Stockholm travel guides & articles
All 9 in-depth pieces we’ve published on Stockholm — newest first.
The Viking heart of Stockholm: where the city's Norse past lives on in everything from runestones to modern design
A working itinerary through the grave goods, rune-carved boulders, and a UNESCO trading post that separate Stockholm's real Viking Age from the saga version sold in gift shops.
Gamla Stan After the Cruise Ships Leave: Stockholm's Old Town in Its Own Hours
When the day's 8,000 cruise passengers filter back to the water, Stockholm's medieval island stops performing and starts living — here is where to eat, drink and walk once the square goes quiet.
Ninety Kilometres of Art: Stockholm's Subway Is the World's Longest Gallery
A station-by-station walking guide to the Stockholm metro — where to start, which caverns reward the detour, and how to see the best of it on a single day ticket.
Under an Hour From Stockholm, a Different Country Begins
Board a ferry at Strandvägen and within the hour the city dissolves into granite, pine and open water — here is how to plan the Stockholm archipelago without wasting a single crossing.
The Stockholm Fika Trail: A City Measured in Cardamom Buns and Coffee Breaks
A walkable, neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood route through fourteen Stockholm cafés and bakeries — where to sit, what to order, and which places suit a couple versus a group of six.
Södermalm After Dark: Stockholm's Island of Vintage, Vinyl and Late-Night Bites
A logistics-first, honestly-graded guide to drinking, dancing and eating your way across Stockholm's coolest island — from waterfront gig rooms to prison cocktails and natural wine poured past midnight.
A Sauna-Hunter's Guide to Stockholm: Bathhouses, Cold Dips and Archipelago Hot Spots
A walked, honest route through Stockholm's floating pontoons, private sauna boats, heritage bathhouses and forest ice-dips — with straight talk on prices, doors and which suit a crowd.
Paddling the Skerries: A Local's Guide to Stockholm's Archipelago by Kayak
How to actually get onto Stockholm's 20,000-island archipelago by kayak in 2026 — the city warm-ups, the guided days, the wild multi-day expeditions, and the operators worth your krona.
The best archipelago boat tours in Stockholm
From the reliable island ferries to RIB blasts, dinner steamers and wood-fired sauna rafts — how to pick the right boat, and who each one really suits.