Thanks to Royal Caribbean's lack of intelligent transport into the city, we wasted a lot of our day on a hop-on, hop-off tour bus trying to get to the Vasa museum. The city is not remarkably different from any other large European city. The Vasa Museum is one of the great museums of the world. ...
Would like to come back with more time to explore the other museums. Vasa museum a must-see. The changing of the guards at the Royal Palace is awesome, even better than in Buckingham Palace, with bonus (and completely unexpected) concert at the end! ...
A beautiful, historic city with lots to see and do. Old section is walkable. Be sure to see the Changing of the Guards at the palace. We were fortunate to find out about the local bus service, and there is a stop right by the cruise port. We bought a 24-hour ticket at the central station when we arrived. That got us to the cruise port where we checked in, and then came back out again and went ...
Did the hop on hop off bus. We travelled to the Vasa museum which was very interesting.
However, It did not leave time to visit old town. We took the bus back to the ship and enjoyed a peace for a few hours. ...
Viking offered a shuttle service to near Old Town, Gamla Stan. From there we easily walked to the Old Town to shop and to visit the Royal Church, Armory, Apartments, Changing of the Guard. Our Daughter lives in Stockholm so we were some what acquainted with where to go and what to see. Stockholm is a very beautiful city. ...
The weather was too rough to dock so we used tenders to get to shore. We bought tickets for the 1-hour train ride to Stockholm. We walked around the old city and took a ferry (included in the train ticket) to an island with parks and museums. ...