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Birds-eye view of fall in The Royal National City Park in Stockholm. A man is walking his dog around, a pond surrounded by yellowing tree leaves. The park abuts the adjoining forests around the city, ensuring an exceptional wealth of species. You can encounter deer and hares, even foxes and moose, and spot rare birds, butterflies, and insects, right inside the city.

Birds-eye view of fall in The Royal National City Park in Stockholm. A man is walking his dog around, a pond surrounded by yellowing tree leaves. The park abuts the adjoining forests around the city, ensuring an exceptional wealth of species. You can enc

Emmaus Stockholm

Humanitarian organization and second-hand shop. Artikel2 is a popular spot for the trendy and fashionable of Södermalm to go on a classic thrift store treasure hunt.

Artikel2 Stockholm

Rows of bright neon green chairs and wood tables in a row. The walls are painted black and one has a huge logo with the restaurants name Bun meat bun.

Started by two burger enthusiasts in 2012, Bun Meat Bun originally opened in the southern Stockholm suburb of Farsta. The hamburger joint quickly proved to be a success and today you’re also able to taste their simple but meaty burgers at several locations in Stockholm.

Bun Meat Bun Söderhallarna

Koppartälten (copper-tents) at Haga, elaborate light blue ”tents” build 1787. The front is painted copper plates, hence the name of these pretty buildings.

Part of the Royal National City Park, the lush Haga Park (or just Haga) is situated just north of Stockholm in the suburb of Solna. Founded by the monarch Gustav III in 1780-1797, Haga is Sweden&#x27;s foremost example of an English landscape park, and one of Sweden&#x27;s most popular recreational areas. It&#x27;s also the site of many historical landmarks. The Chinese Temple, The Turkish Kiosk, and The Royal Burial Ground are all found in the park. Within the park is also Haga Palace, the residence of Crown Princess Victoria and her family.

Haga Park

If you enjoy the outdoors, the Hellasgården recreation area, 20 minutes from downtown Stockholm, should be on you Stockholm bucket list. Here, you can walk or bike along the paths, or swim by the sandy beach. For the sporty visitor, open-air activities abound, including petanque, beach volleyball, fishing, tennis, canoeing, and yoga. During the winter ice skating and cross-country skiing dominate, with a hole cut in the ice for the bravest swimmers. (There is also a sauna on-site.) Hungry visitors can head to Storstugan, where fika, light lunches, and vegetarian dishes are served.

Hellasgården

The Hötorget flea market has been a staple of weekend shopping since the mid-&#x27;90s. Every Sunday the food and vegetable stands are replaced by tables of old vinyl records, kitchenware, and other knick-knacks, for thrift store hunters to rummage through.

Hötorget flea market

A large glass deli-counter inside the indoor- market at Hötorgshallen. The walls are tiled in white and people are going about doing their shopping and looking at the food on display.

The first Hötorgshallen stood on this site in the 1880&#x27;s. Today delicacies from all around the world share the space in Hötorgshallen. Go on a gastronomical journey, and browse through the market booths.

Hötorgshallen

A pile of bright yellow and white-striped paper bags for take-away

A modern, urban food court a touch above the ordinary. You will find high-quality, inexpensive dishes from all over the world. A popular lunch place among office workers in central Stockholm. Sit down at one of the long tables and get to know the locals.

Movie and Swedish crime-fans might recognize the cozy Kaffe as Daniel Craig’s coffee bar of choice in the film adaption of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. The coffee served is strictly Italian with bitter espressos and creamy lattes but the snacks are from all over. If you’re planning a fika a la Mikael Blomkvist be sure to bring change, though. Kaffe doesn’t accept credit cards, only cash.

Kaffe

Kungsträdgården subway station in Stockholm. The floor and walls are red, green and white stone. The domed ceiling is a mosaic painting mixing abstract motifs, scientific visualizations and landscape pictures.

Kungsträdgården is on the subway&#x27;s blue line. It can be reached by taking the no. 10 and 11 trains.

One of Stockholm’s most stunning stations is unsurprisingly also one of its most photographed: Kungsträdgården. Located in the middle of downtown Stockholm, it’s the terminus of the blue line, or at least until its southward extension opens in 2025.Kungsträdgården is one of Stockholm’s oldest public parks. The name, roughly meaning “The King’s Garden”, is derived from the area’s royal history. Between 1643 and 1825 it was the site of the majestic Makalös Palace, and a beautiful French garden. After Makalös burned down, the site was used for military exercises. Finally, in 1875, the park landed in the care of the Stockholm City Council, which in turn opened it for the public.&quot;Almost everything on the station tells the story of the site above ground&quot;, says Marie Andersson, subway art guide. &quot;The color scheme – red, white and green – is a reference to the old French formal garden and statues around the station are actually replicas of Makalös Palace’s exterior art&quot;.Another unique feature of Kungsträdgården is its fauna. The station is the only place in Northern Europe where the cave-dwelling Lessertia dentichelis-spider can be found. Presumably, the species hitched a ride on equipment and machines traveling from Southern Europe when the station was being built.&quot;Nobody knows exactly how they ended up here&quot;, continues Marie Andersson. &quot;But they seem to be thriving. I saw one just yesterday, as a matter of fact. In 2016 scientists also discovered a previously unknown fungus on the station walls with a unique DNA-structure&quot;.

