Stockholm Archipelago

Mention the archipelago to Stockholmers and prepare for gushing, well-earned adulation. Buffering the city from the open Baltic Sea, its seemingly endless sweep of rocky isles are a wonderland of deep forests, fields of wildflowers, red wooden cottages and bobbing yachts.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

Vaxholm Fortress Museum
Vaxholm
While the current structure dates from 1833, the origins of Vaxholm Fortress lie in 1544, when King Gustav Vasa ordered its construction to protect the…
Hembygdsgård
Vaxholm
The Hembygdsgård preserves the finest old houses in Norrhamn. The fiskarebostad is an excellent example of a late-19th-century fisherman’s house, complete…
Siaröfortet Museum
Stockholm Archipelago
At this fortress-turned-museum you can check out the officers’ mess, kitchen, sleeping quarters and tunnels, plus two impressive 15.2cm cannons (they’re…
Iron Mine
Stockholm Archipelago
The most unusual of Utö's sights is the remains of Sweden’s oldest iron mine, which opened in 1150 and closed in 1879. The three pits are now flooded –…
Batteri Arholma
Stockholm Archipelago
Fans of military history can tour this formerly top-secret Cold War–era base, complete with cannons aimed at sea and underground living space for 340 men…

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Why Sweden should be your next safari holiday

Feb 10, 2020 • 6 min read

Long a place of vast forests, numerous lakes and long coastline, Sweden has recently become Europe’s most underrated wildlife-watching destination.

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