Attraction
Drottningholm Palace
Go to see a royal palace, Chinese Pavilion and palace theatre within one UNESCO-listed site.
Drottningholm
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From royal palaces in Stockholm to the national parks of Lapland: the best of Sweden for visitors, in ranked lists that take in every city and region we cover.
Each list here takes the best places from every city and region in our guide, at most four from any one of them, so that it covers the whole country and not only Stockholm. Every place has a page of its own with opening hours and directions where we have them, and nobody can pay for a place on a list.
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Attraction
Skansen Open-Air Museum
Skansen brings Swedish buildings, traditions and native animals together in one open-air museum.
Djurgårdsslätten 49-51
Attraction
Junibacken
The Story Train offers a way to encounter Astrid Lindgren’s stories alongside play exhibitions and daily theatre.
Galärvarvsvägen 8
Museum
The Vasa Museum
See a largely original 17th-century warship and learn how it sank and was recovered.
Galärvarvsvägen 14kr kr
Museum
Swedish Museum of Natural History and Cosmonova
Go to see exhibitions spanning dinosaurs, the natural world and human development, then watch a film beneath Cosmonova’s dome screen.
Frescativägen 40
Museum
Nordiska museet
Go to see how life in the Nordic countries has changed over five centuries, through objects and exhibitions about everyday life, design and traditions.
Djurgårdsvägen 6-16kr kr
Museum
Grimeton VLF transmitter
Go to see the last of the large communications installations of its kind and learn about the history of wireless communication.
Nature
Färnebofjärden National Park
Go to see a park where northern and southern Swedish species meet among lakes, rapids, wetlands, forests and more than 200 islands and skerries.
Nature
Royal National City Park
Walk, swim or ski in a large park that also contains castles and museums.
Nature
Abisko National Park
Follow the Kungsleden through the park beside Abiskojåkka, which rushes through Abisko Canyon.
Nature
Sarek National Park
Attraction
Skoklosters slott
See Arcimboldo’s *Vertumnus* alongside the castle’s arms collections and historical books.
Skokloster
Attraction
Borgholms slottsruin
Visit to see a ruin whose documented history spans a stronghold, a Renaissance castle and a Baroque palace.
Borgholm
Attraction
Gripsholm Castle
See the Swedish State Portrait Collection alongside preserved rooms from the House of Vasa and Gustav III’s theatre.
Museum
The Vasa Museum
See a largely original 17th-century warship and learn how it sank and was recovered.
Galärvarvsvägen 14kr kr
Attraction
Drottningholm Palace
Go to see a royal palace, Chinese Pavilion and palace theatre within one UNESCO-listed site.
Drottningholm
Attraction
Skansen Open-Air Museum
Skansen brings Swedish buildings, traditions and native animals together in one open-air museum.
Djurgårdsslätten 49-51
Museum
Nordiska museet
Go to see how life in the Nordic countries has changed over five centuries, through objects and exhibitions about everyday life, design and traditions.
Djurgårdsvägen 6-16kr kr
Museum
The Vasa Museum
See a largely original 17th-century warship and learn how it sank and was recovered.
Galärvarvsvägen 14kr kr
Attraction
Skansen Open-Air Museum
Skansen brings Swedish buildings, traditions and native animals together in one open-air museum.
Djurgårdsslätten 49-51
Museum
Nordiska museet
Go to see how life in the Nordic countries has changed over five centuries, through objects and exhibitions about everyday life, design and traditions.
Djurgårdsvägen 6-16kr kr
Nature
Färnebofjärden National Park
Go to see a park where northern and southern Swedish species meet among lakes, rapids, wetlands, forests and more than 200 islands and skerries.
Nature
Royal National City Park
Walk, swim or ski in a large park that also contains castles and museums.
Nature
Abisko National Park
Follow the Kungsleden through the park beside Abiskojåkka, which rushes through Abisko Canyon.
Nature
Sarek National Park
Museum
Nationalmuseum
See classic art and design at Stockholm’s national museum, with *Till havet!* on view through 7 February 2027.
Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2kr kr
Museum
The Thiel Gallery
To see Nordic art from the turn of the 20th century, including works by Edvard Munch and Anders Zorn.
Sjötullsbacken 8
Museum
The Hallwyl Collection
Explore the von Hallwyl family’s history through the palace rooms, including the dining room, billiard room and armory.
Hamngatan 4
Museum
Moderna Museet
Go to see a collection of modern and contemporary art that includes works by Picasso, Dalí and Matisse.
Exercisplan 4kr kr
Attraction
Drottningholm Palace
Go to see a royal palace, Chinese Pavilion and palace theatre within one UNESCO-listed site.
Drottningholm
Museum
The National Maritime Museum
Come to see Swedish vessels and warships and learn how shipping and life at sea shaped the country’s maritime history.
Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 24kr
Attraction
The Riddarholmen Church
Visit to see the burial place of Swedish monarchs, including rulers from Gustav II Adolf to Gustaf V.
Riddarholm Church
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
Attraction
Skansen Open-Air Museum
Skansen brings Swedish buildings, traditions and native animals together in one open-air museum.
Djurgårdsslätten 49-51
Nature
Royal National City Park
Walk, swim or ski in a large park that also contains castles and museums.
Attraction
Skoklosters slott
See Arcimboldo’s *Vertumnus* alongside the castle’s arms collections and historical books.
Skokloster
Attraction
Skoklosters slott
See Arcimboldo’s *Vertumnus* alongside the castle’s arms collections and historical books.
