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The best things to do in Stockholm: food

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The best things to do in Stockholm: food

Skansen Open-Air Museum, StockholmNumber 1Report
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Skansen Open-Air Museum

Skansen brings Swedish buildings, traditions and native animals together in one open-air museum.

Djurgårdsslätten 49-51

Junibacken, StockholmNumber 2Report
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Junibacken

The Story Train offers a way to encounter Astrid Lindgren’s stories alongside play exhibitions and daily theatre.

Galärvarvsvägen 8

Ulriksdal Palace, StockholmNumber 3Report
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Ulriksdal Palace

Take a guided tour through palace interiors dating from the 1600s to the 1900s, then see Swedish sculpture in the Orangery.

Solna

More things to do in Stockholm

Places we know about and have not yet written up. No ranking, and no page of their own yet.

  • Gröna LundLilla Allmänna Gränd 9, StockholmWebsite
  • Artists' House of StockholmSmålandsgatan 7Website
  • Bio CapitolSankt Eriksgatan 82, StockholmWebsite
  • Bio RioHornstulls strand 3, StockholmWebsite
  • Kulturhuset StadsteaternSergels torg, StockholmWebsite
  • FjäderholmarnaFjäderholmarna, StockholmWebsite
  • Tolv StockholmArenavägen 69, JohanneshovWebsite
  • Båt till DrottningholmStromma - Ticket shop Klara Mälarstrand, StockholmWebsite
  • Gamla FilmstadenGreta Garbos väg 3, SolnaWebsite
  • Gröna Lunds TivoliLilla Allmänna Gänd 9, StockholmWebsite
  • Hammarby SjöstadHammarby Sjöstad, StockholmWebsite
  • Kista Science TowerFärögatan 33, KistaWebsite
  • LångholmenStockholmWebsite
  • Mångkulturellt CentrumVärdshusvägen 7, NorsborgWebsite
  • Scandic Victoria TowerArne Beurlings Torg 3, KistaWebsite
  • StortorgetStortorget, StockholmWebsite
  • Strömma: sightseeing med buss och båtkr krStockholmWebsite
  • ZitaBirger Jarlsgatan 37, StockholmWebsite

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 2 November 2026

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