There are few things Swedes love as much as fika! Regardless of the weather and season, a fika is always a welcome break. The wonderful feeling of taking the first sip of a hot cup of coffee together with freshly baked pastry on a cold winter’s day, or enjoying a cold drink together with a delicious cake in the shade on a hot summer’s day.

Fika is something to be enjoyed all year round, and here at Royal Djurgården there are options for all preferences. Here we have collected some fika tips for your Djurgården visit:

Photo: Blå Porten

Fika by a warming fireplace 

After a long walk around Djurgården on a cold winter or autumn day and enjoying a fika indoors by a warming fireplace, is the definition of cozy. In the fairytale-like building Skånska Gruvan you will find the cozy café Flickorna Helin Skånska Gruvan. Here you can sit down next to the fireplace with a hot cup of coffee, a cinnamon bun or some of the other delicious home baked pastries that you will find here. Other cafés at Djurgården that also offers fika by firesplaces during the winter season are; Restaurant Djurgårdsbron, Restaurant ELD at The Viking Museum and Rosendals Garden Cafe.

Fika in a beautiful garden

Blå Porten

Among the many gems on the island, you will find the ancient Blå Porten, right betweeb ABBA the museum and the art gallery Liljevalchs. Here you can enjoy a fika out in the beautiful green garden. Their selection is incredible and it is difficult to choose from all the freshly baked pasteries you find on their large fika buffet. Choose between freshly baked buns, cookies in all forms and delicious cakes.

Rosendal’s Garden Café

A well loved and perfect place when you fancy a fika out in the gardens is Rosendal’s Garden Café. Here, the café is inside one of the charming greenhouses and as soon as you step in you are welcomed by an incredible cake buffet filled with sandwiches, buns, pastries and cakes. Everything is baked by Rosendal’s bakers from scratch with carefully selected ingredients in their own bakery. The fika is best enjoyed outside in the beautiful orchard, but can of course be enjoyed inside the greenhouse as well.

Kafé Lusknäppen

In Nordiska museet’s backyard stands a beautiful little brick building which during the museum’s early years, was named Lusknäppen and is now a café and bar. Here you can settle down under the shade from the trees on a hot summer day with a cold drink or ice cream. Of course, there are also sandwiches, various pastries and good coffee to enjoy here.

Fika with a view of the water

Café Ektorpet

Café Ektorpet is beautifully located in Waldemarsudde’s park with large outdoor seating and a view of the water. If you’re looking for a lighter lunch or fika you’ve come to the right place. Delicious waffles with whipped cream and jam are served here. The menu also includes a selection of sandwiches, lunches and pastries.

Skroten Café & Skeppshandel

In a small alley in Nya Djurgårdsvarvet you will find Skroten café & Skeppshandel, neighbors with the Baltic Sea, the old workers’ housing and the piers. Here you can combine your fika with amazing bargains in the associated ship store. In the café, luxurious shrimp sandwiches, American pancakes, sandwiches with various toppings and of course home-baked pasteries. Take your fika with you and sit in the sun on their deck down in the boat harbor which is very close by.

Flickorna Helin Skånska Gruvan

After a short walk along the water from the Djurgården bridge, you will arrive at the cozy café and restaurant Flickorna Helin Skånska Gruvan. There is a wide range of home-baked pastries, buns, cakes, sandwiches, juices and smoothies. During the summer months, they open up their lovely outdoor dining area, which has one of Stockholm’s most beautiful views over the Djurgården Canal.

Restaurant Stockholm 1897 at Djurgårdsbron

In the same building as Djurgården’s tourist information Royal Djurgården Visitor Center, you will find Restaurant Djurgårdsbron which has one of Stockholm’s largest outdoor seating areas. Here you can settle down right next to the water and enjoy the beautiful view with a yummy tosca cake, chocolate ball or perhaps a shrimp sandwichs with a glass of wine to enjoy in the sun. Have a picknick in the grass or seek shade on their dock.

Kennys Gelato

Something that should be enjoyed outside on a hot summer day is of course ice cream, and at Djurgården we have world-class homemade gelato. During the summer months you will find Kenny’s Gelato, located between Spritmuseum and The Viking Museum by the Wasa harbour. Enjoy the big variety of unique flavours by the water with a beautiful view over the boats and the city.

