Culture Night 2025

On April 26th  it’s time for this year’s Culture Night! Stockholm’s museums and cultural life open their doors with free admission and programmes. The collaboration between the City of Stockholm and cultural life gives everyone in Stockholm the opportunity to explore much of the culture the city has to offer. Royal Djurgården is home to many attractions and this night you have the chance to visit old favourites and discover new ones.

Below you can read about many of the things happening on Djurgården.  Royal Djurgården Visitor Centre will be open until 24:00 and we will be happy to guide you through a magical evening.

Hope to see you here!

Djurgårdslinjen

In order to have time to experience all the exciting things during the Culture Night, it is important to be able to get around smoothly, but even your transportation must be special during this evening. For everyone who spends the cultural night at Djurgården, Djurgårdslinjen is the given choice. They will run their historic trams between Norrmalmstorg-Waldemarsudde with last departure as late as 22:35! In addition, they run their historic buses from the 1940s that run the between: Karlaplan – Liljevalchs – Thiel Gallery – Museum park – Karlaplan.

Restaurang och Bageri Stockholm 1897 and Royal Djurgården Visitor Centre

As soon as you cross the bridge, you’ll be greeted by the night of culture! Grab a bite to eat or a drink at the newly opened Restaurang och bageri Stockholm 1897 while waiting for everything to open, or take a well-deserved break in the evening. With several of our museums just a stone’s throw away, Stockholm 1897 is the perfect stop!

Here you’ll also find our tourist information centre – the Royal Djurgården Visitor Centre – which not only has brochures, maps and the Culture Night programme leaflet, but can also help you plan the perfect evening. Start your evening here, we’ll tell you what not to miss.

 Junibacken

Junibacken offers an experience for the whole family. Ride the Fairy Tale Train, play at Villa Villekulla, discover the exhibition ‘Step inside!’, play in the Moomin Playground and much more. In 2025, Junibacken will be open for the first time during Culture Night!

Skansen

Love is blooming at Skansen during Culture Night! How do the mating rituals of the animal kingdom work? How did people date in the old days via personal ads? How did you find a mate 100 years ago? How do moose date? At Skansen you can even get your own historical love advice! The Bollnästorget dance floor is filled with music and dance.

Backstage Bar

The new Backstage Bar will be open until 01:00 with DJ and live music. Perfect for a break with food and drinks or to lace up your dancing shoes.

Djurgården Church

Discover the small wooden church that was built in 1828 and is located between the entertainment centres Cirkus, Skansen and Gröna Lund. During the culture night, Djurgårdskyrkan offers both art with paintings by Jan Runefelt and Dorotea Ringberg and piano music with John Runefelt. Take the opportunity to see the church’s altarpiece painted by Prince Eugen.

Vrak – Museum of Wreck’s

See how Vrak, with the help of holograms, makes the cultural heritage under the surface accessible, join pop-up tours and try diving without getting wet with our VR glasses. Enjoy good food and drinks from Mackverket with DJ music. The museum also offers a brand new Viking exhibition and a majestic fire show..

The Maritime Museum:

The Maritime Museum invites you to an evening with the theme of tattoos and macramé, two common elements in the lives of sailors of the time. Robin and Isak from East Street Tattoo will be offering drop-in tattoos. The Maritime History Café & Bar will also be open during the evening with free macramé tying. You can also grab something good to eat or drink there.

The Nordic museum

Catch Finnish fever at the Nordic Museum during Culture Night 2025! Finissage of the design guest performance KÄÄPÄ, colourful artist Maija Kauhanen and dance floor with Finnish Disco. All exhibitions open and free admission until midnight. Tervetuloa!

Thiel Gallery

Head out to Djurgården and visit the Thielska Galleriet with buses from 1947 and 1948 that will serve the Karlaplan-Thielska Galleriet route every hour and a half. The museum holds tours all evening in the large art collection! Discover the splendid and beautiful setting or the exhibition ‘Together’. Café Monika Ahlberg is also open during the Culture Night and will offer a wide range of treats throughout the evening.

The Vasa museum

Welcome to the world of Vaasa during Culture Night! In purple light and with life and movement in the museum’s exhibitions! Take a break and enjoy a meal or a drink under Vasa’s magnificent galleon.

Spritmuseum – Swedish drinking culture and history

The Spritmuseum welcomes you to an intoxicating evening with guided tours of the exhibitions, light meals, oysters & champagne in the restaurant, cocktails in the bar and cultural history throughout the building. The roaring 20’s meets Warhol’s Factory

The Museum of Ethnography

See the popular ‘Yokai’ exhibition and look for creatures in the park. You can also listen to Japanese spooky stories, go on a night walk, play video games and try an escape room. If that’s too intense, calm your nerves with karaoke or jam in the world orchestra!

The Museum of Science and Technology

On Culture Night, the Museum of Science and Technology is transformed into a vibrant Art Tech club night with live installations, audiovisual works and interactive games where the boundaries between art and technology are blurred and the Wisdome presents two works uniquely created by students from the Royal College of Music’s Artistic Interdisciplinary Master (AIM) programme.

The Snus and Match Museum

The Snus and match museum inside Skansen offers an evening themed around fire tools and ash production. In the museum’s fantastic collection, you will find objects throughout the ages that have been used to make fire. Hear the story of the history of matches and design your own matchbox!

Police Museum

Curious about the police profession? Have a police coffee and meet police officers from the past and present. There will be nostalgia with police vehicles from the 60s, 70s and 80s and a fashion show with police uniforms. Was it better in the past? Take part in a police history quiz and join the museum as it pits two traffic police officers against the wall.

National Sports Museum

Take a cultural tour with a focus on sport and culture and be inspired by Hanna Sjöstrand’s exhibition “Taverna geometrica” – a series of conceptual paintings, reliefs and sculptures exploring the structure and idiom of football. You can also create your own artwork in the workshop.

The Museum ships

The Maritime History Museum has a fantastic collection of museum ships on display on the pier outside the Vasa Museum on Djurgården Beach. Here you can step aboard the historic ships and join walks around all its corners.

ABBA the museum

ABBA the museum is visited by none other than Owe Sandström, ABBA’s very own designer! The man behind the music group’s iconic and glittery costumes will be there to talk about his creations and his creative process. In addition to that, there will of course be lots of singing and dancing all night long!

Liljevalchs

Just as Culture Night is a sign of spring, Liljevalch’s Spring Salon is also an important sign. During the evening, you can explore all the exhibitions and take part in guided tours of the various works.

The Viking Museum

Meet the Vikings at The Viking Museum. Explore the exhibitions where you can delve into who the Vikings actually were. Take a ride in Ragnfrid’s Saga where you travel through Europe with Harald who, in the hope of saving his farm and honour, sets out for the East on a raid. The restaurant is also open during Culture Night.

You can read the full programme for Culture Night 2025 here.