Stockholm travel guides

Written for people working out how the ground half of a trip to Stockholm will work — which airport, which cruise terminal, how much daylight there is in December, and when a car is genuinely worth it. Where the honest answer is a train or a walk, these say so.

• Arrival guideGetting from Arlanda to central StockholmTrain, coach, taxi or private chauffeur from Stockholm Arlanda to the city. Honest comparison of journey times, what each costs you in hassle, and which one suits your luggage and group.
• Cruise guideStockholm cruise terminals, and how far each one is from the cityStockholm ships dock at four different places, and one of them is 60 km from the city. Which terminal your ship uses, how long each transfer takes, and how to plan a day ashore around it.
• How it worksA car at disposal in Stockholm: what hourly hire actually buysWhat "at disposal" means, when hourly chauffeur hire is worth more than point-to-point bookings, and how to work out the hours for a day of meetings, a tour, or a day ashore.
• Arrival guideBromma or Arlanda: which Stockholm airport you actually wantStockholm has two airports and they are not interchangeable. Which routes use which, how far each is from the city, and when paying more to land at Bromma is worth it.
• Seasonal guideGetting around Stockholm in winterWhat winter in Stockholm actually does to your travel plans: how little daylight there is, what the roads are like, Sweden's winter tyre law, and how to plan around all three.
• ItineraryTwo days in Stockholm, planned around the travel timeA two-day Stockholm itinerary built around how the city is actually laid out — which sights cluster together, what is worth a boat, and where the time really goes.
• Day tripA day in the Stockholm archipelagoThe Stockholm archipelago runs to roughly 30,000 islands. Which ones you can reach and return from in a day, how long the boats take, and how to plan the land half of the trip.
• Business guideBusiness travel in Stockholm: planning the ground halfWhere Stockholm's business districts actually are, how long it really takes between them, and how to plan ground transport for a day of meetings or a visiting client.