# Things to Do in Stockholm

Museums, palaces and historic sites across Stockholm, from the salvaged 17th-century warship Vasa to the medieval streets of Gamla Stan. · community starter list

Looking for things to do in Stockholm? This list of 9 includes Vasa Museum (Djurgården, Stockholm). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, so voting decides it from here.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [Sweden](/sweden.md) / Stockholm
**Updated:** 2026-09-05 13:41:49

1. **[Vasa Museum](/e/vasa-museum---1747.md)** (attraction) — Museum built around the warship Vasa, which sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and was salvaged after over 300 years underwater. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/vasamuseet, https://www.vasamuseet.se/en
2. **[Skansen](/e/skansen---1748.md)** (attraction) — The world's oldest open-air museum, founded in 1891 by Artur Hazelius, with historic buildings relocated from across Sweden alongside Nordic wildlife. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/skansen, https://www.skansen.se/en/about-skansen/our-history/
3. **[ABBA The Museum](/e/abba-the-museum---1749.md)** (attraction) — Interactive museum on Swedish pop group ABBA, opened in May 2013, with costumes, memorabilia and a virtual stage where visitors perform alongside the band. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://royaldjurgarden.se/en/attractions/abba-the-museum/, https://abbathemuseum.com/en/press-room/abba-the-museum-to-open-7th-of-may-2013
4. **[The Royal Palace](/e/the-royal-palace---1750.md)** (attraction) — Baroque royal palace in Gamla Stan designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger after a 1697 fire, open to the public with the Treasury and Tre Kronor Museum inside. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.sfv.se/vara-fastigheter/sverige/stockholms-lan/slottparkerkungsgardar/stockholms-slott, https://www.kungligaslotten.se/english/royal-palaces-and-sites/the-royal-palace.html
5. **[Gamla Stan](/e/gamla-stan---1751.md)** (attraction) — Stockholm's medieval old town on the island of Stadsholmen, first recorded in 1252, with narrow cobbled streets and buildings mostly from the 1700s and 1800s. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/gamla-stan, https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/teman/stockholms-aldsta-historia/stockholm-blir-en-stad/
6. **[Fotografiska](/e/fotografiska---1752.md)** (attraction) — Contemporary photography museum opened in 2010 inside Stora Tullhuset, a former customs house built in 1910 by architect Ferdinand Boberg on the Södermalm waterfront. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/post/30953, https://stockholm.fotografiska.com/en
7. **[Stockholm City Hall](/e/stockholm-city-hall---1753.md)** (attraction) — Ragnar Östberg-designed city hall on Kungsholmen, built 1911-1923 and inaugurated in 1923, home to the Golden Hall where the Nobel banquet is held. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://stadshuset.stockholm/en/, https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/teman/Stockholmsplatser/stadshuset/
8. **[Moderna Museet](/e/moderna-museet---1754.md)** (attraction) — State museum of modern and contemporary art on Skeppsholmen, opened in 1958 and rehoused in 1998 in a building designed by architect Rafael Moneo. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/moderna-museet, https://www.sfv.se/vara-fastigheter/sverige/stockholms-lan/museer/moderna-museet
9. **[Nordiska Museet](/e/nordiska-museet---1755.md)** (attraction) — Cultural history museum on Djurgården designed by Isak Gustaf Clason, opened to the public in 1907, tracing Nordic and Swedish life from the 16th century onward. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/teman/Stockholmsplatser/nordiska-museet/, https://www.nordiskamuseet.se/en/about-us/the-history-of-the-building/

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