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Drottningholm Palace
The private residence of the Swedish royal family, a UNESCO-listed 17th-century palace with a Chinese Pavilion and Baroque theatre.
12 km · about 25 min drive
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Sollentuna
Stockholm, Sweden · Europe
About Sollentuna
Sollentuna works well as a base: 10 minutes from Tensta, 43km from Stockholm Archipelago.
Sollentuna is in Stockholm, Sweden, with about 140,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tensta, about 5 km away.
Sollentuna is one of the five stations of the Stockholm commuter rail in Sollentuna Municipality. It is situated in the neighbourhood of Tureberg 13.3 km north of Stockholm Central Station. The station was originally called Tureberg and was opened in 1866 in a rural setting along the railway Stockholm–Uppsala. TheRead more
name was changed to Sollentuna in 1968 at the request of the municipality, since Tureberg is the de facto centre of the municipality. The area around the station has developed into a suburban centre with high rise buildings, a bus terminal and a large shopping mall.
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What is there to see near Sollentuna?
Within an hour or so of Sollentuna: Drottningholm Palace (12 km), Gamla Stan, Stockholm (13 km), Stockholm City Hall (13 km), Vasa Museum (14 km).
Where is Sollentuna?
Sollentuna is in Stockholm, Sweden, about 5 km from Tensta.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 139,606
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Sweden
- Region
- Stockholm
- Timezone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Coordinates
- 59.4280, 17.9509
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Dipped headlights required at all times. Watch for wildlife (moose/deer) on rural roads.
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Worth the detour from Sollentuna
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
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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.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
13 km · about 25 min drive
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Vasa Museum
Home to the almost fully intact 17th-century warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage, the most visited museum in Scandinavia.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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ABBA The Museum
An interactive museum dedicated to Sweden's most famous pop group, where visitors can virtually perform with ABBA's holographic avatars.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Gröna Lund
Stockholm's historic waterfront amusement park on the island of Djurgården with over 30 attractions and live concerts.
14 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Stockholm Archipelago
A vast chain of approximately 30,000 islands stretching from Stockholm into the Baltic, ranging from bustling to utterly deserted.
43 km · about 50 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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