cathedral
Uppsala Cathedral
Scandinavia's largest cathedral and the seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden.
27 km · about 30 min drive
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Sigtuna
Stockholm, Sweden · Europe
About Sigtuna
Sigtuna is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Märsta, 32km from Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala).
Sigtuna is in Stockholm, Sweden, with about 9,100 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Märsta, about 7 km away.
Sigtuna is a locality in the west of in the eponymous Sigtuna Municipality, in Stockholm County, Sweden. It counted 9,689 inhabitants in 2020. The seat of the municipality is a locality to the east, Märsta.
Sigtuna is for historical reasons still often referred to as a stad.
Sigtuna is on Skarven, a bay alongsideRead more
Upplands-Bro and part of Lake Mälaren. Present-day Sigtuna, a harbour town that was established around 980, developed about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Old Sigtuna, which, according to Old Norse religion, was previously the home of the widely revered god Odin.
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What is there to see near Sigtuna?
Within an hour or so of Sigtuna: Uppsala Cathedral (27 km), Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala) (32 km), Drottningholm Palace (34 km), Stockholm City Hall (37 km).
Where is Sigtuna?
Sigtuna is in Stockholm, Sweden, about 7 km from Märsta.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,074
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Sweden
- Region
- Stockholm
- Timezone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Coordinates
- 59.6173, 17.7236
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Worth the detour from Sigtuna
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala)
An ancient religious and political centre of Sweden with three massive royal burial mounds dating to the 5th–6th centuries.
32 km · about 35 min drive
castle
Drottningholm Palace
The private residence of the Swedish royal family, a UNESCO-listed 17th-century palace with a Chinese Pavilion and Baroque theatre.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Stockholm City Hall
The iconic waterfront building where the Nobel Prize banquet is held each December, with a golden mosaic hall and a tower offering city views.
37 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Gamla Stan, Stockholm
Stockholm's medieval old town on an island, a maze of cobblestone alleys, colourful facades, the Royal Palace, and the Nobel Prize Museum.
38 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Vasa Museum
Home to the almost fully intact 17th-century warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage, the most visited museum in Scandinavia.
38 km · about 45 min drive
museum
ABBA The Museum
An interactive museum dedicated to Sweden's most famous pop group, where visitors can virtually perform with ABBA's holographic avatars.
39 km · about 45 min drive
museum
Skansen Open-Air Museum
The world's first open-air museum, founded in 1891, displaying 150 historic Swedish buildings and a Nordic zoo on Djurgården island.
39 km · about 45 min drive
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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