Leisure

General information about City of Stockholm

Welcome to Stockholm, one of the world’s most beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands around one of Europe’s largest and best-preserved mediaeval city centres, the city is stunningly located by the Baltic Sea. Stockholm offers a broad variaty of attractions, museums, theatres, concert halls, shopping and beautiful parks.

Make the most of your stay

You will find everything you need to know before and during your visit to Stockholm at Visitstockholm.com – The Official Visitors Guide (please see link below). Visitstockholm.com has information in English, Russian, Japanese, German, Finnish, Italian, French and Spanish.

If you are intrerested in other parts of Sweden, visit The Official Gateway to Sweden below.

Stockholm's history

"The City will never be finished, it will never be completed. It is constantely changing, being renewed and updated. At the same time, it is eternal; the past somehow still remains, it is preserved." City in the world, Per Anders Fogelström

Slussen vid invigningen den 15 oktober 1935

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Last updated 7 Dec, 2012


Environmental facts about Stockholm at 06:11

Showers

Temperature
10°
Wind
E 3m/s
Barometer
1001 hPa
Humidity
90%
Air pollution levels
Moderate