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The 2025 edition of Gingerbread House is a unique, fragrant exhibition made up of gingerbread houses. Here, children, amateurs, and professionals alike are all invited to create side by side and compete for this year&#x27;s prize aournd this year&#x27;s theme: Love.

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Gingerbread House 2025 by ArkDes

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Travel 3,000 years back in time! The exhibition Tutankhamun – The Immersive Exhibition at Magasin 9 in Stockholm takes you deep into ancient Egypt through virtual reality, augmented reality, and stunning projections. Follow the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, see golden treasures recreated in life-size detail, and encounter authentic artifacts from different historical periods. A magical experience for the whole family!

Tutankhamon – The Immersive Exhibition

Skansen

Experience a historic Christmas market, dating back to 1903. Buy everything from handicrafts and design to sweets, home-made candles, and secret Christmas gifts.

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Skansen Christmas Market 2025

Kungsträdgården

Kickstart the weekend at Nationalmuseum! On Thursday evenings, the museum is abuzz with people, art and music, with FREE admission for everyone from 5pm to 8pm. Enjoy an ever-changing programme with DJs, live music, afterwork drinks in the Sculpture Courtyard, and other activities.

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Thursday Evenings at Nationalmuseum

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Museiparken

The National Museum of Science and Technology has created an experience where you can not only try your favorite games and explore the game history, but also step into, and let yourself be immersed by, games. The Play Beyond Play exhibition occupies over 1,000 square meters of gaming fun! Join in on a journey through game history!

Play Beyond Play

Hötorget T-bana

Elysium is an immersive theatre experience where the audience enters a mythological beauty clinic run by the god of death, Hades. For those tired of this world and this life, it offers a chance to step in as visitors and explore exercises and choices that open the way to something entirely different.

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Elysium

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When We See Us: A century of Black figurative painting has been celebrated internationally as one of the most significant exhibitions of our time. The exhibition comprises over 155 works borrowed from institutions and private collectors from 26 different countries. The artworks, created by Black artists around the world over the past century, are set in dialogue with contemporary Black thinkers, writers, and poets.

When We See Us

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Hornstull

Den London-baserade Somali-artisten Faisal Salah, mer känd som FaceSoul, bjuder in till en kväll utöver det vanliga på Bar Brooklyn i vinter. Hans musik är en organisk väv av röst, poesi, samplers och loopar. Allting byggs upp lager för lager, låt för låt.

Facesoul

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FaceSoul

Upplev Sveriges enda klassiska balettkompani i en förtrollande föreställning om skönhet och mörker. Till Tjajkovskijs älskade musik är Svansjön ett måste för både nyfikna nybörjare och hängivna dansfans. Rudolf Nurejevs legendariska koreografi berättar historien om prins Siegfried och svanprinsessan med teknisk precision och sagolik sinnlighet – balettmagi för alla!

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Dans & Cirkus

Balett: Svansjön

Minst två dagar i veckan är det lunchkonsert i Guldfoajén med Kungliga Operans egna sångare och musiker eller andra framstående artister. Mellan den 1 och 19 december 2025 har lunchkonserterna jultema och genomförs måndag till fredag!

Concert: Lunch and Classical Music

Konsert: Lunch till klassisk musik

Bussstation Jarlaplan, Tunnelbanestation Rådmansgatan.

Sångerskan Cilla Ribbing och gitarristen Göran Linderlöw bjuder på en tidig julkänsla med varma jazzversioner av älskade julsånger och mjuk, upplyftande bossa nova. Deras mix av soulig sång och elegant gitarrspel skapar en mysig och inbjudande stämning som alla kan njuta av.

A Jazzy Christmas Consert

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En Jazzig Julkonsert

Livemusik i Stockholm

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Engarn

Upplev ett magiskt vinteräventyr bara 30 minuter från Stockholm! Paddla genom skärgårdens isiga vatten och njut av naturen. Vi erbjuder kajaker, torra paddeldräkter och all utrustning du behöver. Efter turen väntar vedeldad bastu och fika vid elden. Tillgängligt varje dag till april – även som privat tur.

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Gamla stan

Upplev Stockholms magiska julstämning﻿ på vår guidade tur där vi besöker klassiska julmarknader, smakar på saffransbullar, glögg﻿ och andra svenska julspecialiteter.

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Mariatorget

Upptäck Stockholm med Lola Akinmade Åkerström BookClub Tour. Guidningen lyfter fram afrosvensk historia, litterära platser från Lolas böcker och mysiga fikastopp.

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Lola Akinmade Åkerström BookClub Experience

Ropsten

Tunnelbanan är mer än bara ett transportmedel, den är också arena och ett uttryck för samhällets värderingar, historia och sociala dynamik. Spårvägsmuseets nya utställning &quot;Tunnelbanan - i takt med tiden&quot; berättar om hur tunnelbanan utvecklats från stadens största byggprojekt till att bli både stadsrum, kulturscen och framtidsvision.

Spårvägsmuseet

Samhälle & Natur

Tunnelbanan - i takt med tiden

Guidade turer och visningar

Globen

British star RAYE is embarking on her new tour, This Tour May Contain New Music. On Saturday, February 7, 2026, she will perform with her sisters Absolutely and Amma as special guests at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm.

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RAYE - This Tour May Contain New Music

Solna

The Melodifestivalen tour is celebrating its 25th anniversary and is being celebrated with a wonderful mix of tour cities, including both audience favorites and long-awaited reunions. The tour begins in Linköping on January 30th and then takes us via Gothenburg, Kristianstad, Malmö, and Sundsvall before culminating in the grand finale in Stockholm on March 7th.

Melodifestivalen 2026

Games & Championships

Håkan Hellström is back with his first indoor tour since 2016. These concerts will be a chance for fans to get even closer to an artist whose music and lyrics unite generations. With his unique ability to create euphoria and community, Håkan promises to offer two unforgettable evenings filled with emotion and energy.

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Håkan Hellström Concert

Dance, architecture, music, theatre, literature, and much more. Experience Stockholm&#x27;s diverse cultural life, as the city&#x27;s various museums, theaters, and cultural institutions open up for free, for one night. Visit Kulturnatten&#x27;s webpage for the full program and more info!

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