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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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Tumba
Stockholm, Sweden · Europe
About Tumba
Tumba works well as a base: 5 minutes from Tullinge, 14km from Drottningholm Palace.
Tumba is in Stockholm, Sweden, with about 41,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Tullinge, about 4 km away.
Tumba is a station on the Stockholm commuter rail in Tumba, Botkyrka Municipality, Sweden, approximately 23 km from Stockholm C, between the stations of Tullinge and Rönninge. The first station here was originally built 1860. The station consists of two platforms with a ticket hall with entrance from a pedestrianRead more
bridge and was introduced in its present form in the year 1994. In 2019, the number of passengers boarding on an average weekday was estimated at 9,500.
In 1982 the station was the filming location for the ABBA video for their song The Day Before You Came.
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What is there to see near Tumba?
Within an hour or so of Tumba: Drottningholm Palace (14 km), Stockholm City Hall (19 km), Gamla Stan, Stockholm (20 km), ABBA The Museum (20 km).
Where is Tumba?
Tumba is in Stockholm, Sweden, about 4 km from Tullinge.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 40,832
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Sweden
- Region
- Stockholm
- Timezone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Coordinates
- 59.1986, 17.8332
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Worth the detour from Tumba
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.
19 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.
20 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.
20 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.
20 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.
21 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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
castle
Gripsholm Castle
Round-towered 16th-century castle on Lake Mälaren at Mariefred, holding the Swedish national portrait collection.
35 km · about 40 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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