The lanes of Gamla stan, the heights of Södermalm and the museums of Djurgården – the tables, the hotels and the quartiers, in one guide.
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In this guide
Every table and hotel the MICHELIN inspectors have chosen in Stockholm – 12 starred, 8 Bib Gourmand, 23 more restaurants and 27 hotels – on one map, with our own stories as we write them.
Arrive as the light goes for Skansen's Halloween evening (15:00–19:00 on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October): trick-or-treat through the old town quarter (book a time slot for every child and adult), the pumpkin disco, a Halloween parade and fire shows – included in admission, and children 0–15 go free.
Take the lift at Stadsgården 6 to the 11th floor (or cross the bridge from Mosebacke torg): on Fridays the jazz band plays at the cocktail bar from 16:00 until 01:00, and the award-winning Dry Martini comes four ways; Bar Zeppelin is one floor up.
Dinner in the vaulted hall on Blekingegatan, where a restaurant has served Södermalm since 1904 – classic Swedish home cooking and beer; open every day 11:30–01:00.
Start the day at 10:00 with the warship that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628 and lay on the seabed for 333 years; open daily 10:00–17:00, adults SEK 195 in October, 18 and under free, with free guided tours in English and a 17-minute film included.
Walk down to Allmänna gränd and take the Djurgården ferry back via Skeppsholmen to Slussen – boats at 12:28, 12:43 and 12:58 on Saturday 31 October, 12 minutes on the water, ordinary SL fares.
Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The Royal Palace
From Slussen it is a short walk through Gamla stan to the palace, open 10:00–16:00 on All Saints' Day: state rooms, the Tre Kronor Museum and the crowns in the Treasury, with animal-safari and picture trails for 5–12-year-olds at the front desk.
Up Blecktornsgränd from Mariatorget and along Monteliusvägen to the top of Skinnarviksberget – Visit Stockholm's pick for a Stockholm sunset in any season. Be there by mid-afternoon: the sun sets early at the end of October.
Take the green line south for All Saints' evening at the Woodland Cemetery, when around 70,000 people come to light candles: Skogskapellet and Uppståndelsekapellet are open 11:00–19:00 and the Visitors center until 20:00. The City asks you to get off at Sandsborg and walk through, and to bring a torch.
Back on the green line to Medborgarplatsen and round the corner to Kvarnen, one of Södermalm's oldest restaurants, serving husmanskost and beer on Tjärhovsgatan since 1908 – lunch and dinner every day.
Last day of the autumn-break Workshop on Skeppsholmen (11:00–16:30, free, no booking): families paint together on a collaborative artwork inspired by the collection; the museum is free for 18 and under.
In the palace cellars, the Little Armoury's dressing-up box – cloaks, tabards, dragon costumes, crowns – is open 11:00–16:00 on the last day of the autumn break; the museum is open 11:00–17:00 and free for under-18s.
Cross to Blasieholmen for a drink in the Grand Hôtel's grand bar, a timeless classic according to Visit Stockholm; the menu runs until 01:30 at weekends.
✱ MICHELIN star · Bib Gourmand: good cooking at a fair price · ◆ selected in the Guide · € to €€€€: the Guide's own price bands, from «on a budget» to «spare no expense».
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Sunset and drinks
Where to drink
A rooftop over Brunkebergstorg, jazz above Slussen, one of the world's best cocktail bars and the grand bar of the Grand Hôtel.
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Floating bar and restaurant on the quay · ÖstermalmSunsetStrandbryggan
A meeting place for sun-worshipping Stockholmers since 1989 – it began with boat hire and a simple beer café – rebuilt in 2023 as the Mediterranean-style Strandbryggan Boat Club, with a new upper deck and panoramic views over Strandvägen and Djurgården.
Fifty-two metres above Brunkebergstorg, a bar pouring cocktails with Nordic and Japanese flavours, with music and art – and warmer, fuller drinks once the autumn evenings draw in.
