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Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox. Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. Check out our guide to the very best things to do in Stockholm. In that time, my relationship with the city has evolved and deepened in all sorts of interesting ways.
As a young man I remember feeling dumbstruck by how cool and beautiful everything in Stockholm seemed to be, from its seemingly endless waterfront and elegant architecture to its abundance of hip design shops, cafes, bars and clubs.
These days, as a dad-of-two, I'm simply grateful for the excellent standard of living the Swedish capital supports. But the rest is still pretty cool too. Here are the best things to do in Stockholm. This guide was updated by Malcolm Jack , a writer based in Stockholm. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.
This guide includes affiliate links, which have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines. Been there, done that? Think again, my friend. At the open-air Skansen , stroll through five centuries of Swedish houses and farmsteads and observe wild Nordic animals. And choruses, obviously. The three-hour ferry ride to the last island before Finland, Sandhamn, makes the Swedish capital feel endless.
