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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Stockholm

129 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Stockholm, Sweden

Updated September 12, 2024

Explore a Victorian garden of giant water lilies, eat like a Viking, or relax in a golden egg-shaped sauna in the heart of Scandinavia. Stockholm’s medieval architecture, history, and other hidden wonders are sure to have you extending your stay.

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Unusual Attractions in Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm Metro Art Gallery

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
The Codex Gigas (the Devil’s Bible) open to the portrait of the devil.

Stockholm, Sweden

Codex Gigas (The Devil's Bible)

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Stockholm, Sweden

R1 Nuclear Reactor

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

Stockholm, Sweden

Aifur

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.
Victoriahuset.

Stockholm, Sweden

Victoriahuset (Victoria House)

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

Stockholm, Sweden

Vasa Museum

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Stockholm Public Library

Stockholm, Sweden

Stadsbiblioteket (Stockholm Public Library)

The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.
Kungsträdgården metro station.

Stockholm, Sweden

Kungsträdgården Metro Station

Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.
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Cool Places to Eat & Drink in Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

Aifur

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

Stockholm, Sweden

Stadshuskällaren

Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.
The bar in the gallery (Sundbybergs köksbryggeri).

Stockholm, Sweden

Omnipollo's Church

Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.

Stockholm, Sweden

Newton's Apple

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.
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After World War II, Cederblom lived in the United States and then Brazil.

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From dodging bullets in the Black Sea to hiding from police in Tibet, Aina Cederblom lived life on her terms.
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March 5, 2024
Nobel ice cream is actually quite easy to make.

How to Make Nobel Ice Cream, the World's Smartest Dessert

You may not be a prize winner, but you can eat like one.
by Anne Ewbank
December 10, 2021
One wreck closely resembles Vasa in size and shape, leading to speculation that it may be Äpplet, its sister ship.

Found: 17th-Century Warships at the Bottom of a Swedish Channel

They could be related to the famous, ill-fated "Vasa."
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November 11, 2019
They turned up during ongoing construction work.

Found: A Slew of Cannonballs Below a Stockholm Street

They'd been there for centuries.
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December 7, 2018

The Pyrotechnic Ice-Cream Parades of the Nobel Prize Banquet

Once, there was even an official ice cream.
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