The guide to Easter holidays in Stockholm

The Moomins are celebrating their 80th birthday, an event that will be celebrated at Junibacken. Together with visitors, they will create a Moomin house that will be submitted to the international Moomin house competition. There will also be activities, exhibitions, and rides on the story train.

There are masses of fun activities and events for the whole family at Skansen open-air museum. Meet trolls and Easter witches, experience Swedish traditions in traditional houses and farm buildings, listen to stories and music, enjoy Easter arts and crafts, paint Easter eggs in the Ukrainian way or make your own witch's broomstick. On Maundy Thursday, all children (4-15 yrs) in Easter costume get in for free. Easter at Skansen will be celebrated from 12-21 April. 

Tolv Stockholm entertainment centre has 7,000 square meters of fun and activities such as bowling, adventure golf, shuffleboard, arcade games, table tennis and basketball to enjoy during the Easter holiday. 

During the Easter holiday week, Fryshuset is hosting activities for young people aged 10 to 20. Activities will include role-playing, pottery, egg hunts, basketball, TikTok workshops, music, and creative workshops – among other things. All activities are free and Fryshuset provides lunch.

The French national sport, boules, has become popular with adults and children alike and Boulebar in Liljeholmen is the ideal spot to try it out. Play under the guidance of an instructor and eat French brunch before or after the match.

Whether you're in the mood for bowling, car racing, billiards or shuffleboard, Ballbreaker's the place to go. Challenge family members to a match, and then relax in the family-friendly restaurant afterwards.

Dieselverkstaden in Sickla has masses of activities for creative young people. They hold courses and workshops in photography, dance, theatre and much more. See Dieselverkstaden's website for more information about what's going on over the Easter break. 

At Exit Games in the Old Town, the whole family can put their thinking caps on to solve the challenges and get released from the escape room. Choose from different themes, from submarine missions to encounters with Al Capone, and team up with a friend or several – you can have up to six people in an escape room – and use your teamwork so you don't get stuck in the room for good…

At Kulturhuset Stadsteatern in Skärholmen, there will be a fun Easter holiday programme themed around The Witches' Ball. Films with a witch theme will be shown in the cinema, such as Kiki's Delivery Service, Roald Dahl's The Witches, and Wicked. You can take part in a creative workshop and transform yourself into a witch, and there will also be witchy storytelling and magical crafts – among other activities. For slightly older children and young people (13–25 years), they will be offering open and free dance training focusing on street dance culture.

The Easter holiday at the Royal Opera is both fun and cultural. The programme is full of special holiday activities such as trying out baroque dance and opera, costume fittings in the wardrobe, and guided tours. The grand building adds a magical touch to the whole experience. 

Forget everything you think you know about the world; at the Paradox Museum, everything is put to the test! Explore several rooms filled with illusions and paradoxes that challenge your perception of what's real and what's not. The museum is suitable for both children and adults who want to stimulate their creativity and learn more about paradoxes.

VREX is a 300 square metre virtual reality facility equipped with the latest technology. Immerse yourself in worlds you've never encountered before and play games like Skull Adventure and Zombie Apocalypse.

Mini golf is the activity of activities, available all year round and just as fun for big kids as for little ones. Just in time for Easter, Golfbaren's outdoor course in Aspudden is opening, and if you prefer to play indoors, you can visit Swing by Golfbaren in Vasastan or Golfbaren in Sundbyberg. Combine a game with something nice to eat in the restaurant and the Easter holiday is complete.

During the holidays, Zita has a tradition of inviting children aged 1–12 to the cinema, and Easter is no exception. This year, the films being shown are Life is Great, Kayara – Adventures in the Inca Empire, Kensuke's Kingdom, Together – Through Thick and Thin, Fox & Hare Save the Forest, and Flow – The Cat Who Stopped Being Afraid of Water.

