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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Stockholm","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"A capital spread across fourteen islands, with a medieval old town at its centre, a seventeenth-century warship that sank on its first voyage, and thirty thousand more islands on the doorstep.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303136","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"14 | Islands the city is built on\r\n1628 | The Vasa sank, twenty minutes into its maiden voyage\r\n~30,000 | Islands in the archipelago","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A city on the water, and very aware of how it looks","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Stockholm is built across fourteen islands where Lake M\u00e4laren meets the Baltic, and water is never more than a few minutes away. The old town, Gamla stan, sits on the central island \u2014 narrow medieval lanes, ochre and red merchant houses, and the Royal Palace.\r\n\r\nThe Vasa Museum is the single most remarkable thing in the city. The Vasa was a warship that sank in the harbour in 1628, twenty minutes into its maiden voyage, and lay on the seabed for 333 years. It was raised in 1961 and around ninety-five per cent of it is original. You walk around a complete seventeenth-century ship indoors.\r\n\r\nBeyond the city, the archipelago runs to around thirty thousand islands, and ferries reach them on public transport.\r\n\r\nIt is expensive, very cashless, and rewards slowing down \u2014 the Swedish habit of fika, a coffee and pastry break, is a genuine part of the day rather than a slogan.\r\n\r\nThree days minimum, and more if you go out into the islands.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Arlanda airport 20 minutes by Arlanda Express, or 40 by commuter train for much less\r\nGetting around | Metro, trams and ferries on one SL ticket, around 43 SEK (\u20ac4) a ride\r\nCurrency | Swedish krona (SEK), roughly 11 to the euro\r\nCash | Many places do not accept it at all. Bring a card\r\nAlcohol | Anything over 3.5% is sold only at state Systembolaget shops, closed Sundays\r\nTap water | Excellent, and free","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"An old town at the centre, a hip island to the south and a green one to the east.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Gamla stan | First-timers | The medieval old town: the palace, the lanes, the cathedral and some of the most atmospheric beds. | 59.3250 | 18.0710 |  | \nS\u00f6dermalm | Bars and independents | The island to the south: vintage shops, caf\u00e9s, bars and the best views back at the old town. | 59.3150 | 18.0710 |  | \nNorrmalm | Transport and value | The central business district: the main station, shops, and easy links to everywhere. | 59.3330 | 18.0600 |  | \nDjurg\u00e5rden | Museums and green | The park island to the east: the Vasa, Skansen, ABBA The Museum and waterfront walks. | 59.3260 | 18.1150 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_do_body":"The Vasa Museum, around 230 SEK (\u20ac21), is the one thing not to miss. A complete warship that sank in 1628, raised in 1961, around ninety-five per cent original, displayed in a building constructed around it. It is extraordinary, and it explains a lot about seventeenth-century Sweden in about two hours.\r\n\r\nSkansen, next door on Djurg\u00e5rden, is the world's first open-air museum, from 1891, with historic buildings from across Sweden and Nordic animals. About 250 SEK (\u20ac23) in summer.\r\n\r\nWalk Gamla stan early, before the tour groups, and see the Royal Palace and Stortorget square.\r\n\r\nFotografiska is a photography museum in an old customs building with a very good restaurant and views over the water.\r\n\r\nRide the metro and look at the stations. Around ninety of the hundred stations are decorated with art, and several \u2014 T-Centralen, Solna Centrum, Kungstr\u00e4dg\u00e5rden \u2014 are carved directly into the bedrock and painted.\r\n\r\nThen take a ferry into the archipelago.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The Vasa Museum | About 230 SEK (\u20ac21). A seventeenth-century warship, almost complete\r\nSkansen | About 250 SEK (\u20ac23). The world's first open-air museum\r\nThe metro stations | Art carved into the bedrock, for a single fare\r\nThe archipelago | By ferry, on public transport","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_free_body":"Gamla stan is free to walk, and the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace runs most days.\r\n\r\nThe metro stations are art for the price of a ticket, and the blue line in particular is worth riding just to look.\r\n\r\nMonteliusv\u00e4gen, a cliffside path on S\u00f6dermalm, gives the best free view over the old town and the water.\r\n\r\nDjurg\u00e5rden is a large park island, free to walk, with waterfront paths and woodland.\r\n\r\nStockholm's national museums have mostly charged admission in recent years, so check individual sites. The public libraries, including the round Stockholm Public Library by Gunnar Asplund, are free and architecturally worth seeing.\r\n\r\nAllemansr\u00e4tten, the Swedish right of public access, means you may walk freely through most of the countryside and islands.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Monteliusv\u00e4gen | The best free view over the old town\r\nGamla stan | Free, and best early\r\nDjurg\u00e5rden | A free park island\r\nStockholm Public Library | Free, and a landmark of Swedish design","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Expensive, with one reliable workaround. Dagens lunch \u2014 the daily lunch special, usually with salad, bread and coffee included \u2014 runs around 130 to 160 SEK (\u20ac12\u201315) and is the best-value meal in the city. Dinner at the same place can be double.