Fika break at the museum

At Djurgården, we have as many as 22 museums, and during a day filled with fun experiences, it’s essential to fill up on energy to last the whole day. Many of Djurgården’s museums and attractions have both restaurants and cafes, so you don’t have to worry about going hungry. Here are some tips for delicious fika at our museums:

Nordiska museet

In the Great Hall, you will find Nordiska Museet’s restaurant, here you can settle down and enjoy a good cup of coffee with tasty pastries. There are also smoothies, sandwiches and other treats here.

Café Mackverket at Vrak

How do fried sourdough sandwiches, salads and tasty fika sound? Every day of the week you can enjoy this at Mackverket at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks, while taking a break from the exhibitions.

Restaurant ELD

A day filled with Viking adventures can also require a Swedish fika break. In the museum’s restaurant ELD, there is plenty to choose from, chocolate balls, sweet buns, cakes and good coffee. The restaurant not only offers good fika but also a fantastic view of the wasa harbour and the city.

Skansen

When you visit Skansen, you don’t have to worry about going hungry. There are plenty of cafés to choose from here. Right by the main entrance you will find Restaurant Gubbhyllan, here everything is cooked from scratch, they bake donuts according to old tradition and even roast their own coffee, a perfect stop before or after a full day at Skansen. Nearby you will also find Stora Gungan Tavern, which has a café menu consisting of classic Swedish sandwiches with cheese and ham, Skagen (shrimps in mayonnaise) or grilled salmon. Of course other pastries, cakes, buns and pies according to the season.

Right next to Skansen’s charming Hazelius Gate, there is also a cozy Viennese café  Arturs Kafé, which has a fika menu that offers everything from éclairs an pies to cookies and delicious cakes. This café is outside Skansen’s area and can be visited without paying admission to Skansen.

The Prince’s Kitchen

A day filled with art, sculptures and beautiful flowers is even better with a good fika. In The Prince’s Kitchen at Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde, there are always delicious pastries to enjoy with your coffee during your museum visit.

Junibacken

A fika is much needed, both for adults and children, after a day full of play. Take a break between your adventures at Juninacken to enjoy a relaxing fika.  At Junibacken’s restaurant you will find fika for the whole family, chocolate balls, buns and cakes that are enjoyed just as well together with a cup of coffee or a soft drink. The fact that the restaurant has one of Stockholm’s most beautiful views makes it even better.

The Vasa museum

At the Vasa Museum you can not only experience the world’s best preserved 17th-century ship, here you can also enjoy fantastic fika in the Vasa Museum’s restaurant. Enjoy a hot cup of coffee with home-baked pastries, a good sandwich or a cooling drink at the outdoor terrace during the summer, right next to the water overlooking the museum shpis.

Tekniska museet

Right next to Wisdome Stockholm, Tekniska – Museum of Science and Technology’s new 3D experience, you will find the Café in Trähällen. Here is something for everyone; snacks, pastries and hot and cold drinks. Open till
9 PM just like the museum.

Some of our best restaurants here at Royal Djurgården are actually in our museums! Many look for restaurants to eat at before or after their museum visits, but there is no need to look further. In fact, many people come and visit the restaurants even if they do not visit the museums. Here are some of those amazing museum restaurants!
Read the list of all our restaurants and cafes here.

Photo: Restaurant Eld

Restaurants at Djurgårdsstrand

Mackverket – Vrak

Along Djurgårdstrand, you will find a row of fantastic restaurants of various kinds. At the new Vrak – Museum of wrecks, you can enjoy magical and tasty sandwiches at Mackverket. Creative flavors in fresh sourdough bread that suit everyone. Eat on the cozy environment or take the sandwich with you and enjoy the sunny harbour.

Restaurant Eld

Right next door you will find Restaurant Eld with a fantastic view and food inspired by Nordic and Arctic flavors. Everything from tasty comfort meals to homemade fika. To do this, you obviously have to try their different types of mead, just like a true Viking.

