Stockholm self-guided walking tour

Stockholm Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

Rated 4.50 out of 5 based on 8 customer ratings
(8 customer reviews)

Explore the city at your own pace with a self-guided experience.
Buy your ticket, download the app, and start instantly.

4 € - 9 €

1 ticket = 1 person

  • Buy 1 ticket
    9 €
  • Buy 2 tickets and save 22%
    9 €
    7 €
  • Buy 3 tickets and save 44%
    9 €
    5 €
  • Buy 4+ tickets and save 56%
    9 €
    4 €

Make a day of itInteractive guides by World City Trail, delivered with your tickets.

What is a city guide?

Your own guide to Stockholm on your phone: hand-picked places, each with why to go, what to order and a practical tip.

  • Tick places off
  • Your own notes
  • One tap to Maps
  • Open now, near me
  • Works offline
  • Print it or save as PDF
See the guides, a short video and all the details →
- +
Total:
Each:

See players in action on Instagram

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Loved by thousands of travelers and locals

  • No time limit – use your ticket whenever you want
  • Secure checkout - Instant confirmation

Included: your personal Trail Map with every city you finish, the kilometres you walk and your flag collection. See an example →

Download on the App Store Get it on Google Play

Everything you need for a flexible self-guided city experience

Explore the city at your own pace

✔ Discover hidden gems & highlights
✔ Enjoy a flexible self-guided experience
✔ Explore freely with no schedule
✔ Perfect for couples, students, companies, friends & families

How your city experience works

✔ Instant ticket purchase
✔ Easy access via the World City Trail app
✔ Quick setup with your booking details
✔ Start anytime and explore freely
✔ Pause and resume anytime

Why travelers choose this tour

✔ Instant access after purchase
✔ Optional AI voice narration — listen instead of read
✔ Discover top attractions & food spots
✔ Customize your route anytime

What is the Stockholm self-guided walking tour?

The Stockholm self-guided walking tour is a walk you make at your own speed, with audio narration on your phone where a guide would normally be. Count on about 3 hours: 40 minutes of that goes on walking, the route measures 3.1 km, and at 10 stops you stand still and listen. Nothing is scheduled, and no group sets the pace.

At the City Hall the narration starts with the eight million bricks Ragnar Östberg had laid, the opening on Midsummer Eve in 1923 and the Blue Hall that holds the Nobel banquet and is red inside. On Stortorget it turns to the Stockholm Bloodbath of 1520, ordered by the Danish king Christian II in front of the houses still standing there. At Riddarholm Church you hear which kings lie under the floor, among them Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII, and on Gustav Adolfs torg the story of the opera house where Gustav III was shot at a masked ball in 1792.

  • Durationabout 3 hours
  • Walkingabout 40 min · 3.1 km
  • Stops10
  • LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch

What the walk consists of

Listen

Each stop brings the history of the place, the legends around it and the detail most people walk past. The same text waits on the screen if you would rather read.

Cross the bridges

The walking between stops is short: 40 minutes and 3.1 km altogether, with Google Maps pointing the way from one island to the next.

Break off

Take a coffee and a bun, give an hour to a museum, then pick the walk up later or on another day.

Eat and browse

Tips for food and shops near the route arrive with the stops. The first stop and the order of the rest are yours to change in the app.

See the route and attractions →

How it works

  1. Book online Choose the number of people. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
  2. Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
  3. Walk when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.

Who the walk is for

A first visit to Stockholm

One walk lines up Kungsholmen, Riddarholmen, Gamla stan and the waterfront and explains what you are looking at.

Anyone who avoids groups

Nobody to follow and no roll call: you stay as long as something holds you and move on when you decide to.

Half a day on foot

3 hours covers the old centre, so the Vasa Museum or a boat out into the archipelago still fits into the rest of the day.

Good to know

  • Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
  • No entry tickets needed: everything happens outside the buildings. Going inside is optional and paid separately.
  • Family friendly; children must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Not suitable for wheelchair users and difficult with strollers.
  • Groups of up to 5 work best; larger groups split up, one ticket per person.
  • Every purchase helps support stray cats and dogs in Greece.

