Country guide
Sweden
Stockholm's archipelago, deep forests and lake cabins, with Lapland's ice hotels and auroras up north.
Currency
SEK
Language
Swedish
English
Everywhere
Payment
Cards everywhere
Power
Type C / F
230 V, 50 Hz
Dialing
+46
Destinations
Gothenburg
A Dutch-planned harbour city of canals, trams and wooden lanes, with the country's best shellfish and car-free islands at the end of the tram line.
✓ best May-SepGotland (Visby)
A complete medieval town wall on a Baltic island of limestone sea stacks, ruined churches, white beaches and sheep pasture.
✓ best May-SepKiruna
An iron-ore town inside the auroral oval, with dog teams, a hotel carved each winter from river ice, and Sweden's highest mountains an hour west.
✓ best Jun, AugMalmo
A Renaissance castle, a twisting tower on the old docks and the best falafel in Sweden, with Copenhagen half an hour over the bridge.
✓ best May-SepStockholm
A capital laid across fourteen islands, with a salvaged warship, a medieval old town and an archipelago of thousands of skerries beginning at the quay.
✓ best May-SepClimate zones, month by month
Sweden has 5 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.
Gothenburg West Coast →
✓ Best May-Sep · ✗ Avoid Dec-Mar
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Gotland (Visby) →
✓ Best May-Sep · ✗ Avoid Nov-Mar
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Kiruna Lapland →
✓ Best Jun, Aug · ✗ Avoid Oct-Apr
Watch for Jan-Feb extreme cold risk
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Malmo Skane →
✓ Best May-Sep · ✗ Avoid Dec-Mar
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Stockholm →
✓ Best May-Sep · ✗ Avoid Nov-Mar
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