Restaurant at Spritmuseum

The restaurant at Spritmuseum has received awards for its food and rightfully so! Here you will find high quality classics, brunches and of course all the world’s drinks. Enjoy a lunch in the restaurant or maybe a beer tasting tray in the sun. Spritmuseum also has several different drink fairs as well as dishes that they match with the right drink to give the ultimate taste experience.

The Vasa Museum’s restaurant

Classic meatballs or today’s lunch. Whatever suits your taste, there is something for everyone at the Vasa Museum. On sunny days you can enjoy the view of the museum ships and on Wednesdays you can also have dinner here as they are open until 8 in the evening together with the museum.

Junibacken’s Restaurant

To last a whole day playing, you need to recharge with a proper meal. At Junibacken’s circus restaurant, you can eat classics such as pancakes or pasta bolognese. And of course all kinds of fika as the icing on the cake. The playful restaurant is perfect for the whole family.

Longer opening hours

Nordiska’s restaurant

And the restaurant at the Nordiska museet is open until 8 on Wednesdays. Here it is important to keep an eye on the event calendar as you can eat your meal in combination with knitting-after work, jojk or a lecture. In Nordiska’s backyard, you will also find the cozy Lusknäppen, which is perfect for a fika break during your visit to the museum.

Prince’s Kitchen and Café Ektorpet

Further on in the world of art, you will of course find Waldemarsudde, which is also open later on Thursdays. In the Prince’s kitchen, you can eat classics such as cod fillet or Prince’s meatballs. At Café Ektorpet you can sit outside and enjoy the view together with crispy waffles.

Restaurants in the museum park

Tekniska museet

You can’t mention the evening opening without talking about Tekniska, which is open from 10 in the morning to 9 in the evening every day. Here you will find the museum’s own restaurant, which focuses on sustainability, innovation and the future, just like the museum. Together with the opening of Wisdome, Tekniska has also opened a cafe in the wooden hall where you can treat yourself to a fika.

The Maritime museum’s café & bar

Follow the marine theme and treat yourself to a hot fish stew or maybe try the week’s special lunch. Have a small fika in the cozy atmosphere or go out and watch the canal during the warmer seasons. A restaurant with a genuine warm and cuddly feel for all ages.

Several options in one place

Skansen

A day at Skansen can be magical but long. However, there are plenty of fantastic restaurants here.  The tavern Stora gungan in the city quarter, wherever you go, you will not have to go hungry. At restaurant Gubbhyllan you can even enjoy cozy jazz evenings or why not buy a fika to go or light lunch and sit in one of Skansen’s stinning green gardens.

Gröna Lund

A full day of carousels, the swedish games “5-kamp” and concerts, requires a lot of extra energy. At Gröna Lund, there is food around every corner and is suitable for all ages. Crepes from the creamery, tacos at the Mexican Corner or perhaps a warm lasagna at the Classic Café. Try the news from 2023, sparillo or Hekto Smashed burgers right by the water. Of course, the occasional cotton candy is manditory.

On December 9th, the premiere for the new Wisdome takes place at the National Museum of Science and Technology! This is no ordinary new building; it’s a new landmark that has gained international attention. In addition to its unique design, Wisdome is also a new hub for innovation, learning, and a sustainable future.

Wisdome is a dome equipped with world-leading visualization technology where visitors can understand the world like never before. Don’t understand how it smells in space or what raspberries taste like in our galaxy? With modern solutions, collected data, and knowledge, you can get answers to these questions and many more! The dome will showcase three different performances in the coming period.

Wisdome is also the ultimate venue for a kickoff, afterwork, or conference like no other. The dome is perfect for concerts, lectures, school classes, and much more, thanks to its creative space and groundbreaking technology.

 The performances on display are:

STORT 3D – A cosmic journey through time and space.

OpenSpace för hela familjen: An interactive space adventure.

Making Magic 3D – A Visual Effect Story

World-class architecture

The building itself has not been an easy nut to crack and has been a real challenge. They have gone further than previously thought possible in wooden construction. With a shingle roof covered with 120,000 pieces of heartwood, adorning the undulating structure, it is a unique creation that the architectural firm Elding Oscarson has succeeded in pushing the boundaries with. The spectacular building has already won international awards such as the World Property Awards and the Swedish Design Awards 2023.

