Activities for kids in Stockholm over the autumn break

Gröna Lund is decorated with pumpkins and offers a host of seriously scary, as well as slightly spooky, experiences for all ages. Enjoy the cosy autumnal atmosphere or scare yourself silly in houses of horror with zombies, clowns and other terrifying beings. There's something for everyone here. 

VREX in Bromma is a 300 square metre large virtual reality centre where you can play with the very latest technology. Play Skull Adventure and Zombie Apocalypse, among other games, and have a "real" experience with friends or family.

The autumn holiday will have a Halloween theme at Skansen, with pumpkins, scarecrows, spiders, and fluttering shadows. Hooting and bird calls can be heard in the twilight, and mysterious figures may appear between the houses. The brave can participate in activities such as trick or treat in the City Quarter, the Black Cat's path in the Herb Garden, marshmallow grilling, and Halloween disco, while the traditional autumn holiday activities take place during the day. During this time, visitors can help find the missing seeds of a strange plant, enjoy a mini amusement park, and learn about different animals and their skeletons at the animal keepers' skeleton school.

At Kulturhuset, there is always something exciting happening for young people who love culture. Settle down with a good book in the children's libraries, create in the workshops, participate in inspiring workshops and courses, as well as go to the cinema and theatre.

Do you dream of being able to fly? You can get a taste of how it feels at Bodyflight in Bromma. Visitors can float freely in their enormous wind tunnel - for a short while at least, and supervised by a trained instructor.

At Tolv Stockholm at Globen you can play Stockholm-themed mini golf, try ten-pin bowling, challenge your pals to shuffleboard and loads of other fun activities. The restaurant serves hamburgers and other family-friendly dishes.

Gather the whole family and put your teamwork skills to the test as you solve puzzles and mysteries in the various rooms at Exit Games. You have to escape the room within a time limit using different clues and puzzles. An exciting activity that's fun for both young and old. Dracula's Mother and Al Capone are the most popular challenges for families.

Ballbreakers' large facility in Kungsholmen is filled with fun activities. Choose from bowling, darts, golf, shuffleboard and lots of other fun to challenge friends and family. There's also a restaurant offering dishes like burgers and delicious desserts to recharge your energy.

Watch out on the track! At Järfälla Go-Kart, drivers of all ages can put the pedal to the metal and challenge friends and family on the track. They have both indoor and outdoor tracks, and both are open year-round. The outdoor track also includes a separate 200-metre junior track where younger drivers can let loose.

It's becoming a tradition for Kommendören to transform into a seafood shack, that is to say a type of American seafood restaurant, over the autumn half-term. This year, there's a special focus on lobster, served in various forms. On the menu, you'll find lobster roll with house hot sauce, lobster spaghetti with caviar, crab cakes, popcorn shrimp, and oysters Rockefeller. Tuck in at Kommendören between the 27th October and 1st November. 

Everyone from 3 years old is welcome to come and create when Dieselverkstaden in Sickla hosts a craft workshop during the autumn break. For 30 kronor, you will get materials in every imaginable colour and shape to make whatever you want – perfect for crafty, autumn break children.

The venerable Royal Opera rests firmly on three pillars: opera, dance, and activities for children and young people, making the magnificent building an exciting place to visit for children who want to experience the magical world of culture. As well as performances featuring both music and dance, special holiday activities are often organised where younger visitors can try their hand at opera singing, join a guided tour, and try on costumes from the Opera's costume collection.

Autumn half term at Tak means sushi bonanza! Eat as much sushi as you want, and also receive a cinema ticket for the good value price of 245 kronor for children under 13 years and 365 kr for everyone over 13 years.

During the autumn break, those aged 11–19 can train for free in Stockholm's gyms and try group fitness classes. The age limit for the gym is 15 years, but those aged 11–14 can use the gym during designated times with an instructor or with an adult paying the entrance fee. If you are from 11 years old, you can participate in group fitness classes, except for Bodypump where you must be 15. This offer is valid from 27 October to 2 November 2025, subject to availability, in all Stockholm city swimming halls.

Circus Cirkör invites you to the autumn holiday course Fear, where children aged 10 to 14 can try out circus, dance and theatre with a horror theme alongside experienced instructors. Over the course of the week, participants will create a horror show which will then be performed for friends and family. The course is suitable for everyone, regardless of previous experience.

Between 11am and 5pm every weekday during week 44, visitors can enjoy crafting, table tennis, board games, a cosy reading corner, and prizes to win from World of Toys. As well as all these activities, they offer various special activities daily.

Tensta art gallery is organising an autumn holiday camp with a Pompoms and Silk theme. The women's café will hold a workshop on pompom-making, with yarns, pompoms and balls in all colours, shapes and sizes. One of the days will include a trip to Almgren's Silk Weaving Museum, which tells the story of when Sweden produced silk for those who could afford it, and at the art hall there will be a "textile truck" where you can learn more about different textile techniques. The programme is free and open to all ages.

