Have a Magical Christmas Break at Djurgården

Winter is here and Christmas is around the corner, a time of fun and cozy events here at our Royal Djurgården. This year, our museums and attractions offers a bunch of activities to enjoy during the break – everything from markets, to concerts to holiday theatre plays. The shops are filled to the brim with decorations and gifts for the whole family. The restaurants and cafés are setting their tables for you to enjoy a classic Christmas Smorgardsbord and holiday sweets.

Once the presents are opened, many kids get to enjoy their break and freedom from school. It’s a given that you will find fun and exciting activities for everyone, big or small, here at Djurgården. Below you will find a list of the top suggestions that we’ve gathered for you!

Nordiska museet 

26 December – 6 January 2025

Get ready for a time-travel adventure during the Christmas holidays and discover the magical place called the Time Vault at the Nordic Museum. Through a portal, you step right into the children’s history from the 1870s to the present. In the museum’s playhouse, you can experience life as a child on a farm in the 1800s. Dress up as a maid or farmhand and play your way through all the chores on the farm.

Exciting missions await the whole family during the holidays. Use history as your guide and try to solve the mystery of the missing marzipan figure. Who is the candy thief that comes to life in the museum at night? You can also embark on a mission through the iceberg in the exhibition Arctic – as the ice melts, where you must gather life hacks about life in the Earth’s northernmost places to solve the mission. A map and the Lapland dog Sickis are there to help you.

Go on a dollhouse hunt. Eight, or are they more, dollhouses from the museum’s famous collection are hidden in the main hall from December 13th  you can look for them.

Skansen
25 December – 7 January 2025

Vrak – Museum of Wrecks 

26 – 30 December 
Every day during Vrak’s Christmas break, you and the whole family have the opportunity to participate in a guided tour about ship gnomes at 1:00 PM. In addition, you can try an exciting VR dive at a shipwreck, take part in crafting activities, and join the wreck hunt – an entertaining quiz that spans across the museum’s various exhibitions.

Maritime Museum 

20 December – 6 January 2025

The Christmas break activities  runs between 20 December – 6 January 2025, however the museum is closed  24, 25 and 31.

On the family tour you will meet Kalle Kron from Karlskrona who was a sailor in the 19th century. Kalle tells you about the Christmases he celebrated during his circumnavigations and expeditions. What did they eat? How did they enjoy themselves? Did you have a tree and Christmas presents? and much more.

Don’t miss out on creating your own masterpieces in the Ruskpricken workshop

The Viking Museum

For many, Christmas is synonymous with trade, and this was also true for the Viking population. At The Viking Museum, you can take part in the family activity ‘The Trade Journey’, an entertaining experience that takes you around the exhibition on your own. There will also be a trader in the exhibition who will give clues to the ‘Trade Journey’, answer questions and show you objects related to trade.The museum also offers daily tours every hour, with special family tours.

On December 28th, you can experience a Midwinter Blot where the gods are thanked for the good year. The Blot starts with a guided tour and at 3.30pm it continues with a ceremony outside the museum. Of course, you can participate in the ceremony without attending the guided tour.

ABBA The Museum

20 December 2024 – 6 January 2025
During the Christmas holidays, four mischievous elves have hidden packages in the exhibitions at ABBA The Museum. Get Mum and Dad or a friend to help you find them!

Junibacken

20 December – 6 January 2025
Junibacken is once again putting on the Christmas show Pettson får julbesök! The show, which is based on Sven Nordqvist’s wonderful Christmas story of the same title, premiered at Junibacken back in 2012. And we can promise you that it’s a show with a lot of claws. The baby drama. The show Pippi Moves In is also performed every day during the holiday break.

Junibacken has a passion for getting kids to read books and they have gathered their best suggestions for childrens books that brings out that wonderful Christmas spirit! These stories are for all generations to enjoy. Check out their list here  and see if you find something nostalgic or perhaps something new to enjoy. Their bookshop offers books in several languages!

The Vasa Museum

26 December – 6 January 2025
Immerse yourself in Swedish history through the ship Vasa and participate in various activities at the Vasa Museum during the Christmas holidays. All children under 18 have free admission to the museum.

The museum’s new audio guide, ‘The boy and the ship – a journey into the past’, takes children and families back to Stockholm in the time of Vasa. Follow 11-year-old Olof through the history of the Vasa, meet the people who worked on board and discover the museum on your own. You can also watch the charming children’s film ‘The Vasa Pig’ where you can follow Lindbom the pig on an adventure on board the ship Vasa. After the film, you can continue on Lindbom’s trail through the museum with the leaflet The Vasa Pig’s Trail. Pick up the leaflet in the children’s film corner and then follow the pig through the museum and answer tricky questions based on the film.

In addition, you and the whole family can follow the history of Vasa at your own pace in the ‘family trail’. This hands-on material takes you on a tour through the history of the ship and to the most exciting places in the museum. ‘Mission Vasa’ is also an activity for children (and adults) that can be done as a competition or for fun. After watching the film about the Vasa, you will solve together the clever missions in the museum.

Be sure to visit the Australian LEGO exhibition Brickwrecks, which will leave the Vasa Museum and Sweden after 6 January 2025! Building competition, magic and chance to meet master builders.

National Sport’s Museum 

December 20  –  January 5 2025

Christmas crafts in the museum’s workshop until 31 December – fold paper figures for Christmas, origami.

During the Christmas holidays you can play table tennis, MultiBall and try the climbing wall.
Are you a sports detective? Find the game for the little ones or look for the sport in our collections for the older children! Diplomas will be awarded.
At 2 pm we show short films  for the little ones in the cinema,  from 4 years, and subtitled in Swedish.

National Museum of Science and Technologie

Looking for exciting activities for kids in Stockholm during the Christmas holidays? Then the Tekniska museet is perfect. There’s a whole host of activities for kids of all ages to discover – from interactive exhibitions to creative workshops. The openinghours  10am – 10pm is hard to beat!