Cruise between the islands on a hop-on hop-off sightseeing cruise! Enjoy a beautiful panoramic view of the shoreline and sights along the way. Your ticket takes you to top Stockholm attractions such as the Vasa Museum, ABBA the Museum, the Old Town, Royal Palace and downtown area with shopping and restaurants.
Simply hop on and off as many times as you like at any of the stops along the route. We offer audio tracks in 10 different languages and we also have free Wi-Fi onboard, toilets and a café with Swedish “fika”, soft drinks and coffee.
The Waldemarsudde oil mill is a wind-powered mill on Djurgården in Stockholm. The mill is located at Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, and featured in many of the prince’s paintings. It was built in 1784 and used to produce linseed oil.
The builder was a merchant, Carl Magnus Fris, who acquired the Waldemarsudde property in 1782. The sails of the Waldemarsudde oil mill are missing, but it is otherwise well-preserved. The mill is of the type known as “Dutch mill”, where it is only necessary to turn the roof to catch the wind. The oil mill is a rare piece of industrial history, and one of five such structures remaining in the world.
The Prince Eugen oak is growing in the park to the north of Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde. It is believed to be the oldest living oak tree on Djurgården – and in the whole of Stockholm. The oak tree originally had three trunks. When measured in 2006, it was 21 metres high. The circumference of the trunk was 9.2 metres, and its volume was 45 cubic metres. The age of the tree is estimated to be between 300 and 400 years.
Oak trees were protected in Sweden in the 16th century, so that they could be used as timber to build warships. The punishment for cutting down an oak tree during the period when Sweden was a major power was death – oak trees were the property of the king. Oak trees were protected right up until the 1830s, and this is why so many oak trees remain on Djurgården and throughout Sweden.
Wasahamnen at Djurgården is Stockholm’s most central guest harbour. With bus or tram you can reach the city centre in just a few minutes. The guest harbour has a capacity for 174 boats.
During the summer season (May – September), the harbour office is open
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At The Maritime Museum you will learn more about human attempts to master the ocean, life on board, trade shipping and exploration trips. The museum offers daily guided tours and has a children’s playroom and workshop, as well as a café with a beautiful view.
Don’t miss boarding the museum ships that are moored outside the Vasa Museum, open during the summer.
CityLine with M / S Emelie is a private alternative to public transport that runs between Hammarby Sjöstad – Masthamnen (Viking) – Djurgården and Nybroplan. The ship offers a quick and beautiful journey with plenty of space for strollers, wheelchairs and bicycles. The boat’s large sun deck offers a beautiful sightseeing tour of Stockholm’s most beautiful side.
Glacial erratics are large rocks that have been transported by ice. It is believed that most of the glacial erratics in Sweden were transported during the most recent ice age. The glacial erratics accompanied ice sheets and glaciers as they advanced over the land. The erratics remained in place when the ice melted, which in the Stockholm region took place around 10,000 years ago. A building of timber and stone known as a “blockhus” was erected here during Gustav Vasa’s reign (Swedish King, 1496–1560) to protect the approach to Stockholm, giving the point its name.
The National Sports Museum of Sweden hosts exhibitions on Swedish sports from ancient times until today; from the 1912 Olympic Games to today’s sports stars. The museum depicts the fascination of sport, but also its downsides. Try different sport activities and challenge yourself or others in enjoyable and challenging activities.
At the Police Museum, you will gain insight into the work of the police and their role in the society.
In the new exhibition For the greater good – the everyday world of police officers, the focus is on today’s Swedish police. Here are the real objects and the true stories of life as a police officer today. End your visit by stepping into the virtual police uniform.
The photograph exhibition The trigger exhibition – 150 years of police photography is about 150 years of police photography, where you meet the people in front of and behind the police camera. Look at some of Sweden’s first “mugshots” and see crime scene photos and objects from high-profile Swedish criminal cases.
In the exhibition Clues to the crime, a crime scene takes the centre stage. Put yourself in the role of the forensic scientist, walk up to the crime scene and think about what you see.
Do not miss our high-profile exhibition on hate crime – Us & Them.
Our shop has something for everyone, from exciting books, exclusive police shirts, mugs, games and much more. Welcome!
The Vasa Museum houses Vasa, the only preserved 17th century ship in the world. She capsized and sank in Stockholm in 1628. After 333 years on the seabed, the warship was salvaged in 1961. 98% original and richly adorned with hundreds of wooden sculptures, she is a unique attraction and art treasure.
The purpose-built museum also contains eleven exhibitions about Vasa and her time. Outside is the museum’s 17th century garden.
A film about Vasa is shown every hour and an audioguide is always available – all in different languages. There are also family activities. All is included in the entrance fee.
The museum has a well-stocked shop with a range of products for both children and adults; long-distance and local visitors. The restaurant serves lunch as well as sandwiches and pastries, with a focus on locally produced and organic ingredients.
