Villa Godthem

An inn from 1897 named for the poet Bellman's muse, serving classic Swedish home cooking, with a terrace where even the royal stable's horses stop for water.

The world's oldest open-air museum, with historic houses, Nordic animals and a children's zoo where kids can leave their pacifier with the cats for a diploma.

Baltic shipwrecks brought to life with immersive films, virtual reality and holograms, free for under-18s, on the waterfront between the Vasa Museum and Gröna Lund.

Fika tables piled high, and lunch, in a garden café next to Liljevalchs that has kept its 1900s setting for over a century.

An interactive museum of Swedish drinking culture, told through history, art and sensory exhibitions, with the Absolut Art Collection on show.

Archaeological finds, rebuilt Viking settings and guides in Viking dress, plus Ragnfrid's Saga, a ride through 10th-century Europe on Harald's journey.