The walk stop by stop: City Hall, Riddarholmen, the Royal Palace, Skeppsholmsbron

10 stops · about 40 min walking · start: Stockholm City Hall · finish: Gilded Crown on Skeppsholmsbron

On Kungsholmen the walk begins in front of the City Hall, and the Normalhöjdpunkten height mark stands a few steps from it. A short bridge crosses to Riddarholmen, where the kings are buried, and Gamla stan follows with the Nobel Prize Museum standing on Stortorget. The obelisk and the Royal Palace rise on the slope of Slottsbacken. Across the water, Gustav Adolfs torg leads to St Jacob's Church beside Kungsträdgården and then to the Nationalmuseum on Blasieholmen, and the gilded crown halfway along Skeppsholmsbron is the last stop. Another opening stop or another order can be set in the app, and no stop asks for an entry ticket.

Open the route map ↗

  1. Stockholm City Hall

    1Stockholm City HallStart

    Designed by Ragnar Östberg and built from around eight million bricks, the City Hall was inaugurated on Midsummer Eve in 1923. Its 106-metre tower is topped by the Three Crowns, Sweden's national emblem. Every December the Nobel Prize banquet is held in its Blue Hall, which despite its name is built of red brick.

  2. Normalhöjdpunkten

    2Normalhöjdpunkten

    The name of this small marker means 'normal height point': it is a fixed reference mark used by surveyors. Heights above sea level in Stockholm were measured from marks like this one, so a detail most passers-by never notice once underpinned the city's maps and building plans.

  3. Riddarholm Church

    3Riddarholm Church

    Built as the church of a Franciscan friary in the late 13th century, Riddarholm Church is one of the oldest buildings in Stockholm. For centuries it has been the burial church of Swedish kings, among them Gustavus Adolphus and Charles XII. Its openwork cast-iron spire replaced the old one after a lightning fire in 1835.

  4. Nobel Prize Museum

    4Nobel Prize Museum

    The Nobel Prize Museum is housed in the Stock Exchange Building on Stortorget, completed in the 1770s, which is also home to the Swedish Academy that chooses the Nobel laureates in literature. The square in front is the oldest in Stockholm, and in 1520 it was the scene of the Stockholm Bloodbath ordered by the Danish King Christian II.

  5. Obelisk on Slottsbacken

    5Obelisk on Slottsbacken

    This obelisk on Slottsbacken, the broad slope beside the Royal Palace, was commissioned by King Gustav III to thank the citizens of Stockholm for their loyalty during the war against Russia of 1788 to 1790. Designed by Louis Jean Desprez, it was only completed around 1800, after the king's death.

    Read the full story →

  6. Royal Palace

    6Royal Palace

    The Royal Palace stands where the medieval Tre Kronor castle burned down in 1697. Nicodemus Tessin the Younger designed the new baroque palace, and the royal family moved in in 1754. It is the official residence of the Swedish monarch and one of the largest palaces in Europe still used for its original purpose.

    Read the full story →

  7. Gustav Adolfs torg

    7Gustav Adolfs torg

    This square is named after King Gustavus Adolphus, whose equestrian statue stands in the middle. On one side is the Royal Swedish Opera, opened in 1898 on the site of the earlier opera house where its founder, King Gustav III, was shot at a masked ball in 1792.

    Read the full story →

  8. St Jacob's Church

    8St Jacob's Church

    Sankt Jacobs kyrka, beside the Kungsträdgården park, was begun under King John III in the 1580s but only consecrated in 1643. Its orange-red walls and tall tower make it easy to spot, and it is dedicated to St James, the patron saint of pilgrims.

  9. Nationalmuseum

    9Nationalmuseum

    Sweden's national museum of art and design opened in 1866 in this Renaissance-style building on Blasieholmen, designed by the German architect Friedrich August Stüler. Its collections range from Rembrandt to Swedish painters such as Carl Larsson, and the building reopened in 2018 after a major renovation.

  10. Gilded Crown on Skeppsholmsbron

    10Gilded Crown on SkeppsholmsbronFinish

    Halfway across Skeppsholmsbron, the bridge to the island of Skeppsholmen, a gilded crown sits on the railing. The cast-iron bridge dates from 1861, and the crown is a favourite photo spot with Gamla stan across the water. Moored nearby is the old sailing ship af Chapman.

