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Tip: Ferry runs May through September. The Slottsteatern cafe is the lighter sit; Karamellan is the formal lunch.

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Fjäderholmarna (Inner Archipelago) ★ 4.6

Fjäderholmarna 25 minutes from Stockholm by ferry is the closest archipelago island; Fjäderholmarnas Krog cooks the canonical archipelago lunch.

Tip: Ferry runs April through October only. Day-trip with the early ferry; restaurants close 18:00.

Mariefred (Gripsholm Castle) ★ 4.0

Mariefred one hour west of Stockholm sits below Gripsholms Castle on Lake Mälaren; the 1609 inn Gripsholms Värdshus claims Sweden's oldest hotel-restaurant.

Tip: Day trip with the steam train from Läggesta in summer; the inn books a week ahead for Saturday lunch.

Vaxholm (Stockholm Archipelago) ★ 4.8

Vaxholm in Stockholm's archipelago anchors the inner-archipelago day trip; smoked whitefish lunches at Vaxholms Hembygdsgård and the Vaxholms Hotell harbour.

Tip: Ferry from Strömkajen takes 60 minutes one way. The fortress restaurant is open May through September.

Uppsala (Cathedral City) ★ 4.5

Uppsala 40 minutes north of Stockholm is the student-city day trip, café Linne for fika, Tegnérgatan bistros and the medieval Domkyrkan cathedral.

Tip: Trains run every 15 minutes. Save the afternoon for the cathedral, the Linnaeus garden and the Hambergs Fisk lunch counter.

Sigtuna (Sweden's oldest town) ★ 4.2

Sigtuna 50 minutes north of Stockholm is the country's oldest town from 980, Stora Gatan runs medieval cobbles past bakeries pulling cinnamon buns.

Tip: Combine with Skokloster Palace for the full day. The lake-edge cafe Tant Bruns is the heritage fika.

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