A complete guide to the city
Everything in Stockholm, in one place.
Two hundred guides to a city of fourteen islands — what to see, when to go, where to eat, and how much of it you can do in a weekend.
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Stockholm Restaurants & Food
Eating in Stockholm, from the dagens lunch that makes midday the cheapest good meal of the day to fika, food halls, herring, and where the Michelin stars actually are.
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Stockholm Hotels
Where to book a bed in Stockholm, from Gamla Stan boutiques and Södermalm design hotels to the hostels and moored ships, with what each district costs in kronor and who it suits.
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Stockholm Museums
Stockholm's museums, from the Vasa ship and Skansen to Fotografiska and the ABBA Museum, covering what is worth a timed ticket, what to skip, and which close on Mondays out of season.
Plan by season
Same city, four different trips
Mar — May
Thaw
Ice off the water, terraces out early, half the price of July.
Jun — Aug
Light nights
Sunset near eleven. Swim after dinner, last ferry out at ten.
Sep — Oct
Long shadows
The best light of the year and almost nobody in the museums.
Nov — Feb
Dark season
Indoor city. Candles at four in the afternoon and the saunas fill up.
How we work
Photo — writer on location We visit everything twice and take no payment for coverage.
Every guide is written after a visit, dated on the page, and rechecked each season. When something has closed, changed hands or stopped being worth the queue, we say so.