Take a trip to the Museum Park to experience this fantastic addition and explore a part of the future! Learn more about Wisdome here.

Nordiska Museet turns 150 years old this year and it has been celebrated with a bang! With programs throughout the year, it has been an eventful anniversary. Nordiska has a wish for their birthday on October 24, they want the people’s stories. You can now submit what your day looks like as a birthday gift to the museum.

Photo: Hans Ekestang, Nordiska museet

Nordiska museet turned 100 years old in 1973 and to celebrate they wanted to document what everyday life and the world looked like at the time. People from far and wide sent in their stories. Everything from what lessons you had at school to what you ate for breakfast and read in the morning paper. Big or small, long or short, Nordiska now wants to hear what your life looks like in 2023.

Submit what your day looks like during Nordiska’s bithday. Can be a long story about how you live, your surroundings, today’s issues and how you live. It can also be a short text about what you ate for lunch, what you wore and what song you heard on the radio. With a collection of your memories, Nordiska can compare life today with life in the 70s. Then when they turn 200 years old in 2073, they can compare the stories they will receive then with how we lived today.

This is how you participate:

Access Nordiska’s collection here: minnen.se/tema/24-oktober-2023

There you can submit your story from their birthday (24 October) and until a month after that. On that page you can also read what people sent in to the museum in 1973. Whether it’s for inspiration or just for fun reading, we strongly recommend taking a look. It is already open before the 2023 collection opens.

As simple as that! Preserve our Nordic history and become part of the documentation of life in 2023.

On October 6th, we will welcome ‘Monet’s Garden – The Immersive Experience’ to Royal Djurgården. Visitors are invited to an visually and acoustically impressive experience. Claude Monet’s famous masterpieces are displayed in a new way, in a temporary exhibition hall near the Maritime Museum. The latest technology enables visitors to interact with the art themselves.

From New York to Royal Djurgården

Monet’s Garden – The Immersive Experience has had great success throughout Europe and most recently in New York, where the exhibition was extended due to high interest. Now, Royal Djurgården welcomes Monet’s Garden and is delighted to offer its guests access to beautiful art once again.

Learn more about the experience

Monet’s Garden consists of three experience rooms – the studio, the artist’s mythical garden in Normandy and finally the exhibition room, where Claude Monet’s works are brought to new life. The finale is an amazing experience as Monet’s water lilies take over the room, and visitors are surrounded by one of the master’s most beloved motifs.

The exhibition opens Friday, October 6, and runs until Sunday, January 21, 2024.

More art at Royal Djurgården

We want to take this opportunity to remind all art lovers that there is a lot of beautiful art to experience at several actors on Djurgården, including:  Liljevalchs konsthall, Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Konsthall 16 at Riksidrottsmuseum, Spritmuseum och Thielska galleriet. If you’re walking around Djurgården, don’t miss visiting our beautiful sculpture park, Princess Estelle’s Sculpture Park, where earlier this year, we were enriched with the unique artwork ‘Untold’ by Charlotte Gyllenhammar.

Between October 1 and October 20, Stockholm’s Tramway City (Spårväg City) will undergo maintenance work, resulting in temporary changes to the traffic. Tram line 7, which runs between T-Centralen and Waldemarsudde here on Royal Djurgården, will be replaced by buses on a reduced schedule during this period. Additionally, several stops will be relocated as the work takes place in the tram track area.

Below, we have gathered important information about the changes that will apply during this period.

Bus Replacement

Starting at around 11:50 pm on Sunday night, buses will replace tram line 7, to and from Djurgården. Buses will replace the tram until October 20. Trams will resume normal operation on the morning of Saturday, October 21.

The bus will use the same line number as the tram, which is 7, and will follow their own timetable. They will run at intervals of up to 12 minutes between 7 am and 10:40 pm from Monday to Friday and between 9 am and 10:40 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. This means that buses will run slightly less frequently compared to the usual tram service.

Relocated Stops

The replacement buses will stop at the same stops normally used by the tram, with a few exceptions. Changes to stops will also affect the regular bus lines that use these stops.

Skansen: The stop heading towards Waldemarsudde will be relocated to Djurgårdsvägen, by the regular roadway.

