City: Sweden
Top Things to do in Sweden
Countries
The 10 Best Historic Sites in Sweden, Sweden
Coordinates: 63°N 16°E / 63°N 16°E / 63; 16
Restaurants in Sweden
1. Kungliga Djurgarden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3,672 reviews
Reviewed By Sorellina - Lytham St Anne's, United Kingdom
Beautiful park with lots of activities, walkways and woodland. Cafés, restaurants and museums are available if you tire of the wonderful scenery!
2. Gamla Uppsala
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 446 reviews
Reviewed By gsurya - Malmö, Sweden
Well documented & arranged museum, had English & Swedish tours, lovely walking path around the burial mounds. Nice outing for a summer day.
3. Engelsberg Ironworks
4. Uppsala Domkyrka
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,007 reviews
Reviewed By perideb
Cathedral is breathtaking. The service at the gift shop was very good, she told us brief history and answered some of our questions. Overall, great experience.
5. Marbacka Minnesgard
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 148 reviews
Reviewed By 300kristak - Stockholm, Sweden
Marbacka is a place to visit when exploring Värmland. I liked the garden that was very well maintained and beautiful. If you want to know more about the life and work of Selma Laggerlöf, you should definitely take a guided tour that takes ca 45 minutes (this is the only way to get in the house). The guided tour was very informative and good.
6. Kalmar Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 854 reviews
The history of this legendary castle goes back 800 years. For a long time, Kalmar Castle was an important fortification and known as the key to the kingdom because of its strategical location. The Swedish-Danish border was located only a short distance to the south, because Scania and Blekinge were Danish territories at the time. Kalmar Castle was given its current design during the 16th century, when the Vasa kings Gustav, Erik XIV and Johan III rebuilt the medieval castle and made it into a Renaissance palace, furnished and decorated in continental fashion. Even before then the castle had played an important role in Nordic politics, for example as the location for the signing of the Kalmar Union in 1397. This event was celebrated during the whole year of 1997, the union's 600th anniversary. Kalmar Castle is a symbol for Kalmar. The castle's history features international politics, court intrigues, fiery sieges and fierce battles. Today the castle is vibrant and lively place where many people visit.
Reviewed By fjtange - Etten-Leur, The Netherlands
Highly recommendable to visit! Fantastic medieval castle with authentic sceneries. Would be good though to read-in a bit on the history before visiting.
7. Ulriksdal Palace
8. Gota Canal
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 137 reviews
Welcome to Göta Canal, one of Sweden's largest constructions and visitor destinations. Lock your own pleasure boat through the magnificent landscape, join one of the passenger boats or book one of all bicycle packages along the canal. Stay by the waterfront at hotels, youth hostels, motorhome spaces or campsites. Dine in restaurants or have a traditional Swedish fika at one of the cafes. The fairway is open from May to September but you can visit Göta Canal all year round.
9. Gripsholm Castle
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 293 reviews
Reviewed By chucklazer - Herzliya, Israel
So - a beautiful castle, big decorated guns when you enter, nice scenery, and the castle hosts the national portrait gallery of Sweden - so you get to see portraits of all the kings and nobles. but the great anecdote were the word scratched by prisoners who supported sigismund the 3rd when he was deposed and stayed in the castle's tower...