Skokloster
Museum
Göteborgs Remfabrik
See textile machinery in a factory that the museum says was left as it was when production stopped in 1977.
Göteborgkr
Nature
Kungsträdgården
Go to see the cherry blossoms in the northern part of the park in spring.
Jussi Björlings allé 10
Museum
Army Museum
Visit to see Sweden’s history of war and peace presented through period-spanning scenes, artifacts and the Trophy Chamber.
Riddargatan 13kr
Attraction
Stockholm Cathedral
Go to see the cathedral’s historic works, including the 1489 St George and the Dragon sculpture.
Trångsund 1kr
Museum
Museum of Ethnography
Come to explore objects and voices from different places and times alongside exhibitions about personal stories and social issues.
Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 34kr
Museum
Nationalmuseum
See classic art and design at Stockholm’s national museum, with *Till havet!* on view through 7 February 2027.
Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2kr kr
Hotel
Best Western Hotel Royal
The suite in a preserved early-16th-century house gives the hotel a direct link to Malmö’s history.
Norra Vallgatan 94
Hotel
Best Western Plus Park City Malmö
Stay beside Turning Torso, with Ribersborg beach three kilometres away.
Sjömansgatan 2
Hotel
Toftaholm Herrgård
Stay at a heritage-listed manor where the hotel, dining and eco spa are gathered in one place.
Vittaryd
Hotel
Aiden by Best Western Stockholm City
Choose it for a hotel stay with a restaurant, bar and games area, close to Fridhemsplan metro station.
Alströmergatan 39
Where to go in Sweden
Travel
Stockholm
The capital on fourteen islands, where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic.
- Things to do 391
- Restaurants 355
- Museums 316
Gothenburg
The west coast city of canals, seafood and Liseberg.
- Things to do 396
- Restaurants 370
- Shopping 144
Malmö
Sweden in the far south, twenty minutes from Copenhagen by train.
- Things to do 39
- Museums 28
- Nature 14
Uppsala
Sweden's oldest university town, with a great cathedral and the royal mounds of Gamla Uppsala.
- Museums 19
- Things to do 16
- Nature 3
Lund
A university town of cobbled lanes around a Romanesque cathedral, a short train ride from Malmö.
- Museums 13
- Things to do 7
- Nature 4
Helsingborg
The harbour city on the Öresund, a short ferry ride from Denmark.
- Museums 15
- Things to do 6
- Hotels 2
Umeå
The university city of the north, known as the city of birches.
- Museums 13
- Hotels 10
- Restaurants 10
Östersund
The winter sports city on Lake Storsjön, gateway to the Jämtland mountains.
- Museums 4
- Things to do 2
Linköping
The cathedral city of Östergötland and home of the Swedish Air Force Museum.
- Restaurants 64
- Cafés 26
- Hotels 23
Norrköping
The old textile town whose mills stand along the Motala River.
- Museums 13
- Things to do 6
- Hotels 2
Västerås
The city on Lake Mälaren, close to the great burial mound at Anundshög.
- Museums 12
- Things to do 6
- Hotels 4
Karlstad
The city on Lake Vänern, where the Klarälven river meets Sweden's largest lake.
- Restaurants 84
- Things to do 74
- Hotels 34
Visby and Gotland
The medieval walled town and the island around it.
- Things to do 117
- Museums 61
- Nature 1
Kiruna and Abisko
Northern lights, the Icehotel and the mountains above the Arctic Circle.
- Museums 5
- Things to do 1
- Nature 1
Kalmar and Öland
A castle city on the Baltic and the long limestone island across the bridge.
- Things to do 76
- Museums 46
- Restaurants 21
Ystad and Österlen
Wallander's home town, and the orchards and sandy beaches of Skåne's southeast.
- Museums 43
- Things to do 37
- Hotels 9
Stockholm archipelago
Some thirty thousand islands, from ferry-served villages to bare outer skerries.
- Museums 67
- Things to do 54
- Hotels 30
Skåne
Sweden's southernmost province of beech woods, sandy coasts and farm shops.
- Things to do 160
- Museums 142
- Hotels 16
West Coast (Bohuslän)
The granite islands and fishing villages of Bohuslän.
- Things to do 253
- Hotels 82
- Museums 53
Swedish Lapland
The far north of midnight sun, northern lights and Sami culture.
- Museums 49
- Nature 7
- Things to do 6
Höga Kusten
The UNESCO-listed High Coast, where the land is still rising from the sea.
- Things to do 788
- Shopping 396
- Hotels 339
Småland
Astrid Lindgren country: red cottages, glassworks and forest lakes.
- Museums 13
- Things to do 5
- Nature 1
Göta kanal
The nineteenth-century waterway across Sweden, from Sjötorp to Mem.
- Museums 54
- Things to do 19
- Nature 1
Värmland
Forests and lakes between Vänern and the Norwegian border, including the ski hills at Branäs.
- Things to do 1103
- Hotels 476
- Shopping 335
Östergötland
Linköping, Norrköping and the plains around Lake Vättern.
- Museums 57
- Things to do 37
- Hotels 35
Gotland
The island in the Baltic, with Visby and the limestone coast.
Gävleborg
The coast and the forests of Gästrikland and Hälsingland.
- Things to do 770
- Hotels 238
- Shopping 213
Blekinge
The garden coast of the southeast, and the archipelago at Karlskrona.
- Museums 57
- Things to do 14
Södermanland
The county south of Stockholm, between the lakes and the Baltic.
- Museums 64
- Things to do 20