Sweden

A ferry ride past Gröna Lund, a stop at ABBA The Museum, an aquavit tasting, and an afternoon inside the Stockholm Vasa Museum The ferry docked, close up on the hull and bow. The journey to the Stockholm Vasa Museum started with a walk through Gamla Stan’s narrow streets down to Slussen. Ferry Line 82…

A Day Trip to Gripsholm Castle, From Missed Trains to Sweden’s Oldest Portrait Gallery About an hour outside Stockholm, a day trip to Gripsholm Castle brings you to a red brick castle with copper domes sitting on a spit of land in Lake Mälaren. It has guarded the faces of Swedish royalty for nearly five…

Where a Thousand Year Old Street Still Sets the Pace A Sigtuna day trip from Stockholm is a bargain. Sigtuna sits inside Stockholm County, so the regular SL public transit network covers the whole trip. A single ticket costs about 42 SEK, roughly $4.50, and that covers everything you need. Stockholm Central runs two different…