Crispy leaves rustle at our feet and the first fresher winds are announcing that winter is coming soon. Life starts retracting indoors, but not only homewards… This is also a time for indoor music and film festivals, dining out at cozy restaurants or attending fairs like the Baking and Chocolate Fair. Oh yes, this is also the time we like to dress up like ghosts and pumpkins and go trick-or-treating. Let us guide you to some of this months event highlights, things to see and do in Stockholm.
Every event is linked to a page with more detailed info, just click on the title!
SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS
Halloween at Gröna Lund 2019
The entire amusement park with attractions is open, where the smaller kiddies area is adapted for younger visitors with pumpkins, witches, ghosts and children’s performances every day. In the greater area the more courageous visitors will be able, among other things, to take part in the haunted ship that returns and you will get to meet a mysterious sect.
When: 18-20 October, 25 October – 3 November
Where: Gröna Lund
Cost: 399SEK – 430SEk
MUSIC
Stockholm Jazz Festival
One of Sweden’s oldest festivals and one of Stockholm’s biggest events. Now in 2019 the festival is back on 11-20 October – and bigger than ever, spreading jazz on over 60 venues around Stockholm.
When: 11-20 October
Where: Different venues in Stockholm
Cost: Price of tickets varies per concert.
Ariana Grande @ Globen
When: 7 October
Where: Globen
Cost: 675SEK – 875SEK
Chromatics w/ Desire @ Berns
When: 5 October
Where: Berns
Cost: 370SEK
Cher @ Friends Arena
When: 17 October
Where: Friends Arena
Cost: 2375SEK – 3400SEK
Michael Bublé @ Globen
When: 23 October
Where: Globen
Cost: 650SEK – 1450SEK
UB40 @ Berns
When: 27 October
Where: Berns
Cost: 570SEK
Eros Ramazzotti @ Globen
When: 30 October
Where: Globen
Cost: 437SEK – 775SEK
ART
Affordable Art Fair
When: 10-13 October
Where: Nacka Strandsmässan
Cost: 95SEK – 350SEK
Opening Reception: Peter Blake
When: 3 October
Where: Wetterling Gallery
Cost: FREE
Opening: Anna Camner / Toni R. Toivonen / Ann-Sofie Claesson
When: 3 October
Where: Wetterling Gallery
Cost: FREE
Iranian Film Festival 2019
When: 12-13 October
Where: Biograf Skandia
Cost: 120SEK – 295SEK
FOOD AND DRINK
Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2019
When: 3-5 October
Where: Nacka Strandsmässan
Cost: 250SEK
Bak- & Chokladfestivalen – The Bake & Chocolate Festival
When: 10-13 October
Where: Stockholmsmässan
Cost: 93SEK – 390 SEK
Chelas – There’s a New Mexican in Town
Located at the trendy Hornstull neighbourhood of Södermalm, at Verkstadsgatan 4, you’ll find Chelas, Stockholm’s newest Mexican restaurant. Chelas opened its doors in July of 2019. The name comes from the Mexican slang word for beers and a phrase the Mexicans use when they want to socialise with friends and family: “Saca las chelas”. Literally translated it means “Bring out the beers”, but it can actually be better interpreted as “Let’s have some beers and hang out”.
The wine culture in Sweden is expanding, especially with the increase of vineyards in Skåne in the south of the country. In fact, 42% of all alcohol sales in Sweden consist of wine, and this is very different from brännvin, the traditional Swedish drink that translates as burn-wine. You can of course buy wine from the state owned Systembolaget. However, the only other place that you can buy wine and enjoy a glass is in licenced restaurants and bars that serve food. There are some great restaurants in Stockholm that unite their food and wine menu in perfect harmony, taking equal consideration to both.
Find out more about upcoming events in our Events Calendar.
- 1717.December.Monday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance. - 1818.December.Tuesday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance. - 1919.December.Wednesday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance.
Jazzy Wednesdays
Tegelbacken 6, 111 52 Stockholm, SwedenVisit Bar 360 for the ultimate after work experience. Listen to some nice live jazz while enjoying the food and drinks from Sheraton Stockholm Hotel’s Paired menu.
- 2020.December.Thursday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance. - 2121.December.Friday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance. - 2222.December.Saturday
Sergelgatan's Christmas market
Sveavägen 17, 111 57 Stockholm, SwedenAn indoor and outdoor Christmas market full of all your classic Christmas goodies!
Ho Ho Ho!
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance.
Berzelii park 1, 111 47 Stockholm, SwedenEP.2 of KONTAKT, 22 December at Berns in Stockholm.
LINE UP:
Take of Us
Very Addictive (DISK Records)
Linny Hex (Kvalia Rec)
EmmiWhen the autumn darkness and the cold sweep over the capital, KONTAKT opens up a warm oasis inside Berns to create intimate relationships between people and music. In order for this to happen, all artists will be placed close to you so that kontact will be reached between you, the artist and the music.
Open until 5:00, DJs will play “on the floor” in the big room and you can move freely between the big lounge and the basement.
► TALE OF US ◄
Italian superstar duo TALE OF US is coming to episode 2 of KONTAKT. Now two years after their last visit, the founders of Afterlife return to the capital again for an intimate and very exclusive set in the great room at Berns. Their ability to merge emotional techno with immense intensity is exactly what KONTAKT stands for.
https://www.facebook.com/TaleOfUs
https://soundcloud.com/taleofus► VERY ADDICTIVE ◄
Is there any Swedish techno duo that works as intensively as Very Addictive. Maybe … but this duo stands out with its incredible professionalism, joy and enormous energy. By 2018, they released two new singles on the label Disk Records and the last single “Spiral” is also a real techno banger.
https://www.facebook.com/veryaddictiveofficial
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2QqAGfOoN7Y10DspjgqHxB► LINNY HEX (KVALIA REC) ◄
► EMMI ◄
- 2323.December.Sunday
Stortorget's Christmas market in Gamla Stan
Stortorget, Stockholm, SwedenStockholm’s Gillet arranges Stockholm’s oldest Christmas market with a range of high Swedish quality. Every year many people traditionally visit the market with family, relatives and friends. Do it you too!
Open daily 11-18 until 23 December.
Free entrance.Berzelii park 1, 111 47 Stockholm, SwedenEP.2 of KONTAKT, 22 December at Berns in Stockholm.
LINE UP:
Take of Us
Very Addictive (DISK Records)
Linny Hex (Kvalia Rec)
EmmiWhen the autumn darkness and the cold sweep over the capital, KONTAKT opens up a warm oasis inside Berns to create intimate relationships between people and music. In order for this to happen, all artists will be placed close to you so that kontact will be reached between you, the artist and the music.
Open until 5:00, DJs will play “on the floor” in the big room and you can move freely between the big lounge and the basement.
► TALE OF US ◄
Italian superstar duo TALE OF US is coming to episode 2 of KONTAKT. Now two years after their last visit, the founders of Afterlife return to the capital again for an intimate and very exclusive set in the great room at Berns. Their ability to merge emotional techno with immense intensity is exactly what KONTAKT stands for.
https://www.facebook.com/TaleOfUs
https://soundcloud.com/taleofus► VERY ADDICTIVE ◄
Is there any Swedish techno duo that works as intensively as Very Addictive. Maybe … but this duo stands out with its incredible professionalism, joy and enormous energy. By 2018, they released two new singles on the label Disk Records and the last single “Spiral” is also a real techno banger.
https://www.facebook.com/veryaddictiveofficial
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2QqAGfOoN7Y10DspjgqHxB► LINNY HEX (KVALIA REC) ◄
► EMMI ◄
