Walking Tours and More
Stockholm is a very easy city to visit. It is walkable and public transport in all its forms is accessible and inexpensive (see Stockholm Travel Guide for details). As a newbie to the city here are a few options of what to do. Unless clearly marked, everything is kid friendly.
I’m on a boat
Stockholm has so many boats going off in so many destinations that I can’t include them all. Here is a short list to start with.
Fjäderholmarna - you can take a Strömma boat from Nybrohamnen. It’s a lovely way to spend a few hours. Bring lunch with you or have some on the island at the handful of restaurants.
Drottningholm - The Versailles of Sweden if you will, visiting it can involves a lovely boat ride inland, i.e. on the lake not the Baltic. It’s also accessible via boat or car, but the boat is a nice way to do it.
Vaxholm - In the opposite direction to Drottningholm, this boat trip takes you out to a lovely little town with one of the original forts that defended the entrance via the Baltic to Stockholm.
Artipelag - A modern art museum funded by the family behind Babybjörn, it has a lovely indoor collection but an even better outdoor walking path with sculptures. The boat ride there will take you past some of the more prisé areas of Stockholm.
Walking
We’ve created a little walking map guide in Google maps. Check out this link. You can check and uncheck the walks to see what our suggestions are. All of these walks take around 30-40 mins and are fairly accessible. The exception is Views of Södermalm which has stairs. If you see SL in the description below, it means that is a metro stop.
Views of Sodermalm takes across a walking path on the north side of Sodermalm with views of the old city.
From Hornstull to Langholmen is a walk we do often ourselves. It will take you from Hornstull (SL) to a park island full of colonies and a little beach.
From Slussen (SL) to Djurgarden will take you from one of the main transport hubs, on a boat and across to the main park island. You can walk for ages so this is just one suggestion.
Through Gamla Stan to a good lunch spot is a suggestion really. Starting at Slussen (SL) or Gamla Stan (SL), the old town is not very big but it is fun to loose yourself in. The end point is a suggestion for lunch with sandwiches and great coffee.
From Nybrohammen and back is a walk down the very picturesque Sveavagen, down a walking path and then back over to Djurgarden. This is likely the longest walk suggested but entirely accessible with a pram.
From Skanstull (SL) and back to Hornstull is a walk down the side side of Södermalm back to Hornstull. Its a great way to see more colonies and all the swimming spots that are very active in the summer.
There is one other “From Skanstull” walk but this one takes you the other way, back and over to Nytorget which is a lovely square will restaurants, shops and coffeeshops.
Museums
There are a lot of museums in the city, but this map has a short list of ones we really recommend. It is a mix of history (Swedish History Museum, Spärväg (trains, trams) Museum), culture (Sven Harry, Fotografiska, Nordiska) and frankly those you really shouldn’t miss if you are here (Vasa).
Kids!
Traveling with children is exhausting but if there is a city better designed for them, I have yet to visit it. There are safe, clean and often very creative parks sprinkled throughout the city, and most of the museums, even those you wouldn’t think of as kid museums, are designed with them in mind. I’ve created a map in Google Maps with our suggestions, so go discover.
I will call out that Pascal’s favorite is the Spårvägs Museet, and as an adult who has been there more times than I can count I can recommend it for the grown ups too. It’s a great way to discover a bit about the history of Stockholm.