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About Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital of the Sweden and the largest city in Scandinavia. Built on 14 islands connected by 57 bridges, home to 38 parks, 100 art galleries and 70 museums, this modern city of Nobel-prices, art and innovation is one of the world’s most beautiful capitals.
Local highlights
Explore the city
- Old Town "Gamla Stan"
- The Konserthuset, where annually Nobel Prizes are given out (December 10)
- Kulturhuset - Stockholm's centre for photography, art, multimedia, fashion, music, dance and theatre
- The City Hall where the Nobel Prize Banquet takes place every year in the Blue Hall
- The Royal Palace-in the heart of Stockholm
- The island of Djurgården, the world's first National City Park
- Gröna Lund-amusement park with attractions such as Jetline roller coaster, the Power Tower, Fritt Fall with an 80-metre free-fall, Extreme the giant windmill
Explore its museums and historical sights, such as
- Vasa museet-the museum with its grand warship from 1628
- Drottningholm Palace-a UNESCO world heritage site
- Skogskyrkogården- a large cemetery, also a UNESCO world heritage site
- Cosmonova-the National Museum of Natural History with films shot in Omnimax format
- Skansen-open air museum
- The National Museum
- Storkyrkan-the oldest church in Stockholm
Highlights in the vicinity
- Enjoy the unspoiled nature of Sweden with excellent hiking trails, paddling and fishing
- Stockholm’s archipelago villages
- Drottningholm Palace-the official residence of the royal family
- Most of Sweden’s rune stones are found in the Stockholm area
Good to know
- No. of inhabitants: 1,7 Million (metropolitan area)
- Timezone: UTC +1
- Weather: Stockholm weather is extremely varied. Winter in Stockholm brings heavy snowfalls, cold weather (temperatures between+2 to - 7°C) but also sleet in milder temperatures. Summer starts in June and in July and August temperatures are between 20-25°C, and the water in Stockholm is perfect for bathing.
- Daylight: It is never completely darkens in summer (on the longest day of the year (June 21), the sun goes up at 3:31 AM and sets at 10:08 PM) and on the shortest day of the year, December 22, the sun doesn’t rise until 8:44 AM and disappears from the horizon at 2:49 PM.
- Emergency tel.nr. 112
Local transport
- Taxis
- Buses
- Commuter trains
- Metro
- Tram
- By bike
Inbound transport
- Airports
- Arlanda Airport, is about 40 km north of Stockholm on the E4 highway
- Bromma Airport for domestic flights (some international)
- Train: Central Train Station is the major hub for all public transportation in Stockholm.
- Ferries to Estonia, Finland and the Åland Islands, Gotland, Lithuania and Poland
- Car: the E4 and E18 highways take you the south and west of Sweden
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