Must-see attractions in Stockholm Archipelago

  • 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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