Liljevalchs/Gröna Lund (Currently completly closed off): The stop will be completely closed in both directions throughout much of the maintenance work. Passengers are advised to use the Nordiska museet/Vasamuseet or Skansen stops.

Djurgårdsbron: The stop will be relocated in both directions on Strandvägen, by the regular roadway, and not on the tracks in the middle of Strandvägen. This also applies to the regular bus lines 67, 69, and 76.

Please note that the traffic will be less frequent than the regular schedule during this period. It is therefore important to use SL’s journey planner to find the best alternative for your trip.

Ferry boats are a good alternative to get to and from Djurgården.

Djurgårdsfärjan, ferry line 82, runs between Räntmästartappan/Slussen and Allmänna gränd at Djurgården, via Skeppsholmen.

Sjövägen, SL’s ferry line 80, between Ropsten and Nybroplan. You get off the boat at Allmänna gränd stop on Djurgården. The stop is located near Gröna Lund.

Of course, the subway runs as usual, so why not take the Red Line to Karlaplan or Östermalmstorg and walk the last part to Djurgården.

We continuously update information here on our website and on our social media channels. You can find us at royaldjurgarden.

In October, Nordiska museet celebrates its 150th anniversary, which will be marked with a celebration, a packed program for the autumn, and a brand new art exhibition featuring Daniel Youssef and Strindberg. Furthermore, the museum is embarking on its largest exhibition ever, enhancing the museum building, and welcoming the audience with a new visual identity.

The anniversary program also includes lecture series in collaboration with Stockholm University, knitting workshops with guest lectures, craft workshops, Lucia celebrations, and Christmas programs. During the autumn, the museum will also complete the largest contemporary base exhibition in Sweden, “Nordic People,” and improve physical accessibility through new architectural and iconic additions to the building.

Welcome to the historic and lovely Royal Djurgården, where you can enjoy fresh air and fun museums. I work at the tourist information at Royal Djurgården Visitor Center and my job is to help guests find their way and plan their own excursion. We keep track of daily activities and exhibitions happening all year round. In order to do our job well we are sometimes given challenges to plan a trip in the area and see things we haven’t before. Continue reading to follow along my own outing and find out what I did!

Our job gave us the mission to explore Djurgården in a way we haven’t done before. This meant making a list of places to go, visiting the following:

• An attraction you did not know existed before working at the Royal Djurgården Visitor Center
• A child-friendly museum/attraction
• A museum/attraction you have not visited before
• An art museum/gallery
• An exhibition available for the summer of 2023
• One of the monuments and learn more about it
• A outdoor art piece and read more about it
• Take a break and “fika” in a place you haven’t before (Swedish fika is a must!)

I started my day with a sober visit to the Museum of Spirits to see their exhibitions. The one that I was most curious about as a temporary exhibition was their Absolute Art Collection named ReDISCOver which is a handpicked collection from the 80s presented with a disco vibe using music and lights (ends on 24/9). The other exhibitions were more interactive with things to touch and smell. Beer is not my thing but I continued through the museum and learned a lot about distilleries and the history of drinking culture of Sweden. I would like to bring friends on a day off to go to one of their tastings and tours to learn more about gin or wine. During their first hour after opening it was really calm with few people around so I could explore at my own pace.

I continued on to the Estonia Monument which was raised in 1997 by the graveyard (Galärvarvskyrkågården). It is in memory of the victims of the Estonia Catastrophe in 1994. Many people in the periphery of my life have told some story of connection to the tragedy but it’s the first time I was the monument in person, so I stood there quietly for a silent minute. Thankfully I brought the map found inside our Visitor Center so it was easier to find my way there.

I walked on in the sunshine and had to take of my blazer so that I wouldn’t melt in the summer heat. Good thing my next stop was Skroten Café and Shop. When I arrived the first thing I did was shoot a few videos for our social media and pictures for our website. Right after that I bought a fresh Raspberry Lemonade and enjoyed their outdoor seating area.

