Sweden, Europe (Point of interest)

A blue, architectural landmark in the city centre, Stockholm Concert Hall is worth visiting even if you don't manage to get tickets to a performance. It also hosts the Nobel Prize banquet and is home to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. Inaugurate... Continue reading →

Stockholm Town Hall is one of Sweden's foremost buildings in the distinctive National Romantic style. Built between 1911 and 1923, it contains over eight million bricks and visitors can tour the array of offices, piazzas and impressive banqueting h... Continue reading →

How can you follow a South American river system and then experience a real live rainforest, right in the middle of Stockholm? Head for the Aquaria Water Museum, devoted to water and the life that evolves around it. Wander around the Tropical Wate... Continue reading →

Birka is a UNESCO World Heritage Site just 20km outside Stockholm. A fortified town and former home of Viking Kings, the settlement is now unveiling its secrets to archaeologists and visitors. Founded in the 8th century and abandoned before the en... Continue reading →

Stockholm's City Hall is an imposing red-brick building in Kungsholmen with a gorgeous interior, including a room walled with golden mosaics and a covered courtyard where the Nobel Prize banquet is held. The central tower offers great views. Compl... Continue reading →

Stockholm is built on a number of islands and one such is Djurgården (literally, Royal Game Park). The densely wooded island is popular with locals and tourists as it has museums, a zoo, a theme park and footpaths to follow. Over 10 million visit... Continue reading →

Unwind at Stockholm's Ecopark, the world's first urban National Park. Located in the heart of the city, the green oasis is home to different wildlife including deer and includes an amusement park, secluded swimming spots and plenty more.... Continue reading →

Liljevachs Art Gallery in Djurgården is a popular gallery with a bohemian feel. It showcases modern and contemporary art - everything from new work by up-and-coming young Swedish artists to thoughtful retrospectives of 20th-century greats.... Continue reading →

Built in 1908 as a home and studio by sculptor Carl Milles, Millesgården is now a museum and sculpture garden. The display combines early modern masters such as Malevich, Kandinsky and Chagall with works by contemporary Swedish and international a... Continue reading →

An impressive contemporary art gallery on the leafy island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, the Museum of Modern Art displays a permanent collection of 20th-century greats. Challenging exhibitions by contemporary artists also feature. Pieces ... Continue reading →

The Museum of National Antiquities is an archaeological museum that traces Swedish cultural history and art from the Stone Age to the 16th century. Visitors can explore the Gold Room in the basement and find out more about the glittering past of th... Continue reading →

The vast collection at Stockholm's National Museum in Stromkajen includes works by Rembrandt and Goya as well as Swedish artists like Anders Zorn. Behind its Florentine-Venetian facade, explore Sweden's famed obsession with design through furnitur... Continue reading →

The Nobel Museum in the heart of Gamla Stan is probably as close as most will get to winning the prestigious Nobel Prize. This fascinating museum features exhibitions on past winners and the institutions they worked in.... Continue reading →

At the centre of a beautifully preserved warren of medieval streets, Stortorget is the central square in Stockholm's Old Town (Gamla Stan), more than 700 years old. Take a leisurely stroll around, calling in to the various cafés and shops.... Continue reading →

Author August Strindberg (1849-1912) spent the last four years of his life in this building, which he called "The Blue Tower". The three-room apartment, together with Strindberg's library of some 3000 works, forms the core of a fascinating little m... Continue reading →

Set in the Universitet district, the Swedish Museum of Natural History boasts exuberant displays of stuffed animals and geological finds in a grand old building. Big-screen science documentaries are shown at the Cosmonova cinema - Sweden's only IMA... Continue reading →

Atmospheric and high-tech, the Vasa Museum is the main jewel of the museum-heavy Djurgården district. The museum is based around a design disaster - a top-heavy boat commissioned by King Gustav Vasa that sunk on its first outing in 1628. Rescued ... Continue reading →