Plan a trip to Sweden

Places to see in Sweden

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Drottningholm PalaceUNESCO

  Drottningholms slott

  Fort · Stockholm County

  Drottningholm Palace is a royal palace in Drottningholm, on the island of Lovön in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Pudelek (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  SkogskyrkogårdenUNESCO

  Landmark · Stockholm County

  Skogskyrkogården is a cemetery located in the Gamla Enskede district south of central Stockholm, Sweden. It was inaugurated in 1920 and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Holger Ellgaard (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Sarek National ParkUNESCO

  Park & nature · Norrbotten County

  Sarek National Park is a national park in Jokkmokk Municipality, Lapland in northern Sweden. Established in 1909, the park is among the oldest national parks in Europe. It is adjacent to two other national parks, namely Stora Sjöfallet and Padjelanta.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: kallerna (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Falun MineUNESCO

  Falu Gruva

  Landmark · Dalarna County

  Falun Mine was a mine in Falun, Sweden, that operated for a millennium from the 10th century to 1992. It produced as much as two-thirds of Europe's copper needs and helped fund many of Sweden's wars in the 17th century.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Grimeton Radio StationUNESCO

  Radiostationen i Grimeton

  Museum · Halland County

  Grimeton Radio Station in southern Sweden, close to Varberg in Halland, is an early longwave transatlantic wireless telegraphy station built in 1922–1924, that has been preserved as a historical site.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Chrumps (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Rock Carvings in TanumUNESCO

  Hällristningar

  Ruins · Västra Götaland County

  The Rock Carvings in Tanum are a collection of petroglyphs near Tanumshede, Bohuslän, Sweden, which were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1994 because of their high concentration.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Tanumshede 2005 rock carvings 7.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  Engelsberg IronworksUNESCO

  Engelsbergs bruk

  Museum · Västmanland County

  Engelsberg Ironworks is an ironworks in Ängelsberg, a village in Fagersta Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden. It was built in 1681 by Per Larsson Gyllenhöök (1645–1706) and developed into one of the world's most modern ironworks in the period 1700–1800.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jürgen Howaldt (CC BY-SA 2.0 de). Map

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  Decorated Farmhouses of HälsinglandUNESCO

  Hälsingegårdar (UNESCO Världsarv)

  Heritage site · Jämtland County

  The Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland is a World Heritage Site inscribed on 1 July 2012 as Sweden's fifteenth entry on the list.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Catasa (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Stockholm

  City · Stockholm County

  Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of Sweden, as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately 1 million people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.5 million in the metropolitan area.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: JZ (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Gothenburg

  Göteborg

  City · Västra Götaland County

  Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Malmö

  City · Skåne County

  Malmö is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the seventh-largest city in the Nordic region.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Johan Jönsson (Julle) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Uppsala

  City · Uppsala County

  Uppsala is the capital of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: This image was produced by me, David Castor (user:dcastor) (Public domain). Map