How to get to Stockholm traveling with children

Stockholm, the capital of Scandinavia, is a city well connected by land, sea and air. If you travel by plane, you will land at one of the four airports in the city. We tell you how to move to the center. Once in Stockholm, moving is very easy. It is a compact city and, therefore, comfortable to walk

Once in Stockholm, moving is very easy. It is a compact city and, therefore, comfortable to walk on foot. There are also many facilities for renting bicycles and public transport works really well, something that is appreciated when traveling with children.

Travel to Stockholm with children

"All roads lead to Rome", as the saying goes, but when traveling with children it is better to be well informed. We tell you the pros and cons of the different ways of traveling to Stockholm as a family.

Airplane

Traveling by air is the fastest and safest way to get to Stockholm from outside Sweden. If we fly to the Swedish capital with a low cost carrier such as Ryanair or Wizz Air, we will land at the Stockholm-Skavsta Airport or at the Stockholm-Västerås Airport. Both are located about 100 km from the city (the first to the southwest and the second to the northwest). In both cases there are buses that connect the airports with the center of the city in about 80 minutes.

If you fly with a company that is not low cost, you will land at the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, the largest in Sweden. In 2009 it was awarded as the greenest European airport and has a very efficient Visitor Center where they will inform you of everything you want to know about Stockholm.

The fastest way to get from Arlanda Airport to the center is the Arlanda Express train. It takes only 20 minutes.
Something else - about 40 minutes - take the buses that connect Arlanda with the station Cityterminalen.

Those who prefer to travel from the airport to the center by taxi can do so for 50 or 60 euros. It is advisable to confirm the price with the taxi driver before starting the trip.

Boat or Ferry

Stockholm is a popular cruise destination, with about 300 stopovers per year. The two ports of the city - Stadsgårdskajen and Frihamnen - are very close to the most tourist area and well connected by public transport. Therefore, getting to Stockholm by boat is a good option, but it is done from nearby countries such as Finland or Poland.

From other countries further afield, the journey is very long and heavy for children.

Train

Traveling to Stockholm by train is a good option if you start from somewhere in northern Europe. The trains are fast and comfortable and the opening of the bridge between Sweden and Denmark substantially shortened the journey.

Still, as a reference, a trip from Malmö - in the extreme south of Sweden - to Stockholm by train takes about 4.5 hours, so you have to be patient.

Moving in Stockholm with children

Stockholm has the honor of being the first green capital designated by the European Union and that in Sweden, green transport is very present. In addition to respectable with the environment, they are comfortable and effective.

The subway, commuter trains, buses and trams use the same ticket system which greatly facilitates the change of transport. The tickets per unit cost approximately 2 euros, but it is cheaper to buy bonds for hours or days.

It is also possible to acquire the Stockholm Card that gives access to more than 80 museums and unlimited travel on all means of transport.

Metro

The metro is the best means of transport to get to know Stockholm. There are a hundred stations spread over three lines: green, red and blue. The main station is the T-Centralen.

In addition to its efficiency, the Stockholm metro has a particularity: it is said to be the longest art exhibition in the world since in the vast majority of its stations there are exhibited all kinds of works of art created by a multitude of artists from the 50s to the present. Mosaics, paintings, reliefs, sculptures, archaeological excavations or assemblies make up the sample of this curious museum.

Bus

The Stockholm bus is an excellent transport that complements the metro lines of the city. They are divided into reds -with a frequency of between 5 and 10 minutes- and blue -between 10 and 15 minutes-.

Two of the buses most used by tourists to discover Stockholm are the 47 that passes through the Vasa and Skansen Museum, and the 69.

Tram

The tram network in Stockholm is very small because most were replaced by other means of transport. transport in the decade of the 60s. However, they are useful and there are a couple of them frequented by visitors: the 7 that passes through several tourist sites and the one known as Tvärbanan, which makes a circular journey.