\r\n\r\nK\u00f6ttbullar, meatballs with lingonberries and mashed potato, are the standard. Toast Skagen, shrimp in dill mayonnaise on toast, is the classic starter.\r\n\r\nFika is a genuine daily ritual: coffee and a kanelbulle, a cinnamon bun, at around 60 to 80 SEK (\u20ac5.50\u20137).\r\n\r\n\u00d6stermalms Saluhall, the historic food hall, is expensive but excellent.\r\n\r\nA beer in a bar is 80 to 110 SEK (\u20ac7\u201310). Anything stronger than 3.5 per cent is sold only at Systembolaget, the state monopoly shops, which close early on Saturdays and all day Sunday. Supermarkets sell only weak beer.\r\n\r\nMany places are card-only.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Dagens lunch | 130\u2013160 SEK (\u20ac12\u201315). The best-value meal\r\nFika | Coffee and a cinnamon bun, a daily ritual\r\nSystembolaget | The only place to buy strong alcohol. Closed Sundays\r\nA beer | 80\u2013110 SEK (\u20ac7\u201310)","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Stockholm","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"S\u00f6dermalm has the best of it \u2014 independent bars, live music and a younger crowd, around Medborgarplatsen and the SoFo district.\r\n\r\nStureplan in \u00d6stermalm is the smart, expensive end, with club queues and strict door policies.\r\n\r\nA beer is 80 to 110 SEK (\u20ac7\u201310) and cocktails 150 to 190 SEK (\u20ac14\u201317), which is why pre-drinking at home is a Swedish institution.\r\n\r\nIn summer, bars move outside and the evenings last almost all night \u2014 around midsummer it barely gets dark.\r\n\r\nClubs run to around three, and entry is often 150 to 200 SEK (\u20ac14\u201318).","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"S\u00f6dermalm | Independent bars and live music\r\nStureplan | Smart, expensive and strict on the door\r\nPrices | Beer 80\u2013110 SEK (\u20ac7\u201310), cocktails 150\u2013190 SEK\r\nSummer | It barely gets dark around midsummer","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Stockholm","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Stockholm","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The metro, trams, buses and many ferries run on one SL ticket, around 43 SEK (\u20ac4) a ride, with travel cards for 24 hours or longer that most visitors should buy. Tap a card or phone at the barriers.\r\n\r\nSeveral ferries to Djurg\u00e5rden and out into the archipelago are part of the SL network and covered by the same ticket.\r\n\r\nFrom Arlanda, the Arlanda Express takes twenty minutes but is expensive. The commuter train takes about forty minutes and costs much less with an SL ticket plus airport fee. Airport buses are cheaper still.\r\n\r\nThe centre is walkable across the bridges between islands.\r\n\r\nNight trains run north to Kiruna and Abisko, about seventeen hours. Gothenburg is three hours and Malm\u00f6 about four and a half.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"SL ticket | About 43 SEK (\u20ac4) a ride, or buy a travel card\r\nFerries included | Several archipelago routes on the same ticket\r\nArlanda | The commuter train is far cheaper than the Express\r\nNight train north | About 17 hours to Kiruna","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Stockholm","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Stockholm costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Expensive. Dorms are 300 to 550 SEK (\u20ac27\u201350), a dinner main 200 to 300 SEK (\u20ac18\u201327), and a beer 80 to 110 SEK (\u20ac7\u201310).\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac70 to \u20ac120.\r\n\r\nSweden uses the krona, not the euro, and it is one of the most cashless countries in the world \u2014 many caf\u00e9s, shops and even some buses do not accept cash at all. A contactless card is essential.\r\n\r\nDagens lunch at 130 to 160 SEK (\u20ac12\u201315) is the single biggest saving. The Vasa and Skansen are the main paid entries.\r\n\r\nA 72-hour SL card and the archipelago ferries make getting around reasonable.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | 300\u2013550 SEK (\u20ac27\u201350)\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac70\u2013120\r\nLargely cashless | Many places refuse cash. Bring a card\r\nDagens lunch | The best way to eat cheaply","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Stockholm","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Stockholm is a safe city for visitors and crime affecting tourists is low.\r\n\r\nPickpocketing happens around T-Centralen, the main station and Gamla stan in summer.\r\n\r\nGang-related violence has increased in some outer suburbs in recent years and has been widely reported. It rarely affects visitors or the central areas they use.\r\n\r\nWinter brings ice on pavements, very short days \u2014 about six hours of light in December \u2014 and cold wind off the water.\r\n\r\nThe water around the city is cold even in summer, and cold-water shock is a real risk if you swim off the rocks; swim at official bathing spots.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Pickpockets | The main station and Gamla stan in summer\r\nOuter-suburb gang violence | Rarely affects visitors or the centre\r\nCold water | Swim at official bathing spots\r\nWinter | Ice and about six hours of light in December","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Stockholm","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Stockholm","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"An archipelago, a royal palace, and a Viking-era town.