Cocktail bar with a view (and Bar Zeppelin above) · SödermalmGondolen
High above Slussen in Katarinahuset, with what Gondolen calls Stockholm's most beautiful view: at the cocktail bar a jazz band sets the mood and the award-winning Dry Martini comes four ways; Bar Zeppelin one floor up has the outdoor terrace.
Cocktail bar, restaurant and wine bodega · HornstullTjoget
A neighbourhood bar at heart, open since 2012 and ranked among the world's best ever since – No. 51 on The World's 50 Best Bars extended list in 2026 – with Mediterranean food from the kitchen and a wine bodega alongside.
A 45-seat cocktail bar on Stortorget in Gamla stan, with a solid green marble bar, sofas on soft carpets and window seats kept for walk-ins – Visit Stockholm calls it an experimental workshop where the flavour of your drink decides what goes on your plate.
The grand bar of the Grand Hôtel, which Visit Stockholm calls a timeless classic: after-work drinks, champagne evenings and bartenders the hotel counts among Sweden's best, under chandeliers and dark carved panelling.
Sources: Visit Stockholm, VERA PI's map and sun model, and the bars' own pages, read 28 October 2026.
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Where to stay
The hotels worth the trip
The MICHELIN Guide's Keys first – its mark for hotels with character, service and a sense of place – then the rest of its selection and the ones we would book ourselves.
A UNESCO-listed woodland cemetery of pines, chapels and stillness – and on All Saints' weekend, when thousands of candles flicker on the graves, Visit Stockholm calls a walk here the perfect way to spend the afternoon.
Past The UNESCO World Heritage landscape of pines and chapels, and the path called Sju brunnars stig (the Way of the Seven Wells), Greta Garbo's grave, Skogskapellet and Uppståndelsekapellet (open Saturday 31 October 2026, 11:00–19:00)
Open all year; the main gates are open round the clock for walkers and cyclists. All Saints' weekend 30 October–1 November 2026: around 70,000 people come to light candles; Visitors center Friday 11:00–17:00, Saturday 10:00–20:00, Sunday 11:00–17:00.
Bus 183 runs a loop inside the cemetery on All Saints' weekend for those who find walking hard.
Start: Skogskyrkogården metro station (green line); on All Saints' weekend the City suggests getting off one stop early at Sandsborg and walking through Sandsborg cemetery
The north edge of Södermalm gives you almost the entire inner city across the water, and Skinnarviksberget at the end is where Stockholmers go to watch the sun go down.
Past The cafés around Mariatorget (Visit Stockholm suggests Kaffe, S:t Pauls Bageri, Drop Coffee, Bageri Petrus or Johan & Nyström), Blecktornsgränd, a cobbled street up the hill, Monteliusvägen along the edge of Mariaberget, with a view over almost the whole inner city
All year – Visit Stockholm: 'It doesn't matter if it's winter, summer, autumn, or spring – the Skinnarviksberget is the place to be for a Stockholm sunset.' In late October the sun sets in the late afternoon.
Fine for older children on foot; the climb and cobbles are awkward with a pushchair.
Start: Mariatorget metro station (red line), Södermalm
A walk without a single shadow, made for the low northern sun: over the high bridge, then east along Riddarfjärden with Stockholm's skyline ahead of you all the way to the City Hall.
Past Västerbron, the landmark bridge with a view that 'will take your breath away', Norr Mälarstrand, the sunny waterside promenade on Kungsholmen, Stockholm City Hall
Best in winter, says Visit Stockholm: there is no shade, so on a clear morning you walk with the low sun in your face. Open all year.
Pushchair-friendly along Norr Mälarstrand – Visit Stockholm calls it 'a highway for strollers'.
The City's own 'museum round' on Djurgården: eight kilometres of water, wooden houses, galleries and palaces, ending with the monumental view of the Royal Palace and Strömmen from Strömbron.
Past The shore of Saltsjön from Blockhusudden to the tram terminus at Ryssviken, Thielska Galleriet and Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, The wooden houses in the lanes of Djurgårdsstaden, to Allmänna gränd
All year. This is the City of Stockholm's walking route no.
Long for small legs in one go, but the route follows the city tram (Spårväg City), so you can hop on and off; plenty of museums and cafés to break it up.
