Stockholm

Gamla Stan Walking Tour Through Stockholm’s Old Town Our Gamla Stan walking tour will take you through Stockholm’s medieval heart. It is one of Europe’s best-preserved historic centers. However, it is not a quiet museum piece. Instead, this district thrives with life, shops, and grand landmarks. Consequently, visitors encounter colorful 17th-century houses leaning over winding…

Exploring Stockholm Beyond Old Town Everyone tells you to see Gamla Stan, and you should. Exploring Stockholm still rewards wandering beyond it. The city spans fourteen islands, and water touches nearly every corner, so it holds far more than the guidebooks show. Here is what we found, in no particular order. Södermalm and Mosebacke Terrassen…

A Guide to Discover Stockholm and the Swedish Archipelago Discover Stockholm and its fourteen islands that are connected by more than fifty bridges. Stockholm is one of those rare capital cities where the water is never more than a few steps away. One-third city, one-third parks, one-third water is the ratio that makes Sweden’s capital…

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…

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 hundred…