Tours of the City
Walking Tours
Walking tours are offered by City Sightseeing (tel: (08) 5871 4030; website: www.citysightseeing.com). The ‘Old Town Walkabout’ – a guided stroll through the medieval core of the city – costs SKr90 for 90 minutes, departing from Gustav Adolfs Torg twice a day at 0930 and 1430 (28 June to 31 August).
Bus Tours
City Sightseeing (tel: (08) 5871 4030; website: www.citysightseeing.com) offers a variety of bus tours departing from in front of the Royal Opera House. The ‘Stockholm in a Nutshell’ tour – combining a 90-minute bus tour around the city centre and a one-hour boat cruise to Djurgarden – is one of the most popular at SKr280.
Boat Tours
A waterborne tour is as essential for visitors to Stockholm as it is for visitors to Venice. The Stockholm Card gives free boat tours on certain services during the summer. Strmma Canal Company (tel: (08) 5871 4000; website: www.strommakanalbolaget.com) and Stockholm Sightseeing (tel: (08) 5871 4020; website: www.stockholmsightseeing.com), both run various boat tours of the city, with departure points from quays near the Royal Dramatic Theatre, the Grand Htel and City Hall. Boat tours of the major waterside sights take approximately two hours and cost SKr160. A tour around Djurgrden lasts approxiamtely one hour and costs SKr100.
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Tours of the City