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STOCKHOLM PASS by Destination Stockholm 2017 STOCKHOLM PASS by Destination Stockholm THE WHOLE CITY WITH ONE CARD transport with FREE Hop On-Hop Off bus & boat entry to top attractions FREE Boat Sightseeing FREE Bus Sightseeing FREE www.stockholmpass.com 1 CITY CARD 65 EXPERIENCES Stockholm Pass features unlimi ted free transportation by Hop On-Hop Off buses & boats, free admission at over 60 sights, tours and attractions and a guidebook. Read more about the activities at www.stockholmpass.com SIGHTSEEING & EXCURSIONS ROYAL • Boat tour to Drottningholm (Mar 30-Oct 22) • Drottningholm Palace • Boat tour to Gustavsberg (Jun 27-Aug 20) • Gripsholm Castle (Apr-Nov) • Boat tour to Artipelag (May 6-Sep 24) • Gustav III’s Museum of Antiquities (May-Sep) • Boat tour to Fjäderholmarna (Apr 29-Aug 6) • Gustav III’s Pavilion (Jun 15-Aug 13) • Royal Canal Tour (Apr 3-Dec 17) • The Royal Stables • Historical Canal Tour (Jun 3-Aug 13) • Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm (May-Aug) • Archipelago tour with guide • The Royal Palace • Boat tour to Sigtuna and Skokloster (Jul 1-Aug 13) • Tre Kronor Museum • Under the Bridges of Stockholm (Apr 14-Nov 5) • The Royal Apartments • Boat tour to Vaxholm (Apr 4-Dec 31) • The Riddarholmen Church (May-Nov 26) • Boat tour to Birka (Apr 29-Sep 24) • Rosendal Palace (Jun 15-Aug 13) • Stockholm Winter Tour (Dec 18-Apr 2) • Rosersberg Palace (May-Sep) • Boat tour to Rosersberg (Jul 1-Aug 13) • Royal Treasury • Stockholm Panorama Sightseeing • Tullgarn Palace (May-Sep) • Guided Old Town Walkabout • Ulriksdal Palace and Orangery (Jun 15-Aug 13) CULTURE & HISTORY ENTERTAINMENT • Bergius Botanical Garden, Edvard Anderson • Casino Cosmopol Conservatory & the Victoria House • Gröna Lund Tivoli (Apr 29-Sep 29) • Drottningholm Court Theatre (Mar-Dec 17) • K. A. Almgren’s Silk Mill Museum FAMILY FRIENDLY • Nobel Museum • Aquaria Watermuseum • Nordic Museum • Butterfly House Haga Ocean • The House of Nobility • Gröna Lund Tivoli (Apr 29-Sep 29) • The Museum of Spirits • Toy Museum • Storkyrkan Stockholm Cathedral • Invisible Exhibition (From 7 years old) • Vasa Museum • Junibacken • Vaxholm Fortress Museum (May-Sep) • Police Museum • Postal Museum ART & ARCHITECTURE • SkyView (Free rides 10 am-12 pm) • Artipelag • Stockholm Transport Museum • Fotografiska • Tom Tits Experiment • Millesgården Art Museum • The National Museum of Science and Technology • Prince Eugen’s Waldemarsudde • Skansen • Sven-Harrys art museum • The Thiel Gallery HOP ON-HOP OFF BUS & BOAT (City Sightseeing Stockholm & Hop On Hop Off) • Färgfabriken www.stockholmpass.com.
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