New Year at Drottningholm
Drottningholm Palace will be open daily during the first week of the New Year. Bring your family and explore Sweden's first World Heritage Site.
Drottningholm is an unusually well-preserved royal palace setting. It is so unique and popular that in 1991 it was designated Sweden’s first World Heritage Site. Inside the palace, you can wander through the halls on your own. If you want to know more, there is an audio guide available for download, and on weekends, guided tours are offered.
Audioguide in App
Audioguide is available for the Receptions halls at Drottningholm palace in the app 'Royal palaces' (Kungliga slotten). The app is free to download to your smartphone.
The texts are available in Swedish or English, and you can read them or have them read aloud. If you choose the latter, please use your own headphones to avoid disturbing other visitors.
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Free Wi-Fi is available at the entrance to download the app. You can also listen to the audioguides from home
Guided tours
You can explore Drottningholm Palace by yourself, but to join the guided palace tour makes your visit is particularly memorable.
Guided tours
Saturday and sunday 4–5 jan
11:30 in English
13:30 in Swedish
Image hunts for children
Children can borrow maps to hunt for details on the walls and ceilings of the palace. There is several themes to choose by.
Discover the Palace Park App
As part of your visit, take the opportunity to walk through the palace park. Here, you can wander along winding paths through historic stylistic ideals from the 17th century Baroque to the late 18th century English park style. Along the way you will see statues, buildings, avenues of trees and watercourses.
The free app will guide you through the palace park,
Royal Gift shop and café
The Karamellan café and restaurant is open daily. Here, you will also find the Royal Gift Shop, selling gifts and souvenirs with a connection to objects from the Royal Palaces and collections.
Drottningholm Palace. Photo: Yanan Li/Royalpalace.se
Two queens have left their mark on Drottningholm Palace. One, Hedvig Eleonora, built the palace; the other, Lovisa Ulrika, brought it into modern times. Photo: Kate Gabor.
Hedvig Eleonora’s State Bedchamber is one of of Drottningholms Palace's highlights. Photo: Kate Gabor
Let the children go on a journey of discovery through the rooms of the palace. Photo: Kate Gabor
Drottningholm Palace will be open daily during the first week of the New Year. Photo: Kate Gabor
