✈️ ARRIVAL

• we came by ferry from Helsinki (2 hours, 30 euros)
• we took the Polferries ferry from Nynäshamn to Gdańsk - I don't recommend it especially, because the tickets are horribly expensive and the service is extremely rude, but maybe we just happened to be lucky (although I guess they always crowd passengers on the car deck first, and then make us wait in the exhaust fumes until all trucks they will calmly roll out)
• access to Nynhafen is very simple - by train/suburban train on a normal public transport ticket (you can use the 24h one), train every 30 minutes;
• in turn, in Gdańsk the ferry reaches Nowy Port (near Westerplatte) and the buses are not connected in any way, there is one every hour - I recommend Uber, but you get stuck in traffic, because everyone wants to get off the same ferry 😃

🚍 TRANSPORTATION

• it is worth having the SL app - for communication, checking times and connections,
• 24h ticket - for buses, trams, metro and boats/ferries between the islands (those from SL stops)

🏛 ATTRACTIONS

• old town - Gamla Stan, very interesting to origin, beautiful architecture
• changing of the guard in front of the palace - daily at 12:15 (more impressive on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays)
• Vasa Museum - an amazing XVI century warship that lay at the bottom of the port for 333 years (the most convenient way to get there is by boat - ferry, as part of public transport - line 83), it's worth seeing a movie in the cinema hall, it's also worth checking out a guided tour (included in the ticket price, English - lasts 25 minutes, which is as long as the ship managed to sail after launching 😃
• Nobel Museum - very interesting but tiny, worth it - guided tour at 11:15 (included in ticket price, in English)
• next to a tiny museum of the "Wooden Horse" - the symbol of Sweden - made in a shop, the horses are beautiful but very expensive
• I definitely recommend visiting the Town Hall - at 10:00 there is a guided tour (included in the price of the ticket, in English) - you can see where the Nobel Banquet takes place and see the wonderful Golden Hall
• I recommend small SL ferries - especially if you buy a 24-hour ticket - you can sail them as much as you want 🙂 great way to see the city from a different perspective

‼️ DO NOT RECOMMEND

• luggage storage at the train station - in code lockers, is insanely expensive

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• wander around streets of Gamla Stan
• learn more about a real treasure at Vasa Museum
• enjoy the The Royal Guards Ceremony at the Royal Palace of Stockholm
• take a guided tour at the City Hall
• hangout in outdoor cafés for traditional Swedish Fika
• check out Stortorget, the oldest square in Gamla Stan
• take a guided tour at the Nobel Prize Museum
• eat as many Kanelbullar (Cinnamon buns) as possible
• take a boat tour to see Stockholm from another perspective
• eat Räksmörgås: Swedish prawn sandwich