Start: Blockhusudden, the eastern tip of Djurgården (SL bus and boat stop 'Blockhusudden')
The best way to get small feet through the medieval lanes of Stockholm's oldest district: a story at every corner, written by the City's own museum educators.
Past Riksplan and Stora Gråmunkegränd, Kåkbrinken and Prästgatan, Storkyrkan, its door on Trångsund and the churchyard
All year, any time – the lanes are open; bring a charged phone and headphones.
Both are free audio guides made for children and families by Stockholm City Museum and the Medieval Museum – one tells of sauna baths, bagpipes, shipwreck treasure, kings and grey friars; in the other, children help the little rat Lillan find her family among dragons, mermaids and talking statues.
Start: Riksplan on Helgeandsholmen (for 'Medieval times in Old town'), or the main door of Storkyrkan (for 'The Rats in Old town')
Södermalm's southern shoreline is where Stockholm comes to walk at the weekend – water on one side, cafés at the end, and the option to loop back through the woods on the far shore.
Past The waterside promenade along the north shore of Årstaviken (part of the City's walking route 25A), Hornstull at the far end, for coffee, food or a drink, Or: cross Årstabron before Hornstull for the loop
All year; Visit Stockholm's favourite in late winter and early spring, when the sun returns to the bay.
The Södermalm shore is flat and pushchair-friendly; the Årsta side has forest paths.
Start: Skanstull metro station (green line), Södermalm – Visit Stockholm suggests aiming for the restaurant Nyfiken Gul to find the shore path
Sources: Visit Stockholm, the City of Stockholm (its walking routes, Skogskyrkogården and the Historiska vandringar audio guides) and SL, read 28 October 2026. Coastal paths close in rough seas – check before you set off.
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With kids
Stockholm for children
Halloween at Skansen and Gröna Lund, Astrid Lindgren's Story Train, dinosaurs and a boat to the archipelago – plus Drottningholm, Gripsholm and Tom Tits for a day out.
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In Stockholm
Photo: Skansen
To do · Ages All ages; children 0–15 free (book a free child ticket); under-13s must come with an adultSkansen
The world's oldest open-air museum: historic buildings, Nordic animals, the Lill-Skansen children's zoo and the Baltic Sea Science Center in one ticket – and at the end of October, trick-or-treating through the old town quarter.
To do · Ages Young children and families; under-2s free but need their own ticket; the 'Midwinter' activity is marked from 3 yearsJunibacken
Astrid Lindgren's story world on Djurgården: ride the magical Story Train, watch 'Pippi Moves In' played by a children's ensemble at Villa Villekulla (in Swedish) and roll giant snowballs in the 'Midwinter in Moominvalley' exhibition – with daily theatre over the autumn break.
Museum · Ages All ages; 18 and under free; children 12 and under must be with an adult at all timesVasa Museum (Vasamuseet)
The king's warship that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628 and lay on the seabed for 333 years, raised almost whole – children can follow Olof, a boy at the shipyard, on the museum's own audio guide for families.
Daily September–May 10:00–17:00, Wednesdays until 20:00; June–August 08:30–18:00.
To do · Ages All ages: a 'just scary enough' pumpkin-and-cobweb trail for families, five haunted houses on the main area for horror fans; children 0–3 free with a paying adult (15+)Gröna Lund – Halloween
Stockholm's 1883 waterfront amusement park turned spooky: a fire-and-laser show, a parade, haunted houses and all rides included in the ticket, with a gentler trail and disco for the youngest.
Halloween season: open daily 26 October–1 November 2026, 10:00–22:00; then 6 November 18:30–midnight, 7 November 10:00–22:00 and 8 November 11:00–19:00.
Ten exhibitions under one roof: Teknoleket for the youngest – marble runs, cogs, light and sound, with a Brio train room – then the Mine, an indoor Forest of dens and slopes to climb, and the MegaMind creativity lab for older children.
Open every day 09:00–21:00 (also through the autumn break, 24 October–1 November).
