Attraction
Ulriksdal Palace
Take a guided tour through palace interiors dating from the 1600s to the 1900s, then see Swedish sculpture in the Orangery.
Solna
The best things to do in Stockholm: art
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Oscars Church
See photographs of Dag Hammarskjöld in a church where the parish connects his legacy with peace and reconciliation.
Activity
Carl Elds Ateljé
Come to see several hundred of Carl Eldh's works in the studio where he worked.
kr
Activity
Kulturoas på Millesgården
See Carl Milles’s sculptures in the garden, then visit the home and studios where he and Olga Milles lived and worked.
kr kr
Number 5Activity
Galleri Duerr
To see work by Swedish-connected artists in painting, sculpture, installations and photography.
Hudiksvallsgatan 6
Number 6Activity
Belenius
To see a contemporary art programme presented in contrast with modernist works from art history.
Ulrikagatan 13
Number 7Activity
Larsen / Warner
Go to see Scandinavian and international contemporary art, alongside selected historical and secondary-market works.
Hudiksvallsgatan 8
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Fotografiska
Go to see a photography programme that includes four main exhibitions and around 20 smaller exhibitions a year.
Stadsgårdshamnen 22
Number 9Activity
Andetag
Go to experience light, textile art and music coordinated with a shared breathing rhythm.
Kungsgatan 39kr kr
Number 10Activity
Ditte Lauridsen Gallery
Go to see a gallery focused on Scandinavian art with a Latin American twist.
Nybrogatan 45
Number 11Activity
Galerie Nordenhake
Go to see the Stockholm gallery’s distinct contemporary-art program within a network that also has locations in Berlin and Mexico City.
Lützengatan 1
Number 12Attraction
Hötorget subway station
See Gun Gordillo’s ceiling neon lights alongside Hötorget’s preserved 1950s station details.
Hötorget
Number 13Attraction
The Princess Estelle Sculpture Park
See a collection of contemporary sculptures, including Cristina Iglesias’s Aurora Borealis Star Dome, without paying admission.
Royal Djurgårdenkr
Number 14Attraction
World Heritage Skogskyrkogården
Walk through a cemetery where the design of the grounds and the architecture were conceived together.
Enskede
Number 15Activity
Beau Travail
See contemporary art and performances in a small 16th-century home near Vita Bergen.
Skånegatan 108
Number 16Activity
Hornstulls marknad
Go to browse flea-market, second-hand and art stalls alongside street-food trucks on Södermalm’s waterfront.
Hornstulls Strand
Number 17Activity
STANCE
Go to see work by international emerging and mid-career artists across painting, sculpture and installation.
Storgatan 25
Number 18Attraction
Mångkulturellt Centrum
Go to see exhibitions and take part in programmes about migration, cultural heritage and social issues in Sweden.
Norsborg
Number 19Attraction
Stadsgårdsterminalen
Go for a cultural event or live music in a former ferry terminal near Slussen.
Stadsgårdsterminalen
Number 20Attraction
The Parliament House
Visit to learn how Sweden is run and about its political history.
Riksgatan 1kr
How this list is made
Ranked by the Herald score: recognition (guides, heritage, visitor numbers, the tourism boards), interest from abroad (English Wikipedia), what Sweden Herald readers rate and read, how recently the facts were checked, and the editors. Nothing a place pays changes its place in the list.
Updated 3 November 2026
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