119 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Stockholm - Atlas Obscura

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.

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

Storkyrkobadet

A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.

Stockholm, Sweden

Vasa Museum

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

Stockholm, Sweden

Stadsbiblioteket (Stockholm Public Library)

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

Stockholm, Sweden

Aifur

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

Stockholm, Sweden

Colour by Numbers

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

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Cool Places to Eat & Drink in Stockholm

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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.

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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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.

December 10, 2021

One wreck closely resembles <em>Vasa</em> in size and shape, leading to speculation that it may be <en>Äpplet</em>, its sister ship.

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

They could be related to the famous, ill-fated "Vasa."

by Isaac Schultz

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.

by Jessica Leigh Hester

December 7, 2018

The Nobel banquet is always a sparkling affair.

The Pyrotechnic Ice-Cream Parades of the Nobel Prize Banquet

Once, there was even an official ice cream.

October 16, 2018

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