During the autumn break, from 27–31 October 2025, the vegetarian buffet restaurant Hermans invites you to dinner. All children attending primary school can eat for free when accompanied by a paying adult per child. The buffet includes stews, soup, salads, and homemade dessert. The available booking times are 16:00, 16:30, and 17:00.

Join us for a dance class for different ages during the autumn half-term break when the Ballet Academy invites you to dance. Jazz, ballet and pointe work are on the agenda, as well as a Halloween camp featuring hip hop, breakdance, and commercial dance. The autumn half-term courses will conclude with a short performance that friends and family are welcome to attend.

Test your climbing skills and challenge yourself both physically and mentally at Klättercentret, which has various locations in Stockholm. No previous experience is required as they tailor the level to meet all children's needs and offer a packed schedule with games, technique training, adventurous activities, group exercises, and much more fun. And of course – climbing.

Take the opportunity to see Stockholm in a new way during the autumn holidays when the Ocean Bus takes its tours around the city. Before you know it, the bus veers off the road and transforms into a boat that drives into the water and continues its journey from there. See sights such as the castle, Gröna Lund and Strandvägen during the 60-minute tour. The guiding takes place live, mostly in English

Every day during the holidays, Junibacken offers theatrical experiences, fairytale train ride, fun and games and, of course ,books in abundance in the children's bookstore, where you can settle down for a while in the reading corner. When it's time for a break, head for a coffee with friends in the restaurant.

Fotografiska celebrates its new exhibition Space – A Visual Journey during the autumn break, with crafts, guided tours, and a new space-themed photo booth. As always, the restaurant is open for both lunch and dinner, and the shops are celebrating reading week with discounts on books.

During the autumn break, Nordcirkus is coming to the Vasa Museum with the performance "The Books", where reading comes to life and becomes exciting through acrobatics and contemporary circus. Is it possible to balance 25 books stacked on top of each other? What does poetry created by the arrow tip sound like? What do sentences look like when the words keep changing places? The performance is suitable for children who can or have started to learn to read, and the performance is included in the museum's entrance fee, but you can book a spot to ensure a place.

Experience surprising encounters and tricky illusions at Paradox in Hötorget. There are plenty of interactive elements that offer new, unexpected perspectives on things. The exhibition is suitable for both young and old looking to stimulate their creativity and learn more about paradoxes. 

During the autumn break, the Stockholm Transport Museum offers an origami workshop, family tour, storytelling session, and a suitably spooky ride on the mini metro. It operates as usual when the museum is open, but during the autumn break, the ride runs between Skogskyrkogården and the ghost station Kymlinge. Step aboard if you dare!

During the autumn half-term, the Nobel Prize Museum will provide craft materials so that all children can unleash their creativity. If you don't want to craft, you can entertain yourself with puzzles on the theme "How does the body work?" Where are the different organs located in the body and what do they do? Try placing them in the right spot and measure the body's own reaction abilities. A light-hearted and educational way to learn more about the body.

At the Stockholm Toy Museum, you'll find a plethora of nostalgic toys, exciting play areas, and educational activities for both young and old. Visitors of all ages will find something to spark memories among the thousands of toys, series, and objects. For the slightly younger children, there are also play areas where they can fry pancakes and meatballs in Bamse's grandmother's kitchen, jump with hobby horses, play pinball, and borrow books and games in the café.

Gustav Vasa's money has gone missing and the Royal Castle needs help to find it! During the hunt for the coins, you'll head down into the castle's dark cellars. All children will receive a reward on finding the treasure.

The autumn break at the Ethnographic Museum is themed around Mexico and the Mexican holiday Dia de Muertos. As well as experiencing the exhibition Viva Mexico, children on autumn break can also make their own decorations: colourful skulls in papier-mâché, or cartoneria, as they're called in Mexico. There will be a special festive vibe on 1–2 November, with Mexican folk dancing, mariachi music, a market, tours, ofrenda and face painting. 

Throughout the autumn half-term, Moderna Museet celebrates artist Robert Rauschenberg and his centenary with exciting half-term activities. What's the deal with a goat that has a tyre around its belly, whose footprint is on the painting, and what does the goat look like on the inside? These questions and much more will be answered with a visit to the museum.

The Mediterranean Museum is open all week for exciting experiences. Take a trip through Egypt's 7,000 year history and try writing and deciphering hieroglyphs, and meet people and life stories from the countries around the Mediterranean. Among the several thousand artefacts on display are finds that are even older than the pyramids.