Dinosaur skeletons, fossils and the natural world, with films at Cosmonova next door – this autumn break the museum runs a dinosaur trail, a fossil desk with a dinosaur egg and a T. rex film twice a day.
From 17 August 2026: closed Mondays; Tuesday–Friday 11:00–17:00 (Thursday until 21:00 from 17 September); Saturday–Sunday 10:00–17:00.
Museum · Ages Blubb play room 0–6 with an adult; Ruskpricken workshop from 4 with an adult; autumn-break ghost tour 6–10, story time 4–6; 0–18 freeSjöhistoriska museet (National Maritime Museum)
Blubb is an underwater playroom for the under-sixes – slide down the sailing ship, steer the fishing boat, tinker in the engine room – while older children build their own boat in the Ruskpricken workshop; over the autumn break there are 'just scary enough' sea-ghost tours.
Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–17:00, closed Mondays (open Monday 26 October during the autumn break).
In the Children's Playhouse, children step into an 1890s farm with no phones, running water or electricity – do the chores, tend the wooden animals and shop at the village store – and older ones can take on the Time Vault or the Vaesen and Arctic missions.
Museum daily 10:00–17:00, Wednesdays until 20:00 (September–May).
Royal history in the cellars of the Royal Palace, and a Children's Armoury under a glittering starry sky with a cabinet of curiosities and a conservator's studio – over the autumn break the Little Armoury hands out cloaks, tabards, dragon costumes and crowns.
Museum · Ages Families; children and young people up to and including 19 free; the autumn-break forensics tour is from 11Polismuseet (Police Museum)
Try on real police uniforms from different eras, follow the children's trails, step into a 1930s police kiosk and ride along on a blue-light call-out in the modern patrol car – a small museum made for doing, not just looking.
The cheapest boat trip in town: an ordinary SL ferry on ordinary SL fares, across the harbour from Slussen past Skeppsholmen to Djurgården's museums and Gröna Lund – eight minutes on the water, all year round.
Runs all year from Slussen via Skeppsholmen to Allmänna gränd on Djurgården.
A free library made only for small children and their grown-ups, with books in more than 50 languages and cosy corners for reading together, on Sergels torg in the middle of the city – and in the same house Konstverkstan, the workshop where children and adults make art together.
To do · Ages Family tours for 3–6 and for 7 and up; the Workshop is for the whole family; 18 and under freeModerna Museet – family Workshop
Sweden's modern-art collection – Rauschenberg's Monogram, the Surrealists – on the island of Skeppsholmen, with a Workshop where children paint alongside the grown-ups, a kids' reading corner and family tours.
Museum open 10:00–18:00 on the days read (28–29 October 2026); Free Friday 18:00–20:00 (21 August–18 December 2026).
Thirteen trams, buses, horse-drawn carriages and boats across three floors of the old gasworks, plus the museum's popular mini metro for the youngest – more than a hundred years of Stockholm on the move.
Swedish military history told through people and objects, with two hunts for children – the 'Jakten på krigsbytet' trail and a Kanonbingo card that sends them round the floors and the courtyard looking for things – and holiday activities in every school break.
General hours: closed Mondays; Tuesday 11:00–19:00; Wednesday–Sunday 11:00–17:00 (some days and weeks differ – the museum's calendar has the exceptions).
To do · Ages Families and teenagers; child, adult and Sunday family tickets are sold (early-bird multi-day tickets are from 13)Comic Con Stockholm Winter
Sweden's largest gathering for fans of film, comics, games and cosplay takes over Stockholmsmässan for the autumn-break weekend – costumes everywhere and special guests to meet.
30 October–1 November 2026: Friday 30 October 10:00–19:00, Saturday 31 October 10:00–19:00, Sunday 1 November 10:00–18:00.
To do · Ages All ages; under-12s and non-swimmers must have an adult (18+) with them at all times; child price 4–19Eriksdalsbadet
Sweden's national swimming arena, run by the City, with an adventure pool – slide, wild-water rapids, whirlpool and an outdoor pool – for the days when it is too cold and grey for anything else.
