Museum
Army Museum
Swedish heritage listed building since 1935, 86,000 visitors a year
Riddargatan 13kr
Free things to do in Sweden
Activity
Bildmuseet
Go for free access to contemporary art exhibitions and events in Umeå.
Östra Strandgatan 30Bkr
Activity
Kulturhuset i Jönköping
Visit to find live culture in a venue that also houses member associations, rehearsal rooms, a cinema and a café.
553 15 Jönköping
Museum
Eriksbergs museum
It brings Tranås’s fur-industry history together with its former schoolroom and local art in one museum.
Tranåskr
Museum
Jönköpings Läns Museum
See John Bauer’s fairytale art alongside art and cultural history from Jönköping County.
kr
How this list is made
The places with free entry with a page in our Travel section, across all of Sweden, ranked by the Herald score: recognition, what visitors around the world look for, what our readers rate and what our editors know. At most 4 from one city or region, so the list covers the country. Nobody can pay to be on it.
We do not have enough reader ratings for these places yet, so for now the order rests on the outside signs and on how much the world looks for each place. Ratings will count once readers have given them.
Updated 7 November 2026
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