The Royal Armoury at Stockholm Palace displays Swedish royal history with exquisite items such as costumes, armours, and weapons from the 17th century. Discover, among other things, Gustav II Adolf's horse and the masquerade costume of Gustav III. 

At the Swedish Museum of History, fun meets learning, and during the holidays, there's a packed schedule for anyone who wants to learn more about Sweden's history in a fun way. The autumn break is celebrated with exciting headtorch tours of the Gold Room, dragon workshops, and quiz walks.

The Nordic Museum is open every day over the autumn break. What happens at this imposing museum after dark? Experience a night at the museum and chase away the shadows hiding in corners, or come during the day and play as they did in the 1890s, travel back in time and solve tricky riddles and challenges with your family.

What does space actually look like? Explore that question and much more over the autumn half-term at The Museum of Science and Technology. Experience, among other things, immersive gaming experiences, a fire show and a model railway that took 3,500 hours to build. You can also take a course in coding.

Who were the Vikings really? Is there any truth to the image we have of Vikings as bearded men who raided and conquered Europe? You can find answers to this and much more at The Viking Museum in Djurgården, where myth meets reality. The exhibition features guides in Viking attire, archaeological finds, and Ragnfrid's Saga, a journey through 9th century Europe. Through films, sound effects and artefacts, you get a closer insight into the life, mythology, and adventures of the Vikings.

The Swedish Museum of Performing Arts fills the autumn break with fun behind the scenes. In the museum's dressing room, there's a wardrobe full of costumes, hats, and shoes. There, you can dress up in period costumes and discover how costume can express more than you think. In the studio, you can also create a tail like no one has ever seen before – the only limit is your imagination! Free museum entry for children under 18 years old.

At Upplevelsemuseet in the Globen Shopping centre visitors get to experience exciting exhibits from all over the world through taste, smell, sight and feel. Hold an African giant snail, try out sweets from all over the world, challenge your fear of heights with VR and much more.

Just in time for the autumn half-term, a new LasseMaja exhibition opens at the Economy Museum. Step into circus wagons, try life at the ticket booth, perform magic, try on costumes, and play in the detective agency. There's also a chance to solve a real mystery: the circus director's wallet has gone missing, and the children's task is to answer questions to find it. The autumn half-term programme is free for children; adults pay an entrance fee. 

The Army Museum depicts Swedish military history from the 1500s onwards. Visitors large and small can explore exhibitions that encompass everything from uniforms, weapons and cannons to medical instruments, trophies and telephones. There are also fun activities and challenges for children.

There are plenty of exciting museums in Stockholm, one for almost every interest. Would you like more tips on museums that have fun activities for children during the autumn break? Here you can find our complete guide to Stockholm's museums.

This charming cinema has an special programme of quality films for all ages over the autumn break but also on weekends all year round. Perfect for rainy autumn days.

Visit Cosmonova at The Museum of Natural History and watch films on the enormous domed screen. They show magnificent films from land and sea.

Young Klara presents Romeo & Juliet, the classic love drama, in a new interpretation. The play is about the teenagers Romeo and Juliet who are in love, but caught in the iron grip of their families' conflicts. In the play between hate and love, they are led towards the inevitable ending.

Relax at the Season Hotel by the water in Jungfrusund. Between the 27th of October and the 2nd of November, the family-owned boutique hotel has a special autumn break offer consisting of a family package with spa, overnight stay, and breakfast.

Skokloster Castle in Skokloster was built in the 17th century. What happens in the autumn darkness in a 350-year-old baroque castle? Whose footsteps echo through the empty floors? The autumn holidays at the castle are atmospheric, cozy and sometimes a little spooky, with activities for the whole family.

Tom Tits Experiment is Sweden's largest science centre, located in Södertälje. Over the autumn break, they open their large outdoor experiment park, allowing visitors to cycle on a tightrope above the treetops, swing several metres above the ground in the mechanical yo-yo, explore the energy forest, navigate the maze, and challenge their balance and precision on the large seesaw. For the youngest visitors, there are fun activities such as a magical bubble show. The experiment park also offers family-friendly challenges, grilled sausages and hot chocolate.

This charming park in Tumba has activities for children of all ages. Hunt for spooky beings and bats hidden on ghost hill, listen to scary stories and challenge each other to Halloween bingo. Or why not go on a ghost hunt with the Hågelby 4H petting farm? Stay for a while and stroke the animals while you're there.

Take a little trip out of town over half term and go to a fun exhibition, try out some outdoor activities or have a coffee in beautiful natural surroundings. Click here for recommendations of beautiful places to visit not more than around a half hour outside the city.

The whole family can treat themself to an overnight stay with activities in beautiful archipelago surroundings at Fågelbrohus. The pool and relaxation area are a favourite with both young and old, there are activities such as ping pong, puzzles, billiards and a games room, and even a little surprise waiting for you in your room.