Årstaviken: from Skanstull towards Hornstull, or round the bay
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.
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Time
Not given – out to Hornstull and back the same way, or the loop round the bay via Årstabron
Difficulty
Easy – a flat shore promenade on the Södermalm side
Start
Skanstull metro station (green line), Södermalm – Visit Stockholm suggests aiming for the restaurant Nyfiken Gul to find the shore path
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, The forest walk along the south shore back towards Skanstull
Season
All year; Visit Stockholm's favourite in late winter and early spring, when the sun returns to the bay.
With children
The Södermalm shore is flat and pushchair-friendly; the Årsta side has forest paths. Visit Stockholm calls the shore 'a long outdoor catwalk' on sunny weekends.
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