Rick Steves Snapshot Stockholm by Rick Steves

Author:Rick Steves
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Published: 2018-03-17T16:00:00+00:00

Sigtuna

Sigtuna, the oldest town in Sweden (established in the 970s), is the country’s cutest town as well. Worth ▲, it sits sugary sweet on Lake Mälaren, about 30 miles inland from Stockholm (reachable by train/bus or sightseeing boat). A visit here affords a relaxed look at an open-air folk museum of a town, with ruined churches, ancient rune stones, and a lane of 18th-century buildings—all with English info posts. It also offers plenty of shopping and eating options in a parklike lakeside setting. If you’re looking for stereotypical Sweden and a break from the big city, Sigtuna is a fun side-trip.

Getting There: By public transport from Stockholm, it’s a one-hour trip. Take the pendeltåg suburban train from Stockholm to Märsta and then change to bus #570 or #575. You can buy all four train and bus tickets needed for a round-trip journey in Stockholm—just scan the ticket for each leg at the sensor before boarding each train or bus (but be alert that you can accidentally validate all at once if you stack them and scan the one on top). Guided two-hour sightseeing cruises run to Sigtuna in summer (375 SEK round-trip, Wed-Sun morning departures from Stockholm’s Stadshusbron dock, www.stromma.se). If traveling by car to Uppsala or Oslo, Sigtuna is a short detour.

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