Sweden · TICKETS
Good tickets & entry passes fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Spend a full day at Skansen, where historic homes and farmsteads from across Sweden sit among Nordic animal enclosures, working demonstrations, shops, restaurants, and seasonal events. The ticket is valid for one day, and you may enter anytime during opening hours.
“Was more hilly than I thought, no raindeer or wolves 😟”
Use one digital pass for 1 to 5 consecutive days of Stockholm sightseeing. Visit the Vasa Museum, Royal Palace, Skansen, Viking Museum, Fotografiska, ICEBAR, and more, with boat tours and hop-on hop-off buses included. Reserve popular activities early and start each pass day early.
“Hop On Hop Off excellent way to see a city and find the highlights!”
Visit the Nobel Prize Museum on Stortorget in Gamla Stan for a self-guided look at laureates, discoveries, peace efforts, and literature. Your ticket includes the special exhibition and daily English or Swedish tours. Allow 1 to 3 hours, depending on how many films and object stories you watch.
“Well organized and lots of information. Learnt a lot”
At Sergelgatan 2, explore Tim Bergling’s life and Avicii’s music through recreated spaces, audio stations, unreleased tracks, DJ activities, VR, and touch displays. An English audio guide is included, but this is not a guided tour. Allow around two hours for a thoughtful visit.
“This experience was amazing so worth a visit if you are in Stockholm and you liked Avicci's sounds. our children also enjoyed they are 18 & 15. We particularly loved the booth with the VR headset and the room where you could experience being a DJ....I did it twice. The mock ups of Tim's bedroom etc were also fantastic.”
Visit Fotografiska at Stadsgården for a full day of photography and visual art across 2,500 square meters. You can see changing exhibitions, eat at the bistro or restaurant, browse photo books and posters, and enjoy Baltic Sea views. Admission is $22, with no guided tour or food included.
“Great photo museum! I really had a good time here.”
Visit Malmö’s Disgusting Food Museum and encounter 80 foods known for their strange smells, textures, or ingredients. You can smell the world’s stinkiest cheese and sample unusual sweets made with metal cleansing chemicals. Allow 1 to 2 hours, and book ahead for a smoother visit.
“Ich fand es sehr Schade, das nichts auf deutsch stand! Obwohl so viele Deutsche das Museum besuchen.”
Visit Fotografiska Stockholm at your own pace with a mobile ticket valid from 10am to 11pm on your booked date. See changing photography exhibitions, enjoy Baltic Sea views from the restaurant, and browse art books, posters, and gifts. Food, drinks, and guided tours cost extra.
“I love how the exhibitions were curated and I had a great time viewing them as well as enjoying what they had to offer in the bistro and gift shop!”
Spend about two hours inside Stockholm’s Vasa Museum with a guide such as Gaia, Katherine, Viola, or Sophie. Your ticket is included, and the English tour explains the ship’s dramatic voyage, recovery, design, and museum displays in a small group of no more than 14 people.
“Our guide Kara was excellent! She knows SO MUCH about history. Aside from Kara being excellent, this tour was just a little too long for us. We aren’t mega history buffs and it was a bit intense - long tour with lots of standing, not a lot of places to sit.”
At Stockholm’s Viking Museum, follow Viking raids, shipbuilding, farm life, and Norse myths through artifacts, films, projections, replicas, and a multilingual audio guide. Ask guides in Viking dress questions, then board Ragnfrid’s Saga, an 11-minute ride through the Viking Age.
“This is an old-style museum with artifacts and panels to read, not very interactive. The leaders "tour" and person at display with artifacts were knowledgeable and shared this easily and friendly. We learned tons about Vikings (much of what we thought we knew was myth/legend).”
Use your one-day ticket to explore Nordiska Museet on Stockholm’s Royal Djurgården. See Nordic Life, The Arctic, Table Settings, a 1947 flat, dollhouses, and more. Read exhibit texts on your phone or use the Swedish or English audio guide with your own headphones.
“Museo grande, bello e ricco di pezzi di storia e cultura”
At Malmö’s Disgusting Food Museum, you’ll explore foul smells, strange food displays, and a photo booth before sampling dried insects, stinky cheese, fermented shark, and surströmming. English-speaking staff explain each bite, and your ticket includes the tasting bar and a full day of admission.
“I was so nervous to go here and try all the different food, but this was such a great experience. I tried everything but the hot sauces and it’s because our guide helped prepare you for the taste, smell, texture of each item. Every person who works here had to try everything, so they know their stuff. Such a fun time, and I learned a lot too! Worth it!”
Use this one-day ticket to visit Skansen-Akvariet, a compact animal house inside Stockholm’s Skansen. See more than 30 species, including lemurs, sloths, crocodiles, snakes, spiders, monkeys, and tropical fish. On selected days, you can pet a snake and tarantula.
“Akvariet var ok. Men att få betala inträde till Skansens friluftsområde 400kr ( 2 vx 2barn)som vi inte tänkte besöka vintertid tyckte vi kändes onödigt Annars ok”
Spend one flexible day in two countries. Travel from Copenhagen to Malmö by bus across the Øresund Bridge, then choose a 24-hour city bus ticket or rental bike. Use the map and Malmö attraction leaflet to visit Lilla Torg, Malmöhus Castle, Turning Torso, parks, and the waterfront at your own pace.
“Easy to find bikes and train and company were fast to respond when we had questions. Great way to see Malmo on your own terms”
Spend about two hours at Fjälläventyr Dog Park with more than 80 Alaskan Huskies, Siberian Huskies, and Alaskan Malamutes. An English-speaking guide explains kennel life, training, and sled-dog history, then gives you time to pet the dogs and puppies. Guides such as Tilde and Ludwig also lead related dog-sled trips.
“I've never seen so many Huskies together! From the moment we entered the Fjällventyr Dog Park, everything was perfectly organized. The guides were very friendly, telling stories about each dog's name and temperament. Dogs are incredibly sociable, especially when you sit down and start petting them - they act like family! There is only one small problem, time seems to be a little short. A little more time and the experience was perfect.”
Use a 24-hour or 72-hour mobile pass to explore Stockholm by bus and boat. Ride between Old Town, Djurgården, Skeppsholmen, Fotografiska, and major museums, then hop off when something catches your eye. Boat commentary is generally stronger than the bus narration.
“We came in to Stockholm on the Queen Elizabeth. There was a Hop On Hop Off shuttle boat right there at the port which shuttled us to the city center. However, the other boats and bus schedules did not connect to this boat shuttle PLUS every employee we asked, on the Read more”
Pick a jetty, a museum hall or a night under the aurora.
