Hop-on hop-off and boat tours

Buses and boats in one minute

Two companies run hop-on hop-off buses in Stockholm. Strömma's green buses and the red City Sightseeing buses are one product: 15 stops, a 55-minute loop, 24- or 72-hour tickets from €32, and they are included in the Go City pass. Red Sightseeing is a separate company with its own buses and boats, and it is not in the pass.

On the water, the two classic tours are Strömma's Under the Bridges of Stockholm (2 hours 15 minutes) and the one-hour Royal Canal Tour around Djurgården. Strömma's hop-on hop-off boat runs only in summer. All three are in the Go City pass.

Hop-on hop-off buses

• Strömma and City Sightseeing: 15 stops from the Royal Opera via Gamla Stan, Slussen, Södermalm, Strandvägen, the Vasa Museum, ABBA and Gröna Lund, Skansen, Stureplan and City Hall. A full loop takes 55 minutes, with an audio guide in 11 languages. From 1 September to 1 November 2026 buses run every 30 minutes, 10:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 16:00; in July and August every 20 minutes, 10:00 to 17:00.
• Red Sightseeing: 19 stops, a loop of about 1.5 hours, departures every 45 minutes from 10:00, last at 16:00. Children 7 to 15 pay a child fare, under 7 ride free.

The bus is useful on a first day to get your bearings or to save your feet between Djurgården and the centre. For getting from A to B, an SL ticket and the Djurgården ferry are cheaper.

Hop-on hop-off boat

Strömma's hop-on hop-off boat stops at the Royal Palace, Nybroplan, the Vasa Museum, Skeppsholmen, Djurgården, the cruise terminal, Fotografiska and Slussen. A loop takes 55 minutes. It runs from 27 May to 12 September 2027, every hour early and late in the season and every 30 minutes from mid-June to the end of August. Tickets for 24 or 72 hours start at €22. There are no outdoor seats and no room for strollers.

Classic boat tours

• Under the Bridges of Stockholm (now sold as Stockholm City Highlights Boat Tour): 2 hours 15 minutes from Strömkajen, under 12 bridges and through the lock between the Baltic Sea and Lake Mälaren, with a live guide in English and a café on board. Daily from March to December. €34.
• Royal Canal Tour (Royal Djurgården Boat Tour): one hour from Strömkajen through the Djurgården canal and the Royal National City Park. From October to 23 December it leaves daily at 14:15 and 15:30; in summer up to seven times a day. €25.
• Canal and bridges cruise with audio guide: a one-hour alternative on Headout from €18.
• Food cruises: the two-hour city cruise with fresh pizza starts at €27 on Headout.

Strömma's tours with the Go City pass cannot be booked ahead: you swap the pass for a ticket at a Strömma kiosk at Strömkajen or Nybrokajen on the day.

Archipelago trips

Stockholm's archipelago starts just east of the city. The easiest trips:

• Fjäderholmarna: 30 minutes by boat from Strandvägen. Back from 1 May 2027.
• Vaxholm: 1 hour 30 minutes on the steamship S/S Stockholm, or 50 minutes on M/S Cinderella II, from Strandvägen. In autumn and winter the steamship runs on weekends. Boats must be booked in advance.
• Archipelago cruise with fika: a guided trip on a historic ship with Swedish fika on board, from €27 on Headout.
• RIB speedboat: a fast open boat through the islands, from €132.

SL tickets are also valid on Waxholmsbolaget's commuter boats to Vaxholm, the cheapest way out if you do not need a guide.

Which tours are in the Stockholm Pass?

The Go City All-Inclusive Pass covers the Strömma and City Sightseeing hop-on hop-off buses, Strömma's hop-on hop-off boat, Under the Bridges, the Royal Canal Tour, the City Hall canal tour, the boats to Vaxholm, Fjäderholmarna and Drottningholm, and longer archipelago tours. Red Sightseeing, the food cruises and the RIB speedboat are not included. If you take two boat tours and the bus over two days, the pass usually pays for itself before you enter a single museum. Compare on the Stockholm Pass page.