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Skansen, Djurgarden

Skansen, Djurgarden: Our most recommended tours and activities

Stockholm: Red Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus & Boat

1. Stockholm: Red Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus & Boat

See Stockholm’s most famous sights from along its streets and waterways with this hop-on hop-off tour. Choose to stay on the bus line or take the tour to the water with regular service between Stockholm's islands and city streets. Listen to commentary about Stockholm in your choice of 10 languages. Discover how pleasant and effortless a city trip can be. Choose a 24-hour ticket for the bus tour or the boat tour. A combination ticket gives you full access to both the bus and boat tours. See all the attractions in Stockholm at your own pace and hop on and off at any of the stops throughout the city. Go directly to the sights without any out of the way routes, stopping at attractions such as Skansen, the Royal Palace, Gröna Lund, the Vasa Museum, Fjällgatan, City Hall, the Abba Museum, the Ice Bar, Old Town, and several popular shopping districts.

Stockholm: Skansen Open-Air Museum Admission Ticket

2. Stockholm: Skansen Open-Air Museum Admission Ticket

Travel back in time at this authentic showcase of pre-industrial Sweden. Visit houses and homesteads from all over the country and experience traditional rural life firsthand. Experience the different social conditions in which people lived between the 16th and the first half of the 20th century. Discover the history of Sweden. Find out how the Swedes once lived through the changing seasons, traditions, work, celebrations, and everyday life of times past. Encounter animal life, including Nordic wild animals, rare breeds, domestic animals, and exotic creatures.  Enjoy a delicious meal (not included) at one of the restaurants that offer breathtaking views over Stockholm. Be sure to visit the museum shop as well, where you’ll find traditional handicrafts and Swedish-designed items. Let your children enjoy a Zoo featuring domestic animals such as cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs. Skansen is also home to 75 different species of animals, including wild animals such as lynx, elk, and brown bears, and several breeds of domestic animals. The museum changes decorations seasonally with different themes. This season, experience a historic Christmas market, dating back to 1903. Buy handicrafts, sweets, homemade candles, and Christmas presents. The Christmas Market is open from Friday to Sunday from 26 November until 19 December.

Stockholm: Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

3. Stockholm: Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

Explore the Swedish capital by open-top bus. With regular departures at all stops, choose how much time you wish to spend immersed in the history and culture of each fascinating site. Stockholm boasts a 700-year-old history and is the epicenter of Swedish culture, dotted with grand public buildings and palaces. The 24-hour pass grants access to buses that will take you to the highlights of the picturesque city's sightseeing circuit. Visit the vast Stockholm Palace, the official residence of the Swedish Royal Family, and the City Hall where the annual Nobel Prize banquet is held. Discover beautiful gothic churches and explore the city's key museums, including the Vasa Museum, home to the tragic 17th-century warship, and Skansen zoo. Buses cover the Old Town area and the trendy SoFo district at Södermalm, with its many bars and boutiques. Art and literature exhibitions abound, with readings and concerts at the controversially modern-looking Kulturhuset. Participants looking to splash out will enjoy the NK/Hamngatan shopping district. Strändvagen offers leading restaurants to quell the deserved appetites of the intrepid tourist, with regular boat cruises of the scenic archipelago to boot. Bus tour stops: 1. Strömgatan 2. The Royal Palace/Old Town 3. SoFo 4. Viking Line/Stadsgården Cruise Terminal 5. Fjällgatan 6. Medborgarplatsen 7. The Royal Palace / Slottet 8. Kungsträdgården / Shopping District 9. Strandvägen 10. The Vasa Museum 11. ABBA The Museum / Gröna Lund 12. Skansen 13. ABBA The Museum / Gröna Lund 14. The Vasa Museum 15. Museum Park 16. Historiska Museet / Karlaplan 17. Stureplan Entertainment District 18. Kungsgatan/ Hötorget Market Place 19. ICE Bar 20. Central Station / Cityterminalen 21. Rådhuset / Court House 22. City Hall