Kungsträdgården subway station

Lakritsroten

A stylish specialist shop that has all kinds of licorice from around the world. Great for souvenir and gift shopping. The original shop is on Sveavägen and there are four more scattered around town.

Lakritsroten Sveavägen

Beautiful view from Monteliusvägen in Södermalm, Stockholm.

A 500-meter long (quarter-mile) walking path with a magnificent view of Lake Mälaren, Stockholm City Hall, and Riddarholmen, especially at sunrise and sunset. The path is lined with charming houses on one side and a beautiful view on the other. There is, of course, a safety rail on the path, but be careful in the wintertime when parts of the path might be a bit slippery.

Monteliusvägen

Parkteatern

During the entire summer, &quot;Parkteatern&quot; arranges musical events as well as theatre and dance performances all around the city parks, with no admission. Opera, jazz, pop, folk music and theatre is available free of charge, from June to September. For the full programme see <a href="http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/parkteatern/English/">website</a>.

Parkteatern - free outdoor theatre

Maybe a prime example of Sweden&#x27;s openness is the fact that Riksdagshuset - the Parliament House - is open to anyone wishing to attend a debate, public hearing or a study visit. Between September and June, when the parliament is in session, you can visit Riksdagshuset for guided tours and learn how Sweden is actually run and Swedish political history. Tours in English start 13.30, every Saturday and Sunday, and are free of charge but have to be booked in advance.

Parliament House

The world’s first national urban park is a green lung forming an arc more than six miles long, stretching around and through the city.

The world&#x27;s first national urban park is a green lung forming an arc more than six miles long, stretching around and through the city.The park abuts the adjoining forests around the city, ensuring an exceptional wealth of species. You can encounter deer and hares, even foxes and moose, and spot rare birds, butterflies, and insects, right inside the city. You can walk for days through the Ekoparken, discovering ever new lovely spots.There&#x27;s an abundance of things to see: museums, an amusement park, theaters and entertainment, castles, inns and hotels, sports facilities, numerous residences from different historical periods, hills with centuries-old oak trees, lakes, streams, bays, marshes, and canals.The meadows with grazing cows, horses, and sheep, secluded swimming spots, rocky hilltops, and areas with wild, virgin nature make it hard to take in that you&#x27;re in the middle of a big city.

Royal National City Park

The Hallwyl Collection

Step into a magnificent palace in the center of Stockholm that will take you 100 years back in time. Discover the von Hallwyl family’s fascinating history and experience the luxuries of the past in the sumptuous dining room, drawing room, smoking room, billiard room, and armory. Audio guide in Swedish and English. Shop.

Interior of the City Library in Stockholm.

The Stockholm Public Library in Stockholm was created by world-famous architect Gunnar Asplund and is a great example of the style called Swedish Grace. This library has been listed as one of the world&#x27;s most beautiful libraries by the magazine Conde Nast Traveler. The facade is truly gorgeous, but make sure to enter the building for an even more amazing sight.

The Stockholm Public Library

Sevärdheter i Stockholm. Skogskrematoriet. På bilden syns John Lundqvists staty Uppståndelsen.

Skogskyrkogården

<a href="https://skogskyrkogarden.stockholm.se/in-english/visiting/public-guided-tours/">Guided tours</a> on Sundays, June - September.

A place of sublime beauty and poetry. Created over a period of a quarter-century (1915-1940) on about 250 acres of pine-covered boulder ridge under the direction of the famous modernist architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz.Considered one of the most important works of the modernists, it evokes a Nordic philosophy on nature, life, and death. There are also a number of beautiful chapels and a visitor center (open May-September). The Woodland Cemetery is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994.

The Woodland Cemetery

A clearing in the forest where the light shines through the trees and branches. The lush ground is covered with green plants and shrubs, rays of sunlight hits a fallen trunk.

Tyresta National Park, 40 minutes from the city center, is one of the largest untouched woodlands in Sweden outside the alpine areas. The area has a beautiful virgin forest and was made a national park in 1993.The park has a 30-kilometer perimeter and a wide variety of unique plants and animals. Pack a picnic and take a walk in the wild, magical forest. Stop to pick berries or swim in one of the lakes.There are a café and a farm shop in Tyresta By and buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Also worth seeing are the exhibits at Naturum (Nationalparkernas hus). The building is shaped like a map of Sweden and is characterized by its eco-friendliness and natural materials.

Tyresta nationalpark

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