Editors tipsOf course Stockholm is wonderful. However, many visitors are unaware of its most spectacular...
Editor´s tipsThe Stockholm region is home to three of Sweden’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites – spots judged as...
Editor´s tipsIts proximity to the water makes Stockholm unique. Leave the big city and experience another side...
ExcursionsAn island where you can experience the remarkable maritime terrain of the outer archipelago. Sandhamn is the key meeting place for sailors and yachters, with a vibrant party scene during summer. The idyllic village, a historical sea...
ExcursionsA charming island, just over an hour away by the fastest boat, via Vaxholm. A blissful archipelago setting, in a nature reserve. Good swimming in summer. Grinda Wärdshus is an inn, built in art nouveau style, open on weekends and...
ExcursionsIdyllic archipelago town with many well-preserved wooden houses from the turn of the last century, painted in the archipelago’s typical delicate pastel tones. Vaxholm has numerous charming restaurants, cafés and shops.
ExcursionsVisit Skärgården runs the archipelago’s own travel agency on Strandvägen, Berth 18. Via their web site, you can book activities, trips, adventures, and accommodations in the archipelago and get more information about individual islands.
ExcursionsWhere the archipelago begins, only a 20-minute boat trip from downtown Stockholm. The excellent restaurant Fjäderholmarnas krog is open during the summer season, and for the julbord Christmas buffet. The popular Rökeriet restaurant and...
ExcursionsSweden’s first town, founded in the 10th century. Small-scale and pedestrian friendly, with charming wooden buildings by Lake Mälaren, less than an hour outside of Stockholm. Good selection of stores, cafés, restaurants and hotels, plus...
ExcursionsOn Värmdö you will find a rich history and a varied island landscape with well-known islands such as Grinda, Möja and Sandhamn.
ExcursionsSweet, picturesque small town with plenty of history, just over an hour by car from Stockholm, built around the majestic Gripsholm Castle. Gripsholm was a fortress in the 14th century, and took its present form in the 1530s under King...
ExcursionsPopular archipelago island to visit year round. It lies near the outer archipelago and you can get there in about 2.5 hours. A wooded island with many small bays with rocks for swimming from and perfect for hiking. There is a café,...
ExcursionsStora Sand on Nåttarö is the archipelago’s largest sand beach and one of the best places to swim. The island also has a cave called Drottninggrottan. The story is that it was a hiding place for Queen Maria Eleonora in the early 1600s...