Contact
the Swedish embassy
in your country for information about visa for Sweden
You can change money at Forex. For most currencies
you can also use Currency Converter.
Make sure
you book your flight well in advance.
The airport of Stockholm and Uppsala is called Arlanda.
For flight information you can call e.g. SAS,
Finnair or Lufthansa.
You might find interesting flights at Ebookers,
Flyme and Kelkoo.
Now Ryanair has some direct flights
to the Skavsta airport
south of Stockholm.
If you arrive by boat you can contact Silja line, Viking line, Eckerölinjen or Tallink. Should you come from the south you can either use TT-line, HH ferries, Stena line, Scandlines , Nordoe-link, Polferries or the Öresund Bridge.
If you travel by bus or train, you can contact Swedish railway, Tågkompaniet or Swebus
Information
about Sweden![]()
You can obtain information about Sweden from Svenska
Institutet, Svenska turistföreningen,
Turistrådet or
their joint website.
Other useful sites for information about Sweden are Sverigeresan,
Visit Sweden, Gateway
to Sweden, Lonely
Planet, Sweden, Utsidan,
Naturvardverket,
Nature.
Useful sites for places to stay: youthhostels,
hotels, cottages
for hire, staying
at a farm.
Cultural
information![]()
Links about Swedish cultural life: Kultur
and Svenskt kulturarv
Film: Swedish Film Institute
Museums: Museum, Riksantikvarieämbetet
Music: Music festivals,
Stim, Folklink
Art: Scandinavian design
and Svensk form
Sport
activities![]()
Sport calendar
Interesting sites for sports and open air activities are: Fyrishov,
Friluftsfrämjandet and
Friskis och svettis
Golf
Hire kayak
Kayak
The Canoe guide
Canoe
Paddling
Biking: Tips
and Biking in Uppland
Trecking: Trecking
in Uppland and Trecking
in Uppsala
Region
of Uppland![]()
For more information about Uppsala see Uppsala
turistbyrå.
Interesting places to visit: The
Viking Museum, The Linné
Garden.
You can make a trip with a train from the 19th century
lännakatten.
Other interesting places to see in the Uppland region: The
Skokloster Castle, The Medieval
Week at Skokloster, Steninge
Castle, Wik Castle, Castles
at the lake Mälaren
Open air recreation area: Hammarskog
Excursions by boat
Museums: Vallonbruken and Åbergs
museum
Towns: Sigtuna and Enköping
Archipelago
Stockholm![]()
Useful sites about Stockholm: Stockholm
town and Stockholm new
Museums
Birka, viking town
Excursions
in Sweden![]()
You can find ideas for your week-end trips
on:
Åland islands
Gotland
Destination Gotland
Northern Sweden and Northern
Railway
See also information about Sweden above.
Universities
/ Society![]()
Information about studying in Sweden:
Hogskoleverket
and Studera nu
TISUS
Sites about the Swedish
society and the public sector: Sverigedirekt
and Samhällsguiden
The
Swedish Immigration Board
See also information about Sweden above.
Mass
media![]()
Sveriges radio, Radio Sweden
Radio news in simplified
Swedish
Private radio stations: Mixmegapol, NRJ, Rixfm, Radiocity, Katalogen
Swedish
and foreign press
News
in simplified Swedish
Other![]()
Weather
Web sites to embassies in Stockholm