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The best things to do in Stockholm: outdoors

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The best things to do in Stockholm: outdoors

Drottningholm Palace, StockholmNumber 1Report
Attraction

Drottningholm Palace

Go to see a royal palace, Chinese Pavilion and palace theatre within one UNESCO-listed site.

Drottningholm

Skansen Open-Air Museum, StockholmNumber 2Report
Attraction

Skansen Open-Air Museum

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

Djurgårdsslätten 49-51

Ulriksdal Palace, StockholmNumber 3Report
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

Bergius Botanic Garden, StockholmNumber 4Report
Attraction

Bergius Botanic Garden

See plants from around the world in the garden’s outdoor sections and conservatories.

Gustafsborgsvägen 4kr

Segla i Stockholms Skärgård, StockholmNumber 5Report
Activity

Segla i Stockholms Skärgård

The trips let you explore the archipelago by sail, with a skipper and time to swim or fish.

Tideliusgatan 62kr kr kr kr

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.

  • Adolf Fredrik ChurchHolländargatan 14Website
  • The City HallHantverkargatan 1, StockholmWebsite
  • IBC StockholmscharterStrandvägskajen 14-23, StockholmWebsite
  • Ice skating with Green TrailsTideliusgatan 62, StockholmWebsite
  • Båt till DrottningholmStromma - Ticket shop Klara Mälarstrand, StockholmWebsite
  • BlivandeSödra Hamnvägen 9, StockholmWebsite
  • Gamla FilmstadenGreta Garbos väg 3, SolnaWebsite
  • Gröna Lunds TivoliLilla Allmänna Gänd 9, StockholmWebsite
  • LångholmenStockholmWebsite
  • Mulle Meck i JärvastadenkrMönstringsvägen 9, SolnaWebsite
  • Strömma: sightseeing med buss och båtkr krStockholmWebsite
  • World Heritage SkogskyrkogårdenSockenvägen 492, EnskedeWebsite
  • RoslagsledenEnebybergsvägen 1, DanderydWebsite
  • FjällgatanStockholm
  • HornsgatspuckelnHornsgatan 24-50, Stockholm
  • Kulturkvarter SnösätraSnösätragränd 1, HögdalenWebsite
  • MonteliusvägenMonteliusvägen, Stockholm
  • Prinsessan Estelles SkulpturparkKungliga Djurgården, StockholmWebsite
  • Skeppsholmen and KastellholmenSkeppsholmen, Stockholm
  • SkeppsholmsbronSkeppsholmsbron, Stockholm
  • Stockholm Olympic StadiumLidingövägen, 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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