I walked on to visit Prince Eugens Waldemarsudde, an art museum I’ve never visited before. It was a pleasant surprise to experience the combo of an art museum and a royal home. Looking back I regret not going outside to view the garden as well. On a positive note, I did buy a pair of gardening signs from their museum shop which I sent to grandma. A bit further away from the museum I passed the famous oak which Prince Eugen would often sit by (an impressive one, I might add) and after a few minutes of staring at it I wonder if I got any wiser from it.

I got a bit hungry and passed Bellmansro Park to get to the Rosendal Bothanical Garden. There you will find fields of veggies, flowers and fruits as well as their beautiful garden café. I saw a few nice options and settled for a combination of handmade cookies, organic chips with Rosemary and another lemonade. When you sit outside during the summer you will inevitably be visited by both birds and bees (don’t worry, they care more about the flowers than visitors). People also brought dogs with them so ut was quite a nice, lively environment to have a “fika” in.

After taking some more pictures, seeing an art sculpture in the gardens and digesting my sweets I felt recharged to continue. While heading to my next goal, The National Museum of Sports, I passed Rosendal Palace. There I saw the lawn mowers work diligently at keeping the area nice. I have a tendency to name different lawn mowers around Djurgården and the museums and so these were given the names Bengt and Harald. When I crossed the Folke Bernadotte Bridge I noticed that the sailing school was out on the waters and the students and I waved to each other.

As I passed the Museum Park between the Ethnographic Museum and The Technological Museum, I noticed that there were a lot of families with their kids at the playgrounds (which are open and free all year round). Outside the Police Museum there was a lot of traffic where they have the fun driving school for the youngest of drivers. Eventually, I reached my destination.

I didn’t take a lot of pictures inside The National Sports Museum but there was a lot to see. I walked around most of their exhibitions and found some interesting things like old equipment, toys and tools from the past but also videos of exercises one could follow along. Inside their SportLab area I could test my hand strenght (which was average for a grown woman) and how far I could jump double-footed (which was about the same as my hight, an okay score for someone who doesn’t compete in long jump). If I hadn’t been wearing a cute pen skirt I probably would have attempted their climbing wall and balance equipment as well. Maybe I will another day, considering the museum is free of charge for visitors.

After a long excursion I was tired and hot but still quite satisfied. I had done the challenge to the T and got to do a lot of fun things and meet nice people. There are still places I have yet to visit, even after this outing, and some I haven’t visited in over 15 years. I have plenty of future trips to plan here in the area, both with work and privately.

Thank you for reading and joining me on my outing on Royal Djurgården. If you are planning your own trip to the area, come by our Visitor Center and talk with me or my colleagues. We have information and suggestions regarding everything happening out here. Welcome!

Text and photo: Rebecca Åstrand, turist informant at Royal Djurgården VC.

Lovely September is here! Summer is coming to an end, and autumn is beginning, and we have a wonderful time ahead of us here on the Royal Djurgården. Autumn offers colorful nature, new exhibitions, markets, courses, lectures, and much more fun at the island’s many museums and attractions.

When September arrives, it’s also time for several of Royal Djurgården’s museums to change their opening hours. To make your visit easier, we have compiled them below.

Please note that changes may occur. 

Abba The Museum
Monday – Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursdays: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Museum of Etnography
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday – Sunday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Friends of Handicraft Gallery 
Thursday: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Friday – Saturday: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Sunday + public holidays: CLOSED

Junibacken
Monday – Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
*Closed on Mondays in September (partly October) and November

Liljevalchs Art Gallery
Monday + Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday + Thursday: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Nordiska Museet
Monday – Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Police Museum
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday – Friday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday – Sunday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM

National Sport’s Museum
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday – Sunday: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Rosendals Garden
Monday – Sunday: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Rosendals Palace
Closed for the season

Maritime Museum
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday – Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Skansen
See current opening hours here

Skansen Aquarium
Monday – Friday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Snus and Match Museum 
Monday – Thursday: CLOSED
Friday – Sunday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Museum of Spirits
Monday – Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday – Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

National Museum of Science and Technology
Every day: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

The Viking Museum
Every day: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Thiel Gallery
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday – Wednesday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Friday – Sunday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

The Vasa Museum
Monday – Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Vrak – Museum of Wrecks
Monday – Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesdays: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Find out more about what happens at Royal Djurgården during the Autumn here. 