    Read the full story →

8 reviews for Stockholm Self-Guided Walking Audio Tour

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

  2. Rated 5 out of 5

    Bernd– Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    War in Ordnung. Wurde Alles in der App erkl?rt. Wegbeschreibung ist in Ordnung ?ber Google Maps.

  3. Rated 4 out of 5

    Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    G?nstige M?glichkeit die Stadt zu erkunden. Fu?wege sind machbar und das lotsen funktioniert auch gut. Hatte die App bereits in Edingburgh und habe deshalb erwartet, dass sie auch in Stockholm mit R?tseln aufgebaut ist. Steht aber nicht in der Beschreibung, war also okay so. Gest?rt haben mich die Rechtschreibfehler, die die Beschreibungen der Sehensw?rdigkeiten teilweise schwer lesbar machten und die willk?rlichen Zwischeninformationen zu denen es keine Wegbeschreibungen gab.

  4. Rated 4 out of 5

    Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    sch?ner Rundgang mit guten kurzen Infos. Leider kein Rundweg.

  5. Rated 4 out of 5

    Colombia –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Faltan muchos puntos importantes de la ciudad, sin embargo los que que describen est?n muy cheveres. Ser?a maravilloso si lo completar?n.

  6. Rated 5 out of 5

    OLIVIER– France –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Tr?s sympathique pour d?couvrir la ville

  7. Rated 5 out of 5

    Pam?la– France –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Une tr?s belle promenade pour une premi?re d?couverte de la capitale su?doise. Les anecdotes sont tr?s int?ressantes et on a m?me appris des choses ? des habitants ensuite!

  8. Rated 4 out of 5

    Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    War okay brauchte nur 3Audioapparate bis ich einen gefunden habe der funktionierte. Die Fahrt war gut und interessant

Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.

Frequently asked questions

How much time should I allow for the walk?

Allow about 3 hours: 40 minutes of walking, a route of 3.1 km and 10 stops. How long you spend anywhere is your decision, and the walk can be broken off and finished another day.

Which stop is first and which is last?

The gilded crown on Skeppsholmsbron closes the walk, with the old sailing ship af Chapman moored nearby, and the City Hall on Kungsholmen opens it. If that order is awkward from where you are staying, the app accepts a different opening stop with the others arranged around it.

Who shows us round, and when do we start?

The narration takes the guide's part, so there is nobody to meet and no departure time. After booking, the reference reaches you by email, and once it is in the World City Trail app the walk is open on whatever day you want.

Does any stop need an entry ticket?

No. Everything is told outdoors, on the squares, the quays and the bridges, so all 10 stops are heard without a ticket. A look inside the Blue Hall, at the state rooms on Slottsbacken or at the galleries of the two museums means buying a ticket of your own, whenever it suits you.

Can children come along?

Children are welcome with an adult beside them. The stops are short, a king shot at a masked ball and a crown on a bridge railing keep them listening, and the audio stops the moment you want it to. The cobbles of Gamla stan rule out a wheelchair and make a pushchair hard work.

In which languages is the narration available?

The narration and the on-screen text of the walk come in six languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.

Can a family or a group of friends walk it together?

They can. Everyone needs a ticket of their own so each person listens on their own phone, and up to 5 walk together comfortably. Larger parties spread out along the same route.

Can I add the Stockholm city guides?

You can, in the same booking box: six interactive guides to Stockholm, covering food, things to do, family outings, nights out, day trips and travelling on a budget. Take one of them or all six, and they are delivered together with your tickets. They work offline, so the walk tells you what you are looking at while the guides take care of the rest of the day.

Do I need anything besides my phone?

A charged phone with mobile data above all, then earphones for the narration, a power bank for a weak battery, and shoes that make 3.1 km easy. The bridges are exposed, so a warm layer is worth carrying. Navigation from stop to stop runs through Google Maps.

Stockholm at your own speed

The booking reference lands in your inbox as soon as you book, and after that it takes nothing more than earphones in front of the City Hall, on whichever morning suits you. In the same booking box you can add the Stockholm city guides, one of them or all six, and build the rest of the day around the walk.

Book your tickets →

Related products

Shopping Basket
Scroll to Top