Sweden's national climbing arena is arranging an Easter holiday camp ideal for both beginners and children who've tried some climbing before. The level is adjusted to suit children's individual abilities and the days are filled with masses of exciting experiences and adventures.

During week 14, this Nordic-Japanese rooftop restaurant invites you to a sushi buffet at lunchtime. Eat as much sushi as you can manage – a lunch that is usually just as appreciated by adults as it is by children. The price includes a cinema ticket.

Tom Tits in Södertälje welcomes you to an Easter holiday full of experiments. Lift 100 kilos no matter how strong you are, create masterpieces with drawing robots, challenge each other to walk the tightrope, and feel the thrill in your stomach on the whole 40-metre long slide. Don't miss the soap-bubble show!

At Järfälla Go-Kart, both beginners and experienced drivers can challenge themselves. They have both indoor and outdoor tracks where drivers of all ages and skill levels can race against each other – there's plenty of room for overtaking for the competitive. Both tracks are open all year round; in winter, you race with winter tyres and lighting.

SK Neptun organises trial courses, day camps, and training for all levels of diving at Eriksdalsbadet and GIH-badet, where you can participate for one or more days. There will be varied training on land and in water. 

Laserfortet is home to the laser arena LaserForce, which includes a medieval castle, a large cave and full-scale tank, and Prison Island, a series of fun and challenging escape rooms. If you want to try both, choose their Marathon package, which allows you to play both LaserForce and Prison Island in under three hours.

Experience the feeling of floating completely free! Bodyflight is a thrilling activity that allows you to "fly" in the world's highest wind tunnel. Before your flight you're provided with equipment and a safety briefing, then you just enter the tunnel and fly, while your group watches. Suitable for families with children from three years and upwards, as well as groups of friends of colleagues.

The Easter break at Livrustkammaren offers plenty of exciting activities. In the vaults that house the museum, which is Sweden's museum of royal history, you can view royal artefacts and visit the magical Children's Armoury as well as other fun holiday activities. Enjoy arts and crafts in the unicorn workshop, an exhibition on unicorns and fun family guided tours. 

Egg hunts, portrait photography and newly opened exhibitions – there's a lot happening during the Easter holidays at Fotografiska. The restaurant will be serving a family-friendly lunch menu and brunch at the weekend.

At the Vasa Museum in Djurgården, you can see the unique 17th-century warship Vasa on display. It sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 and was salvaged from the waters of Stockholm over three hundred years later, in 1961. During the Easter holidays, you can visit the new exhibition “In life and death”, discover the items that were onboard the ship, witness the people from the ship coming to life with the help of the Opera Improvisers, watch the film about Vasa and much more.

During the Easter break, the Technical Museum has a forest theme with activities for the whole family. Become a forest detective and embark on a mission to save the ecosystem, create your own stick companion, and create music with the forest. Of course, the regular exhibitions are open as usual for all children and their adults.

Admire Countess Wilhelmina von Hallwyl's perfectly preserved art collections, and get an insight into the luxury and everyday life in Stockholm at the time, at the Hallwyl Museum. The museum was built as a private palace for the countess and her husband, and it looks exactly the same today as when they left it in 1920. In addition to guided tours and dramatised viewings, they organise Easter egg hunts for younger historians during the Easter break.

The Easter holidays at the Museum of Ethnography are full of play and learning. Children can explore toys and instruments from around the world and attend family tours of the exhibition Yokai, which is about Japanese sprits and creatures.

The eggs have escaped and Stadsmuseet has been invaded by fried eggs. Now they need the help of children on their Easter holidays to find all the hidden eggs so they can clean up and restore order. Pick up a map at the entrance and go on the hunt – as a thank you, an 'eggstra eggy' prize is promised.

At the Nordic Museum visitors can take a thrilling journey through time and space. Step into a fascinating interactive exhibition on children's history from the 1800s onwards in the museum's time vault, play in the 19th century farm-themed play area and follow quests and family trails through the exhibitions. 