Stockholm: Hop-on Hop-off by Bus

4. Stockholm: Hop-on Hop-off by Bus

Hop aboard one of the comfortable hop-on hop-off buses and explore Stockholm and its sights at your own pace during 24 or 72 hours. The bus stops at famous attractions like Gröna Lund, Skansen, Fjällgatan, City Hall, Ice Bar, the Royal Palace, Old Town and several popular shopping districts. You can also combine your bus ticket with a hop-on hop-off boat tour for the ultimate sightseeing experience. Your ticket entitles you to various discounts. The bus stops at the following attractions: 1. Strömgatan / The royal opera 2. The royal palace/Old town 3. Viking line/Stadsgården cruise berth 4. Fjällgatan/Tjärhovsplan 5. Slussen 6. The royal palace/Old town 7. Kungsträdgården 8. Strandvägen/Nybrokajen 9. Vasa museum 10. Abba the museum/Gröna lund tivoli 11. Skansen 12. Abba the museum/Gröna lund tivoli 13. Vasa museum 14. Karlaplan 15. Stureplan 16. Hötorget market place/Kungsgatan 17. Icebar/Vasagatan 18. Central station/Cityterminalen 19. Rådhuset/Town hall 20. Stadshuset/City hall All our hop on-hop off buses pass through the cruise terminal as long as the ship is in port. This applies to the terminals at stadsgården and frihamnen.

Stockholm: Delightful Djurgården Private Walking Tour

5. Stockholm: Delightful Djurgården Private Walking Tour

Take a stroll through the island of Djurgården, on a private guided tour from royal hunting grounds, to one of the locals’ favorite recreational spots. Walk the lush green pathways, see an array of museums and private mansions, and hear riveting tales of the past.   Starting by the local visitor center on the island, begin with a stop at the must-see maritime Vasa Museum and hear the story of a recovered sunken ship. Then, head to the park across from the Nordic Museum for tales of how the royals entertained, and how Djurgårdsstaden keeps the secrets of sailors and gravediggers.   Towards the end, you’ll see the Rosendals Trädgård, a green garden oasis not to be missed, followed by a palace with an open-air museum and art gallery. As the delightful walking tour comes to an end, leave the green heart of Stockholm with a feeling of having been let in on a secret and you’ll have gained insight into an area that most visitors simply do not experience.

Stockholm: 2-Hour Djurgården Sightseeing Tour

6. Stockholm: 2-Hour Djurgården Sightseeing Tour

Voted one of the most beautiful city parks in the world, the island of Djurgården has been in the possession of the royal family since the 15th century. A unique green space in Stockholm, it holds many of the city’s most famous museums and cultural attractions including the Vasa Museum, Gröna Lund, Abba Museum, and Skansen, to name a few. Part of the Royal National City Park, Djurgården boasts its own amusement park, an open-air museum as well as extensive stretches of forest and meadows. Dive into its 400-year tradition as a paradise for recreation and entertainment and discover why over 10 million visitors come to discover this park each year.

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What people are saying about Skansen, Djurgarden

Overall rating

4.2 / 5

based on 1,235 reviews

Skansen is for sure worth visiting. It’s like magic in the city. There was a Christmas marker where you could buy something to eat, drink, different souvenirs. There were also different animals, and it was fantastic experience to see Moose for the first time. Definitely worth spending a few hours walking around

Great open-air museum. The buildings were incredible to see and laid out really nicely to walk around, each with details of what the buildings were used for and where they came from. Also saw some animals too which added to the experience. Really enjoyable, would definitely go back.

A trip back into the past. Very enjoyable despite being -2 at some points. The glass blowing was intriguing and the baking was fabulous. The staff were very helpful

Lovely Christmas market, quite a large village. Mulled wine, food and local products can be purchased. Zoo on site, I gotta say, lovely spot.

Takes you to the most important parts of the city!