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3 Days in Stockholm, Sweden 3 days in Stockholm, Sweden Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] 3 days in Stockholm, Sweden 3 days in Stockholm, Sweden Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 1 - Stockholm- Gamla Stan & Stockholm City Hall Day Description: Gamla Stan, meaning Old Town in Swedish, makes a great starng point. It’s here in this area where Stockholm got its start in 1252. Gamla Stan’s well- preserved buildings, squares, and narrow streets make it one of the best medieval city centers in Europe. Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 1 - Stockholm- Gamla Stan & Stockholm City Hall 1. Stockholm Palace 3. Storkyrkan Monday: Open 24 hours Tuesday: Open 24 hours 107 70 Stockholm, Sweden Trångsund 1, 111 29 Stockholm, Sweden Wednesday: Open 24 hours Thursday: Open 24 hours Telephone: +46 8 723 30 00 Friday: Open 24 hours Monday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Website: www.stockholmsdomkyrkoforsamling.se Saturday: Open 24 hours Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Rating: 4.5 Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday: Open 24 hours Thursday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM The Cathedral dates back to the 1300s and has a fantasc Rating: 4.6 Friday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM St. George and the Dragon sculpture. The Cathedral also Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM opens at 9 am, making it possible to see before the Royal The cobblestone lanes are lined with shops and cafes as Sunday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Palace opens. they wind their way into open squares and courtyards. The Telephone: +46 8 402 61 00 most famous and oldest square of all being Stortorget with Website: www.kungligaslotten.se its orange, yellow, and red ornate buildings. Rating: 4.5 4. Nobel Museum Arrive in Gamla Stan in the morning to make a full day of it Stortorget 2, 103 16 Stockholm, Sweden 6. Riddarholmen Church and begin with the Royal Palace. It has over 600 rooms across 11 floors. Of course, not all of them are open to the Monday: Closed Kungliga slottet, 107 70 Stockholm, Sweden public. But, arriving when the palace opens at 10 am will Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Telephone: +46 8 402 61 00 give you me to see places like the Royal Apartments, the Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Website: www.kungligaslotten.se Treasury with all the crown jewels, the Royal Armory, and Thursday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Rating: 4.4 the Royal Chapel. Aer spending a couple of hours Friday: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM exploring the Royal Palace, head outside for the daily Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM The Riddarholmen Church is the final resng place of Changing of the Guard ceremony led by the Swedish Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM several Swedish Kings. Just double check the me to make Military. Mondays-Saturdays the ceremony begins at 12:15 Telephone: +46 8 534 818 00 sure you won’t miss the last timed entry into City Hall. pm. On Sundays, it’s a 1:15 pm start. Website: www.nobelmuseum.se Rating: 4.2 2. Gamla stan 5. Stortorget Gamla Stan Gamla stan, Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden Stortorget 7, 111 29 Stockholm, Sweden Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 1 - Stockholm- Gamla Stan & Stockholm City Hall 7. Stockholm City Hall Hantverkargatan 1, 111 52 Stockholm, Sweden Monday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Tuesday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Thursday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Friday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Sunday: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Telephone: +46 8 508 290 00 Website: stadshuset.stockholm Rating: 4.6 Walk toward Stockholm City Hall. It’s the venue for the Nobel Prize Dinner after the official ceremony and is a work of architectural art 8. Drottninggatan Drottninggatan, Stockholm, Sweden Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 2 - Stockholm – Vasa Museum, Skansen, & Waterways Day Description: Spend most of the day on Djurgården, Stockholm’s island of museums and green spaces. Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 2 - Stockholm – Vasa Museum, Skansen, & Waterways Sweden’s indigenous people who lived and sll live in the 1. Vasa Museum 2. Junibacken northern reaches of the country. Duration ~ 2 Hours Galärvarvsvägen 8, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden Galärvarvsvägen 14, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden Telephone: +46 8 587 230 00 4. Skansen Website: www.junibacken.se Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Rating: 4.4 Duration ~ 2 Hours Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Junibacken museum is inspired by the stories of Astrid Djurgårdsslätten 49-51, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Lindgren, the famed Swedish author who wrote Pippi Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Telephone: +46 8 442 80 00 Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Longstocking and many others. It’s a perfect spot for Website: www.skansen.se Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM families with children. Rating: 4.4 Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Skansen is the oldest open-air museum in the world and just Telephone: +46 8 519 548 80 3. Nordiska museet a short walk from the Vasa Museum. Skansen is parcularly Website: www.vasamuseet.se good for travelers with kids and a Top 10 Aracon among Rating: 4.7 Duration ~ 1 Hour Stockholm Pass holders. Skansen shows what life was like in all parts of Sweden through its previous centuries. There Your first stop must be the Vasa Museum. In fact, even if Djurgårdsvägen 6-16, 115 93 Stockholm, Sweden are actual farmhouses and village buildings relocated and you had just one day in Stockholm, the Vasa should be at the restored, as well as live nave Swedish animals. Visitors can top of your list! It was even named a Top 10 Aracon in Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM tour the “villages” throughout the museum and learn about all the world by TripAdvisor in 2015. It’s a museum built Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Swedish life, customs, and crafts. enrely to house the recovered Vasa warship from the Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM 1620s! It sunk on its maiden voyage in 1628 less than 1 Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM mile(!) from its dock and sat on the boom of Stockholm’s Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM harbor for 330 years before being brought up and Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM 7. Historic Canal Tour Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM preserved. Over 90% of the original ship is on display, along Sweden Klara Mälarstrand 4, Kajplats 9, 111 52 Stockholm, with a treasure-trove of arfacts and some of the bones Telephone: +46 8 519 546 00 Sweden from those who died when Vasa sunk. The museum has Website: www.nordiskamuseet.se Telephone: +46 8 120 040 00 done an outstanding job of telling the story of Vasa from all Rating: 4.3 angles. Quite simply, it’s a can’t miss while in Stockholm. The Website: www.stromma.se Vasa Museum can get especially crowded as the day goes The Nordic Museum, in the impressive building just near the Rating: 4.3 on. So, it’s best to be among the first arrivals when the Vasa, details life in Sweden, both historically and in modern get out onto the water and see Stockholm from a different museum opens at 10 am. mes. It’s also possible to learn more about the Sami, perspecve. Stockholm sits on 14 different islands where Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 2 - Stockholm – Vasa Museum, Skansen, & Waterways 5. ABBA The Museum Duration ~ 2 Hours Djurgårdsvägen 68, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden Monday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Friday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Telephone: +46 8 121 328 60 Website: www.abbathemuseum.com Rating: 4.4 The ABBA Museum is dedicated to the Swedish music legends with music, original costumes, and several interacve exhibits, including a chance to sing in a recording studio! 6. Gröna Lund Lilla Allmänna Gränd 9, 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden Telephone: +46 10 708 91 00 Website: www.gronalund.com Rating: 4.3 If you visit Stockholm from late spring to September, Gröna Lund is an amusement park close to the ABBA Museum and easily spoed from Stockholm’s waterfront with excing rides, restaurants, and concerts. Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 3 - Stockholm – Drottningholm Contact us | turipo.com | [email protected] Day 3 - Stockholm – Drottningholm Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM 1. Drottningholm Palace Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Duration ~ 2 Hours Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM 178 02 Drottningholm, Sweden Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Monday: Closed Telephone: +46 8 400 229 90 Tuesday: Closed Rating: 4.1 Wednesday: Closed Thursday: Closed Friday: Closed 3. Fotografiska Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Stadsgårdshamnen 22, 116 45 Stockholm, Sweden Sunday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Telephone: +46 8 402 62 80 Monday: 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM Website: www.kungahuset.se Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM Rating: 4.5 Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM Thursday: 9:00 AM – 1:00 AM Droningholm Palace is UNESCO World Heritage Site and Friday: 9:00 AM – 1:00 AM the home for Sweden’s present-day King and Queen.
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