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Drottningholm Palace | 1 hour | Metro and bus, or boat in summer | The royal family's residence on Lake M\u00e4laren, UNESCO-listed, with an intact eighteenth-century court theatre. |  | 1303137\nUppsala | 40 minutes | Train, about 100 SEK (\u20ac9) | A university town with Scandinavia's largest cathedral and royal burial mounds. |  | 1303138\nSigtuna | 1 hour | Train and bus, on an SL ticket | Sweden's oldest town, founded around 980, with rune stones along the main street. |  | 1303139","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Stockholm","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to September for light and the archipelago. December for markets and dark.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Daylight runs from about six hours in December to over eighteen in June, and many Swedes take long holidays in July, so some smaller places close then.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | -1 | 2 | Cold and dark. About six hours of light\r\nFebruary | -1 | 2 | Cold. Frozen lakes and skating\r\nMarch | 3 | 3 | Brightening fast\r\nApril | 9 | 3 | Thaw. Valborg bonfires on 30 April\r\nMay | 16 | 5 | Excellent. Long light returns\r\nJune | 20 | 5 | Midsummer, and it barely gets dark\r\nJuly | 23 | 5 | The best month. Many Swedes on holiday\r\nAugust | 21 | 5 | Warm. The archipelago at its best\r\nSeptember | 16 | 4 | Crisp and golden\r\nOctober | 10 | 3 | Autumn and cheaper\r\nNovember | 5 | 2 | Dark and grey\r\nDecember | 1 | 4 | Christmas markets and Lucia on 13 December","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"Midsummer, Lucia, and the Nobel Prize banquet in the City Hall.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/sweden\/stockholm\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Midsummer | Friday between 19 and 25 June | Countrywide | The biggest Swedish holiday: maypoles, flower crowns, herring and schnapps. The city empties to the countryside, and Skansen holds a public celebration. |  | \nLucia | 13 December | Churches and citywide | Candlelit processions with singers in white, at churches and in public spaces across the city. |  | \nNobel Prize ceremony | 10 December | Concert Hall and City Hall | The prizes are awarded at the Concert Hall and the banquet held in the City Hall. Not open to the public, but the city marks it. |  | \nChristmas markets | Late November to December | Gamla stan and Skansen | Markets in the old town square and at Skansen. |  | \nValborg | 30 April | Countrywide | Bonfires and songs to welcome spring. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros \u2014 you will pay in kronor, at roughly 11 to the euro, and mostly by card.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Shown in euros for comparison; Sweden uses the krona and many places do not take cash. The food line assumes dagens lunch rather than dinner out.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 28 | 20 | 8 | 10\r\nMiddle of the road | 45 | 38 | 8 | 25\r\nComfortable | 85 | 65 | 12 | 45","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A good scene in Gamla stan, S\u00f6dermalm and around the central station, including hostels on boats. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Stockholm","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/sweden\/stockholm\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Stockholm travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Do I need cash? | Almost never. Sweden is one of the most cashless countries in the world, and many caf\u00e9s, shops and some public transport do not accept cash at all. A contactless card or phone is essential.\r\nIs the Vasa Museum worth it? | Yes, and it is the one thing not to miss. The Vasa sank in the harbour in 1628, twenty minutes into its maiden voyage, lay on the seabed for 333 years, and was raised in 1961 with around ninety-five per cent of it intact. About 230 SEK (\u20ac21).\r\nHow do I buy alcohol? | Anything stronger than 3.5 per cent is sold only at Systembolaget, the state-run shops, which close early on Saturdays and all day on Sundays. Supermarkets only sell weak beer. Bars and restaurants serve normally.\r\nHow expensive is it? | Very. Dorms 300 to 550 SEK (\u20ac27\u201350), a beer 80 to 110 SEK (\u20ac7\u201310), and a day around \u20ac70 to \u20ac120. Dagens lunch, the set lunch at 130 to 160 SEK (\u20ac12\u201315), is the best way to eat well cheaply.\r\nHow do I see the archipelago? | By public ferry rather than a tour. Several routes are on the ordinary SL ticket, and Waxholmsbolaget runs further out. Vaxholm is the easy near option; pick one or two islands and stay a while.\r\nWhat are the metro stations like? | Around ninety of the hundred stations are decorated with art, and several are carved directly into the bedrock and painted. It is sometimes called the longest art gallery in the world, and it costs a single fare to see.\r\nWhen is midsummer? | On the Friday between 19 and 25 June. It is the biggest holiday in Sweden, with maypoles, herring and schnapps, and the city largely empties to the countryside \u2014 Skansen holds a public celebration if you stay.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Stockholm hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Stockholm | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/sweden\/stockholm\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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