This 2500 square metre museum is housed in underground corridors that wind deep into the rocks of the city-centre island of Skeppsholmen. Thousands of toys, comics and other items that both children and adults will recognise are on display here. Throughout the museum, there are also several areas where the youngest visitors can play. For example, they can fry pancakes and meatballs in Bamse's grandmother's kitchen, go hobby horse jumping, play pinball, or borrow books and games. Take a break with something tasty to eat or drink in the restaurant when you need a rest.

Prince Gustav usually finds ways to cause mischief at the Royal Castle during the school holidays, and now he has hidden gold eggs in the grand castle halls. Can you find them? As well as the egg hunt, there will also be family tours in the state apartments, picture hunts, and animal safaris.

Follow the post throughout Sweden, see how postmen have dressed throughout history and read exciting letters from the past. In the play exhibition Postis, you can try handling mail at all stages, and in the workshop, you can create your own Easter cards.

With over ten million individual artefacts from ancient times to the present, the Historical Museum is one of Sweden's largest museums, and during the Easter holidays they invite visitors to take part in fun activities for both adults and children. During playful museum tours you can take a deep dive into Sweden's history and discover how magic, fairytales and sorcery have been a part of human life since long before our time. You can also make your own rune amulets in the workshop. 

At the Museum of Public Transport, you can take family tours and check out trams, uniforms, signs and much more. They also have storytelling sessions with the Norra Djurgårdsstaden library and a workshop where you can create animals inspired by Karl Axel Pehrson's underground art.

Experience life around the Mediterranean and meet people and objects that tell the story of the region's past and present. Listen to exciting myths, meet gods and emperors, check out artefacts such as shining weapons and strange trophies and travel thousands of years back in time to ancient Egypt. Over the holidays you can also join guided tours and learn how to write and understand hieroglyphs in the workshop. 

Try out things from all over the world at this museum of experiences in Globen Shopping. Look, feel, smell and taste all kinds of fascinating objects. Hold an enormous tooth fossil, stand on an Indian bed of nails, sample sweets from all over the world and challenge your vertigo with VR.

Experience an Easter Viking style at The Viking Museum. Meet Viking-era farmers and their crops and spices, greet the sheep Freja and Idun, join family tours, and hammer your own silver coin in the exhibition.

Go on a treasure hunt at the Natural History Museum and search for dinosaur eggs, meet the newly hatched Maiasaura chicks, and see a genuine dinosaur egg from a long-necked dinosaur. Don't miss out on the film experiences at Cosmonova or taking on the challenge in the museum's escape room.

ArkDes has activities for the whole family during the Easter holidays. Try out one of the architect's most important tools – the model – and explore how ideas can emerge and take shape with your hands.

The Modern Museum not only has one of Europe's leading art collections, but also hosts various types of activities. During the Easter holidays, families can attend a guided tour of the exhibition “Another Morning” and see how artists have used drawing throughout the ages, draw in the Modern Museum's workshop, create artworks, and explore the art on their own.

At Waldemarsudde, you can get acquainted with beloved children's book characters in the exhibition From Moomin to Chop Chop, enjoy storytelling sessions, and create in the studio. Don't miss a stroll in the beautiful gardens in Djurgården.

The Army Museum in Stockholm depicts Sweden's military history from the 1500s to the present day, focusing on how war affects people. The museum houses thousands of artefacts, realistic scenes, and exhibitions for both children and adults. During the Easter holidays, visitors can also engage in Easter crafts, go on an egg hunt, and join a tour about how Easter was celebrated in the past.

How does a paint colour mixed with sticks or sawdust work? What does it look like if the paint is applied with a brush, sanded, or combed with a comb? At the National Museum, an Easter holiday is celebrated in colour, including an investigation into how a painting with a single colour, a so-called monochrome, can be varied in different ways.