Royal Djurgården is the perfect place in Stockholm to experience nature, culture, food and lots of other fun stuff! As a working tourist information officer here at Royal Djurgården Visitor Center, I am lucky enough to experience much of what the island has to offer. Below are therefore some of my tips on things to do.

For those who intend to visit the museum, I recommend trying to plan your day to be able to get there in good time. Because it is during the morning, before lunchtime and later in the afternoon that many museums have the least visitors. In this way, it is easier to enjoy the stay without having to crowd with lots of people.

Museum for children
Museiparken includes a large selection of museums suitable for all ages. It is especially a great place for children as all the museums there usually offer fun and educational activities adapted for younger ages. The Police Museum can be found here and once inside is the exhibition Polis, polis. There, children are allowed to sit in the driver’s seat of a real swedish police car aswell as a police motorcycle, turn on the blue light, gas and talk on the police radio. There are also films and narration about how the police here in Sweden used to work in the past. Outside the entrance to the museum is also the traffic area, it is a place where children can learn about traffic rules in a playful way during the summer with the help of pedal cars. In the Museiparken there is also The National Sports Museum of Sweden, a place that depicts Swedish sports from ancient times to the present day. There are physical challenges to take part in, exhibitions to look at and of course there is Konsthall 16. It is Sweden’s first art hall that depicts the meeting between sports and art. In addition to being an interesting and educational place, The National Sports Museum of Sweden is also free, perfect for a spontaneous visit.

Museum beyond the ordinary
Here on Djurgården there are several art museums, one of my absolute favorites is The Thiel Gallery which you can find out on beautiful Blockhusudden. The house is located in a nature-filled place and offers a fantastic view out to the water. There is the cozy Café Monika Ahlberg, which sells tasty pastries, sandwiches and lunches. Which makes it the perfect place to recharge the batteries before or after the visit inside the museum. Once inside, you are greeted by unique art collections consisting of paintings and sculptures from a number of prominent artists. The exhibition that appealed to me the most was Stilla Natur created by Oskar Bergman, unfortunately the last day to see it was August 20. That said, it’s worth a visit regardless.

In addition to The Thiel Gallery, I also recommend a visit to The Museum of Spirits at Djurgårdsstrand for the opportunity to experience the REDISCOVER art exhibition. It is a colorful exhibition consisting of glitter, disco music and strong colors. It includes around 90 artworks from the Absolut Art Collection. The exhibition is a way to see how much influence the Absolut brand has had with the international beverage industry. Of course, the museum also provides other exciting exhibitions. Including their main exhibition Dryckeslandet Sweden, the visitor gets to experience scenarios, films, scents and music and the art of creating alcohol. What would be a better fitting end for a visit at The Museum of Spirits if not with the opportunity to take part in their beer tasting or spirit tasting.

For those interested in history, The Viking Museum is located next to Spritmusem. The museum consists of exhibitions that all tell an important part of how Nordic Vikings lived during the Viking Age. It is a unique museum that does an excellent job of letting visitors learn more about the people that lived under the infamous Viking helmets, and whether what is portrayed on film and television really matches what the Vikings actually looked like. To end the visit, enjoy The Viking Ride, which is takes the passengers on a exiting journey through 10th century Europe and the life of a viking family.

The Sculpture Park
Djurgården is a must visit for the beautiful nature and peaceful paths alone. Near the Folke Bernadotte Bridge is the PREKS Sculpture Park. Here you can go for a relaxing walk and at the same time discover the fantastic sculptures that are placed around the area. These are of course free to visit and lets you discover the artistic side of nature. There are currently four permanent sculptures, the latest named Osagd created by Charlotte Gyllenhammar was added in May. Every day until September 1, free guided tours are offered, collection takes place at the PREKS information kiosk next to Folke Bernadotte’s Bridge.

Restaurants
After a fast-paced day at Djurgården, I think it can be nice to sit down and enjoy a good meal. There is a large selection of different restaurants here, including some of Stockholm’s most historic such as Wärdshuset Ulla Winbladh and Villa Godthem. These are perfect for those looking for traditional foods. Food is also offered at almost all the museums on the island. Some try to do the little extra, such as the resturant ELD  at The Viking Museum, which serves traditional Swedish home cooking with a twist. Djurgården is also home to the Michelin-awarded AIRA, which was awarded its second star this year. A must visit for the foodie!

