The Swedish parliament building
The imposing Swedish parliament building, known simply as Riksdagshuset, takes up around half of the island of Helge…
Gamla Stan see and do
The Royal Palace
Gaze at Gamla Stan from a distance and your eyes will automatically be drawn to the Royal Palace – or…
Stockholm’s Medieval Museum
Stockholm’s excellent (and now free to enter) medieval museum – Medeltidsmuseet – is the ideal place to start your exploration…
Storkyrkan
Close to both the Swedish parliament building and the Royal Palace, Storkyrkan is the most important church in Stockholm – and…
Nobel Prize Museum
After inventing dynamite, a potentially lethal explosive, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel began to worry about his legacy. How could he…
Myntkabinettet Money Museum
If you like money, you’ll love Myntkabinettet – a museum dedicated to the history of coins, notes and economic progress….
Riddarhuset
Riddarhuset – or the Knights’ House, as it translates in English – was built as a gathering place for Sweden’s…
Riddarholmskyrkan
Riddarholmen, the small island that’s joined to Gamla Stan’s western edge by a busy road bridge, is uninhabited. Unless, that…