The pick of Stockholm’s museums are; Moderna Museet for one of the world’s finest collections of 20th and 21st century art, its fabulous restaurant and kids activities. Also put wonderful open-air museum Skansen on your list. You can join Stockholmers in celebrating Christmas and Midsummer in traditional style here. Open every day of the year. If you’re coming with the family, the zoo and collection of 19th century buildings and settings from all around Sweden are a must. A short walk from Skansen is the Vasa Museum. The museum was purpose-built to house the 17th century Vasa ship and we don’t just mean bits of it – we mean the entire ship, which was raised from nearby Lake Mälaren.
Interested in Swedish movies? To see where it all began visit the Filmstaden film studio grounds in Råsunda just outside Stockholm where Ingmar Bergman, Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman worked. Or if you are a fan of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy go on the Millennium Tour in Lisbeth Salander’s footsteps.