Pool and gym: Monday–Thursday 06:00–21:00, Friday 06:00–20:00, Saturday 08:00–18:00, Sunday 08:00–20:00 (adventure pool has its own, shorter hours).
To do · Ages Picture trails for 5–12; under-7s free; children 7–17 pay a reduced price; minimum age 12 without an adultThe Royal Palace (Kungliga slottet)
State rooms, the medieval Tre Kronor Museum and the crowns in the Treasury, with an animal safari and picture hunts that turn the visit into a treasure trail – and outside, the Royal Guard, on duty here since 1523.
Open daily 10:00–16:00 in late October and early November 2026, including All Saints' Eve and All Saints' Day (30–31 October).
The Baltic's shipwrecks in one museum, a winner of Museum of the Year: in the Resande Man room you walk across a full-size print of a ship that went down in the archipelago in a November storm in 1660, surrounded by photographs taken inside the wreck – a good pairing with the Vasa Museum on the joint ticket.
Billed as Scandinavia's largest Halloween parade: Sergels torg fills with ghosts, witches, vampires and clowns, children get their faces painted and compete for the best costume, and the evening ends in fireworks – free for everyone.
Saturday 31 October 2026, 17:00–22:00: 17:00 opening, costume-contest registration, spooky dancing, crafts and face painting; 19:00 show; 19:30 children's costume awards; 20:00 the parade leaves, with a burning heart and fireworks; 20:45 adult costume winners and music.
Tropical warmth on a grey day: butterflies fly free around you in the glasshouses, and next door are sharks, reef fish, frogs and turtles; over the autumn break zoologist Owe Sandström gives talks and shows feedings.
Carl Milles's former home and studio on Lidingö, where bronze angels, the Hand of God and the flying Man and Pegasus stand in a sculpture park with what Visit Stockholm calls a magnificent view of Stockholm – free for anyone 18 or under.
Tuesday–Sunday 11:00–17:00; closed Mondays (exceptions listed on the museum's site).
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To do · Ages Image hunts for 4–12; under-7s free with an adult; minimum age without an adult 12Drottningholm Palace
The King and Queen's permanent home and Sweden's best-preserved 17th-century royal palace, on UNESCO's World Heritage list; children pick up a Lion Safari or Gold Hunt picture trail at the desk and search the state rooms for the images.
Palace in October–November 2026: weekends only, 10:00–16:00 (including Saturday 31 October, All Saints' Day, and Sunday 1 November).
To do · Ages Toddlers to teenagers; under-3s free; under-12s must come with an adult (18+)Tom Tits Experiment
More than 400 hands-on experiments, from soap-bubble shows to a treasure hunt, where toddlers, teenagers and adults can all spend a full day – and over the autumn break the experiment park outside is open too.
The easiest taste of the archipelago, within an hour of the city: the regular Waxholmsbolaget boats, which run all year, take you from Strömkajen to Vaxholm and its fortress on the sound – a real outing even in November.
Waxholmsbolaget runs regular boats all year, with fewer departures August–May.
To do · Ages Picture hunts for children of all ages; under-7s free; children 7–17 reducedGripsholm Castle, Mariefred
Gustav Vasa's 16th-century castle by Lake Mälaren – dungeons, armouries, cannons, a stuffed lion and hundreds of portraits whose eyes follow you down the corridors – with a fashion safari and a portrait hunt for children, who get a reward at the ticket office.
Open for individual visitors on Saturday 31 October (All Saints' Day) and Sunday 1 November 2026, 10:00–15:00; then closed to individual visitors until Twelfth Night, 5–6 January 2027 (12:00–16:00).
Sources: Visit Stockholm, the City of Stockholm, SL's journey planner and the places' own pages, read 28 October 2026. Drive times from the town centre without traffic. Check seasons and ages with the place before you go.
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The atlas
Stockholm at a glance
The MICHELIN tables, the hotels and the sights, on one map.
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The directory
Every place in Stockholm
Every restaurant, hotel and sight the MICHELIN Guide lists within 6 km – 74 places, each with its own page. The six nearest the centre of each kind are here; the rest are in the directory, A to Z.