, otherwise you are welcome to the bar to listen from there. The band plays 3 sets.
The Art of Noh: Talk and Demonstration
to 19:00 · Museum of Ethnography
A highly stylized and refined performing art, Noh combines a variety of elements including singing, dancing, musical accompaniment and the use of carved masks and elegant costumes, demanding highly trained actors and musicians. During this event, accompanied by a curator’s introduction to the museum’s Noh mask collection, Noh actors from Kyoto, led by Michiharu Wakebayashi, will explain the origin and history of Noh and demonstrate how masks, fans and costumes are used in Noh.
Improv comedy show with Lilla improteatern STHLM
4 Nov to 16 Dec · Gamestreet 1
Improvised sketches in Swedish. It starts with a word from the audience and can end anywhere: in a disastrous staff meeting, a charged family dinner or a date that goes to hell.Fast, smart, stupid, human or completely unreasonable – preferably at the same time. The ensemble comes up with sketches on the spot based on suggestions from the audience. No script, no ready-made scenes, no reruns. What happens on stage only happens once.Limited number of places, first come, first served. You stay in your seat. We never bring anyone on stage.Food and drinks are available from 5:00 PM. Show approx. 7:00 PM–8:30 PM. Afterwards, the evening continues with a bar, games and hanging out at Gamestreet 1.
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