Hop-on-hop-off bus
Hop aboard one of our hop on-hop off buses and explore Stockholm and its sights at your own pace over 24 or 72 hours. The bus stops at famous attractions like Gröna Lund, Skansen, Fjällgatan, City Hall, Abba the Museum, Ice Bar, the Royal Palace, Old Town and several popular shopping districts. Take the bus from one of our 17 stops which includes the cruise terminal at Stadsgården. Included in your full price ticket are numerous discounts to Stockholm’s best museums, must-see attractions, city shopping and restaurants. Combine your bus ticket with a hop on-hop off boat tour for the ultimate sightseeing experience.
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Stockholm Excursion
This guided sightseeing tour passes all the must-see attractions and the best view points in Stockholm with modern, air conditioned luxury coaches. The tour is perfect for passengers who want a non-stop tour without unnecessary stops on the way. City Hall, the Royal Palace and Djurgården island are all a part of the Stockholm Excursions experience. The tour can also be combined with boat sightseeing. Guide available in 10 languages.
Tour timetable
Hop On – Hop Off-boat
Sightseeing by Stockholm’s oldest sightseeing boats is a fun, beautiful and comfortable way to experience the city. You can hop on and hop off the boat at the various stops as often as you like, or stay onboard and enjoy the ride. The ticket is valid for 24 or 72 hours.
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Royal Canal Tour
Join us on a tour through the greener parts of Stockholm. We depart from Strömkajen in the centre of Stockholm going out through the Djurgården canal. The tour passes many historic buildings and green areas around the island of Djurgården. Guide available in 11 languages.
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With Ocean Bus you can experience Stockholm from both land and water in one single vehicle – an amphibious bus! You will get to see many of city’s most known attractions whilst the guide tells fun and interesting stories along the way. Experience the thrill when the 10 ton bus drives into the water. The tour start on land at Strömgatan – close to the Royal Opera.
Travel time: 60 minutes
Live guide: available in Swedish and English
The Viking Museum is an experience based museum for all ages that tells the story of Viking Age Scandinavia – from brave seafarers to the people who stayed at home at the farms. The exhibition is in constant development and is updated in step with new scientific research and archaeological findings. Here, visitors get the opportunity to learn about one of history’s most mythical periods in an innovative and interactive way – through movies, sound effects, objects and scenic environments. There are several guided tours in English everyday, held by knowledgeable guides in Viking age attire. It is also possible to explore the museum with an audio guide, which is available in ten languages and included in the entrance fee.
The Viking Museum also has its own ride, Ragnfrid’s saga – an adventure filled story about a Viking Age family and a raid through 10th century Europe. The ride takes eleven minutes and is available in nine languages.
Information about opening hours and prices can be found on the museum’s web page.
A wonderful excursion which in addition to fine art, also offer a beautiful park, fine dining and shopping. Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, formerly the residence of Prince Eugen (1865-1947), is today a popular art museum. Prince Eugen was among the finest landscape painters of his generation and an art collector with special emphasis on Swedish art.
Throughout the year, a selection of Prince Eugen’s own art, works from the Collections and temporary exhibitions, are displayed. The Prince’s beautiful Private Apartment and sculpture park are always open to visitors.
Djurgården Church organises activities all year round, including worship, theological discussions and art exhibitions. During the summer, the church’s garden becomes a delightful café where everyone is welcome! Then there are also extra activities, including concerts, sing-alongs, lectures, church services and devotions and art exhibits.
Djurgården church was built in 1828 and has since served as both a school and a hospital to treat the Cholera disease. The church boasts an altarpiece painted and donated by Prince Eugen.
The royal pleasure castle Rosendals Castle on Djurgården, was built in the 1820s for King Karl XIV Johan. The king bought the country estate Rosendal and developed it with a castle, buildings and a park area that could also be used by the public. There was also a pontoon bridge over for the military exercises at Ladugårdsgjärde. Nowadays, there is a larger bridge here, Folke Bernadotte’s bridge, across the bay to the museum park.
To a large extent, the castle still stands today as it did during Karl Johan’s time, which makes Rosendal a unique document of the Swedish empire style, so-called Karl Johan style. During the summer months visitors are given the opportunity to go on guided tours of the castle.
From Djurgårdsbron and to Rosendal’s castle area, there are guided park walks on various themes in the app ‘Kungliga promenader’ (free to download where apps are downloaded).
The Thiel Gallery is recognised as one of the finest art museums in Sweden and is beautifully set in walled grounds at Blockhusudden in the royal park of Djurgården.
The gallery houses a unique collection of works of art from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by leading artists of the period, including Bruno Liljefors, Edvard Munch, Eugène Jansson, Carl Larsson, August Strindberg and Anders Zorn. The gallery also hosts temporary exhibitions.
Chef Monika Ahlberg welcomes you to her café at the Thiel Gallery. In the gallery’s beautiful park there are sculptures of Auguste Rodin, Tobias Sergel and Gustav Vigeland.
Liljevalchs is one of the most beautiful exhibition spaces in Stockholm. They hold at least three major art and design exhibitions each year. The exhibition program covers a wide range of art and design and includes something for everyone – from general to specialised interests.
Every spring Liljevalchs hosts the Spring Salon, a well-known and popular jury-judged exhibition.
Part of the Stockholm Municipality, Liljevalchs was inaugurated in 1916 as the first independent public gallery for contemporary art in Sweden. Liljevalchs+ is the newest building and opened in summer 2021.
