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Sweden
A capital on fourteen islands, an archipelago of thousands more, and a right-to-roam law that lets you camp almost anywhere. Summer is short and total.
Sweden in ten slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Best time to visit Sweden: Jun–Aug
Where people go in Sweden
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Lilla Torg is a square in Gamla Staden in central Malmö, Sweden. It is located right next to Stortorget. There are a number of restaurants around the square and in the summer it is full of people on the outdoor terraces.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Mar 2026
Steven Lek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Malmö Castle is a medieval castle located on Slottsholmen in Malmö, Sweden. It was built between 1526 and 1539 and is thus the oldest preserved Renaissance castle in the Nordic region. Malmö Castle is part of The Malmö Museum.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 19 Jul 2026
Kateryna Baiduzha · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Øresund Bridge or Öresund Bridge is a combined railway and motorway cable-stayed bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. It is the second longest bridge in Europe and combines both roadway and railway in a single structure, consisting of international European route E20 and the Øresund Line respectively.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Sep 2026
Nick-D · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ribersborg open-air bathhouse is an open-air public bath at a historic wooden pier on Ribersborg beach in Malmö, Sweden, approximately one kilometre southwest of Turning Torso. The bathhouse is open for a skinny dip year round and has separate areas for men and women. Each area is equipped with two saunas and a warm water tub.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Aug 2026
Jorchr · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint Peter's Church is a Brick Gothic church in Malmö, Sweden. Built in the 14th century as the main church of the city, it has been described as "the main Gothic monument within church architecture in Scania".
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 May 2026
Jorchr · CC BY-SA 3.0
Stortorget is a square in Malmö. Construction began in 1538 with the demolition of The Monastery of the Holy Spirit (Heligandsklostret), which with its cemetery occupied about 70% of the area of the future square. A note in 1542 refers to the site as thet ny torg.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 14 Jul 2026
Christian Beiwinkel · CC BY-SA 4.0
Turning Torso is a neo-futurist residential skyscraper built in Malmö, Sweden, in 2005. It was the tallest building in the Nordic region until September 2022, when it was surpassed by Karlatornet in Gothenburg. Located on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait, it was built and is owned by Swedish cooperative housing association HSB.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 6 May 2026
Amjad Sheikh · CC BY-SA 4.0
Feskekörka is a building in Gothenburg, Sweden, that formerly housed an indoor fish market. Its name is based on the building's resemblance to a neo-Gothic church. It opened on 1 November 1874, and was designed by the city architect Victor von Gegerfelt.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Sep 2025
Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Gothenburg Botanical Garden is located in Gothenburg, Sweden, and is one of the larger botanical gardens in Europe.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Agnetagreen · CC BY 3.0
The Gothenburg Museum of Art is an art museum located in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. The collection consists of more than 70,000 works in total, most of which are Nordic art from the 15th century until today. It is the third largest museum in Sweden by number of art works, succeeded only by the Swedish National Museum and the Modern Museum in Stockholm.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 May 2026
Gothenburg Museum of Art · Public domain
Haga is a city district in Gothenburg, Sweden, renowned for its picturesque wooden houses, 19th century-atmosphere and cafés. Originally a working class suburb of the city with a rather bad reputation, it was gradually transformed into a popular visiting place for tourists and Gothenburgers.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jan 2026
Photographer: Erik of Gothenburg, EVL. · CC BY-SA 3.0
Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened in 1923. It is the second most visited theme park in Scandinavia, with around three million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roller coaster Balder, twice voted as the Best Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster in the world in a major international poll.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 21 Aug 2026
Albin Olsson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Skansen Kronan is a redoubt on the hill Risåsberget, in the Haga district of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Aug 2026
Rolf Broberg (Rolf B) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Universeum is a public science centre, zoo and public aquarium in Gothenburg, Sweden that opened in 2001. It is a part of Evenemangsstråket, the thoroughfare of events – close to Korsvägen and Skånegatan – which includes sights of interest like Scandinavium, Ullevi, Svenska Mässan, Liseberg and the Museum of World Culture.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 11 Jul 2026
Erik031 · Public domain
Djurgården or, more officially, Kungliga Djurgården, is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum Skansen, the small residential area Djurgårdsstaden, yacht harbours, and extensive stretches of forest and meadows.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 4 Jul 2026
Unknown · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gamla Stan, until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna, is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla Stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Gamla Stan includes the surrounding islets Riddarholmen, Helgeandsholmen and Strömsborg.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Jul 2026
Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Riddarholmen Church is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in Stockholm, Sweden. The church serves as the final resting place of most Swedish monarchs.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 3 Sep 2026
Alexandru Baboş Albabos · CC BY 3.0
Skansen is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened on 11 October 1891 by Artur Hazelius (1833–1901) to show the way of life in the different parts of Sweden before the industrial era.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Holger.Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Stockholm City Hall is the seat of Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden. It stands on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island, next to Riddarfjärden's northern shore and facing the islands of Riddarholmen and Södermalm. It houses offices and conference rooms as well as ceremonial halls.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Mar 2026
Julian Herzog (Website) · CC BY 4.0
Stockholm Palace, or the Royal Palace, is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. Stockholm Palace is in Stadsholmen, in Gamla stan in the capital, Stockholm. It neighbours the Riksdag building.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2 Sep 2026
Magnus Johansson · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. The Vasa Museum opened in 1990.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 25 Jul 2026
Ad Meskens · CC BY-SA 4.0
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