At the Abba Museum on Djurgården, eggs have been hidden in various corners. Set out to find them among songs, band members, and plenty of memorabilia. Be sure to catch a film at the cinema as well.

Visit the Edvard Anderson greenhouse and find out which plants are hidden in your Easter egg. You'll find cacao trees in the Palm Hall, whose cacao beans are used in chocolate, and sugar palms also grow here. Don't miss eating lunch or having a coffee in the Gamla Orangeriet.

It's easy to forget you're just quarter of an hour outside the big city once you enter Hellasgården nature reserve. Hire kayaks, take a sauna and walk the reserve's hiking trails. Activities for all ages and interests.

Wander around and look at the plants, sit down under the apple trees and have a coffee or take a look in the greenhouse. Rosendals Trädgård is surrounded by dreamy gardens and the café serves food made from ingredients grown in their own kitchen gardens. 
 

There are plenty of green spaces in the middle of the city where you can enjoy the coming of spring. Perhaps a picnic in the sunshine or fun in the playground?

The entire Artbox at Artipelag is transformed into a massive play palace where they construct several different small fantasy worlds filled with Easter witches, wizards, singing, music and plenty of play. Younger visitors can create, play, build and let their imagination flow – both alone and together with others. Combine your visit with a snack at the café Bådan, or with a meal at the restaurant on the third floor.

Just outside Uppsala is Funplays, a massive activity centre for children with lots of energy. Slide down slides, compete against each other on bike tracks, jump into ball pits, climb, bounce on trampolines and much more – the only limit is your imagination. If you start to run low on energy, just head to the café where food, drinks and snacks are served.

At Skoklosters Castle, there's a long tradition of animal husbandry, which today takes place in Parkvillan, a short distance from the castle. During the Easter holidays, you can stroke, feed, and get answers to all your questions about the animals. There will also be Castle Safaris, encounters with Count Carl Gustaf Wrangel and Anna Margareta von Haugwitz, guided tours, and refreshments in the café. The castle is one of the best-preserved baroque castles in the world and is easily accessible from both Stockholm and Uppsala.

In a cosy 17th-century farmhouse next to Lake Långsjön, you'll find Herrängens Gård, which opens its outdoor seating area from Easter, weather permitting. They also organise Easter egg painting contests and serve a pancake buffet over the Easter holidays.

There's masses to do in Hågelby park by Lake Aspen in Tumba. Check out the witches' broomstick parking lot, play bingo, join a fun Easter tour, and see the animals.

Celebrate Easter at Thoresta Herrgård surrounded by nature. The restaurant serves an Easter menu with a focus on sustainable cooking, and dishes are prepared using ingredients from nearby farms. If you want to engage in activities before or after the meal, you can do Easter crafts, go on an exciting egg hunt, or visit Loftet, which is an activity room featuring billiards, shuffleboard, and darts.

Steninge Bruk, around half an hour outside the city, is a renovated stone barn that used to be a glassworks. Steninge makes for a delightful day trip to eat, have a coffee and take a walk in the beautiful surroundings. The restaurant serves lunch, brunch and delicious cakes and pastries.

At Fågelbrohus on Värmdö, Easter is celebrated with a family overnight package. Enjoy delicious food, relaxation, and activities for both adults and children. Take a quiz walk, play table tennis, go on an egg hunt, and watch a film in the cinema room, or enjoy the warm outdoor hot tub and relaxation area. In the evenings, a spring-themed three-course dinner is served. The package also includes a breakfast buffet.

Take a trip to Södertälje and Sydpoolen, which is an adventure pool full of fun. Swim in exhilarating waves, slide down waterslides, relax in the hot tub, play with water toys, and enjoy other fun activities. For the little ones, there's Pigge's Lagoon, a mini adventure pool.

The islands of the Stockholm archipelago are one of the best things about the city. There's an endless selection of both large and small islands and skerries and the ferry network means many of them are easily accessible for a day or weekend outing.