Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
minutes of local talk time, respectively. (Be sure to specify you're using the card on a
payphone, not refilling a mobile phone.) For mobile phones, check with your service pro-
vider to ensure your network is compatible with Sweden's. In many cases you can buy a
local SIM card to use in your own phone. Barring that, it may be worthwhile to buy a
cheap mobile phone you can load with prepaid minutes and use as needed.
TOURIST INFORMATION
Stockholm Visitors Center
TOURIST INFORMATION
9am-7pm Mon-Fri, to 6pm winter, 9am-4pm Sat, 10am-4pm Sun; T-Centralen)
The main visitors centre occupies a space inside Kulturhuset on Sergels Torg.
Visit Djurgården
TOURIST INFORMATION
With tourist information specific to Djurgården, this office at the edge of the Djurgården
bridge is attached to
Sjöcaféet
, so you can grab a bite or a beverage as you plot your day.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Stockholm's main airport,
Stockholm Arlanda
, is 45km north of the city centre and can be
reached from central Stockholm by both bus and express train. It has self-service lockers
for luggage storage (small/medium/large locker for 24 hours Skr40/50/80), payable with a
credit card. There's also a
baggage counter
( 08-797 62 28; 6am-11pm)
.
holm and is used for some domestic flights.
Skavsta Airport
,
100km south of Stockholm,
near Nyköping, is mostly used by low-cost carriers like Ryanair.
BOAT
Both
Silja Line
( 22 21 40;
www.tallinksilja.com
; Silja & Tallink Customer Service Office, Cityter-
minalen)
and
Viking Line
run ferries to Turku and Helsinki.
Tallink
ferries head to Tallinn
(Estonia) and Riga (Latvia).
BUS