Written by Benjamin Ilehag, tourist information summer 2023.

Brave Wine
A photo exhibition about Ukrainian winemakers during a burning war. The exhibition shows personal stories from within the Ukrainian wine industry and describes the everyday life of winemakers with setbacks and challenges, since the war broke out. The exhibition is shown along the water outside of Spritmuseum until August 24.

Karin Broos, Black sun
Karin Broos is one of Sweden’s most prominent painters. Her artwork includes few but meaningful motifs, including standing and sitting figures at a bathing jetty. Naps in beds and sofas. Women and children in front of the bathroom mirror. 

Black Sun is a symbol of her greatness and is characterized as the most comprehensive exhibition to date and includes works never before shown to the public. The exhibition is on display until August 27 at Liljevalchs. 

Come to Norden
For the first time, nearly 130 unique and colorful travel posters from all five Nordic countries have been collected and shown in an exhibition at the Nordiska museet. Join a visual dream journey through the Nordic countries of travel posters!

The poster exhibition Come to Norden shows how the Nordic countries placed themselves on the tourist map with slow chugging along magnificent fjords, wholesome outdoor life in exotic mountain scenery, and night trains to the rip-roaring amusements of Copenhagen. The historical posters from 1890-1960 mirror the new phenomenon of the early 20th century – leisure time – and the dream of traveling. The exhibition is on display until August 31.

 

IKONER, photographs by Larsåke Thuresson
The exhibition that welcomes you into Larsåke Thuresson’s photographic world, with around 200 works tells about a musical history that feels very close yet far away. The result is an exhibition about artists who have been, and still are, icons for several generations. The exhibition is on display until September 3 at Liljevalchs+.

Barbro Östlihn. New York Imprint
The exhibition is the first since 1983 to show Östlihn’s paintings in a large-scale exhibition. The intensity of the city life, the art life and in the studios there became decisive for the design of her unique painting throughout her career as an artist. Which resulted in her being considered today as one of the most interesting artists in post-war painting. See her works at Liljevalchs+ until September 3.

Leisure boats for all!
Follow along on a nostalgic journey through the Swedish family-lifestyle and see their boats go from an exclusive luxury to a wide folk-hobby. Today every third Swede spends a big amount of their summers on a holiday boat but in the beginning 1900s, only a rare few were able to afford their own boat.

The exhibition is in the collaboration with the Swedish Cruising Association, which is now celebrating 100 years. The association and the boat cultures growth go hand in hand. The exhibition is on display until September 3 at the Maritime Museum.

REDISCOVER
In 2022, Spritmuseum celebrates ten years at Royal Djurgården. They are celebrating this by allowing a younger generation of art educators working at Spritmuseum to pick out their favourites from the Absolut Art Collection. The result is REDISCOVER, an exhibition which fills the room floor to ceiling with almost 90 artworks. The exhibition is on display until September 24. 

The arena – Tore A Jonasson’s collection
The arena is the place for public events, sporting as well as cultural and political. In the fourth exhibition with Tore A Jonasson’s collection, some artists portray the scene itself, the arena, while others refer to more metaphorical scenes for existential, personal and poetic stories. The exhibition is on display until September 24 at Konsthall 16 at the National Sports Museum.

Find out more about ongoing and upcoming exhibitions at Royal Djurgården here. 

Welcome to Royal Djurgården Visitor Centre, let us help you make the most of your stay at Djurgården.

Just as you have crossed the Djurgården Bridge you will find Royal Djurgården Visitor Centre on your direct right. We are an authorised Tourist information office and the perfect place to start your day on Djurgården. We love this island and are happy to share our best tips to help you find your favourite spots and attractions.

Start your day with us, and we’ll do our outmost to  help make your experience on Djurgården both easier and more wonderful .

We offer:
Personalised service and tips from our knowledgeable team.
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An inspiring shop with selected souvenirs from Djurgården and practical items to help you through your day.

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January 22 10 AM- 4 PM

Accessibility:
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