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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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Tensta
Stockholm, Sweden · Europe
About Tensta
Tensta works well as a base: 10 minutes from Sollentuna, 8km from Drottningholm Palace.
Tensta is in Stockholm, Sweden, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Sollentuna, about 5 km away.
Tensta is a district in Spånga-Tensta borough, Stockholm, Sweden. There are about 6,000 apartments in Tensta and a population of 18,637 as of December 31, 2022.
Modern Tensta, with its Plattenbau-style concrete apartment buildings, was constructed in the 1960s. Like nearby Rinkeby and Hjulsta, it was part of theRead more
Million Programme, and became known nationwide in the late 1960s. This was partially because many people moved in when the area was still a construction site, and it took years before the metro station opened (in 1975).
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What is there to see near Tensta?
Within an hour or so of Tensta: Drottningholm Palace (8 km), Stockholm City Hall (11 km), Gamla Stan, Stockholm (12 km), Vasa Museum (13 km).
Where is Tensta?
Tensta is in Stockholm, Sweden, about 5 km from Sollentuna.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 17,083
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Sweden
- Region
- Stockholm
- Timezone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Coordinates
- 59.3939, 17.9011
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Worth the detour from Tensta
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
11 km · about 20 min 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.
12 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.
13 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.
13 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
castle
Gripsholm Castle
Round-towered 16th-century castle on Lake Mälaren at Mariefred, holding the Swedish national portrait collection.
42 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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