Where a car takes you from Stockholm
These are the day trips from Stockholm on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Vaxholm (Stockholm Archipelago) Vaxholm in Stockholm's archipelago anchors the inner-archipelago day trip; smoked whitefish lunches at Vaxholms Hembygdsgård and the Vaxholms Hotell h
- Uppsala (Cathedral City) Uppsala 40 minutes north of Stockholm is the student-city day trip, café Linne for fika, Tegnérgatan bistros and the medieval Domkyrkan cathedral
- Sigtuna (Sweden's oldest town) Sigtuna 50 minutes north of Stockholm is the country's oldest town from 980, Stora Gatan runs medieval cobbles past bakeries pulling cinnamon buns
- Drottningholm (Royal Palace) Drottningholm one hour west of Stockholm sits as the royal residence on its own island; the Karamellan restaurant inside the palace and the lakeside
- Fjäderholmarna (Inner Archipelago) Fjäderholmarna 25 minutes from Stockholm by ferry is the closest archipelago island; Fjäderholmarnas Krog cooks the canonical archipelago lunch
- Mariefred (Gripsholm Castle) Mariefred one hour west of Stockholm sits below Gripsholms Castle on Lake Mälaren; the 1609 inn Gripsholms Värdshus claims Sweden's oldest hotel-resta
Booking a car in Stockholm
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 11.48 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, Keddy
- Pick up at
- Stockholm Airport · Stockholm Skavasta Airport · Stockholm Central Station · Stockholm Arlanda Airport · Stockholm Train Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.