Getting Around

Stockholm taxis are privately run by competing companies, not a single municipal fleet, and each company sets its own fares. Because prices are not fixed by law, every taxi is required to display a price list on the windscreen so a passenger can check the cost of a reference journey before getting in. Why is … Read more

Stockholm’s public transport network is largely built around step-free access, but unevenly so. SL, the regional operator, states that most metro stations, all buses and most pendeltåg platforms are wheelchair accessible, while a minority of older metro stations and some archipelago boats still involve stairs. The safest approach is always to check the specific station … Read more

Almost all domestic trains from Stockholm to other Swedish cities leave from Stockholm Central Station (Stockholm C), in the city centre next to T-Centralen. Several operators compete on the main lines — SJ, MTR Express, Vy and Snälltåget among them — running everything from fast X2000 services to Gothenburg and Malmö to slower regional trains … Read more

The archipelago boats are the passenger ferries that link central Stockholm to the islands scattered across the Stockholm archipelago, an area with roughly 30,000 islands, skerries and rocks stretching east into the Baltic. They run on a summer-heavy timetable: dense and frequent from late spring to early autumn, sharply reduced the rest of the year, … Read more

Cycling in Stockholm runs on a citywide network of dedicated lanes called cykelbanor, built to connect the islands the city is spread across, plus a set of traffic rules set by Sweden’s national transport agency. Bikes can also be combined with parts of the public transport system, though rules vary by mode and depend on … Read more

Central Stockholm is walkable at a scale unusual for a European capital: the historic core, the main shopping streets, and several major waterfront districts all sit within roughly a three-kilometre radius of T-Centralen, the city’s main transit hub. Most walks between neighbouring districts take fifteen to thirty-five minutes. Crossing the water usually means a bridge, … Read more

The Djurgården ferry is a short passenger boat crossing between central Stockholm and Djurgården, the island where most of the city’s big museums sit. The version that matters for everyday travel is run under contract to SL, Stockholm’s public transport authority, which means it is covered by the same travel card as the metro and … Read more

Stockholm’s commuter ferries are boats that operate as ordinary public transport, run mostly by SL (Storstockholms Lokaltrafik), the region’s transit authority, and priced inside the same zone-based fare system as the metro and buses. They cross water where there is no bridge or where a bridge would mean a long detour, and most routes are … Read more

The Arlanda Express is a dedicated, privately operated rail service that runs non-stop between Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Stockholm Central Station (T-Centralen). It is the fastest way to make that specific journey, in around 18-20 minutes, but it is also the most expensive. Slower, cheaper alternatives exist by commuter train, bus and shared shuttle. What … Read more

There are four practical ways to get from Arlanda Airport into central Stockholm: the Arlanda Express train (fastest, most expensive, direct to Stockholm Central), the SL commuter train or pendeltåg (slower, cheaper, part of the regular transit network), the Flygbussarna airport coach (to Cityterminalen, next to Stockholm Central), and taxi or ride-hailing. Which one makes … Read more