Christmas in Stockholm: a winter wonderland

Swedish Christmas sweets on the Marzipan Boat

For over twenty years now, Stockholm at Christmas time has hosted the Marzipan Boat. The boat docks on Strandvägskajen 18 at the end of November and stays until just before Christmas. The Marzipan Boat from Kutterkonfekt, a family bakery from Trosa, is a feast for chocolate lovers and marzipan fans, and many of the products are vegan.

Among the treats you’ll find high-end, hand-made chocolate- and marzipan sweets as well as crackers, mint kisses and nougats. As a special treat, you can have a taste of their special flavoured marzipan for free. The treats are made specially for the season, which means that when the treats are sold out, they won’t be back until the next year.

Ice rink on Kungsträdgården

From the autumn holidays there are several ice rink you can visit in Stockholm. The most popular and famous is the ice rink in Kungsträdgården, the park in the heart of the city. You can hop on the ice for free if you bring your own skates but you can also rent a pair or skates for a small fee.

The rink is set up on a massive fountain in the park. Christmas lights and music create a festive atmosphere at any time of day. While the ice here is artificially frozen, whether or not you can skate here is still weather dependent.

Christmas lights by Stockholmsjul

The City of Stockholm knows how to decorate the city for Christmas! From 16 November over 40 streets will be illuminated with beautiful Christmas lights throughout Norrmalm. The lights stay up until 12 January, so even if you visit in the New Year, this experience should be on your list of things to do in Stockholm.

The best way to explore the beautiful decorations in Stockholm is on foot. This will allow you to really take a look around and of course take some great pictures to share. Stockholmsjul have even created a light map with all the locations of the Christmas light so that you can create your own Christmas lights tour through the city.