Drottningholm Palace tickets: SEK 170, open at weekends only until 6 December and reached by metro and bus all year

💡 The Short Version: Drottningholm Palace is open on Saturdays and Sundays only, 3 October to 6 December 2026, 10:00 to 16:00, then from 31 December to 6 January 2027. The palace is SEK 170, the Chinese Pavilion SEK 140 and both SEK 250. The Strömma boat from City Hall runs for the last time on Saturday 24 October and returns on 15 May 2027. The metro to Brommaplan and a bus reach the palace all year on one SL ticket, SEK 43; buy it in the SL app, since tickets cannot be bought at the palace. The park is free. Prices are in Swedish kronor. Or book a tour: the Drottningholm lunch cruisead is from SEK 475 (GetYourGuide).

Tickets and prices

Prices are the adult rate from the Royal Court’s admission charges. The Royal Court runs the palace. Searches for Drottningholm tickets also return sites with the palace’s name in their web addresses that are not the operator.

• Children aged 6 and under are free.
• The park is free and open all year.
• GetYourGuide has no palace entry ticket. The Royal Court sells entry itself.

Tours worth paying for

The Royal Court runs a Drottningholm Palace tour from 3 October to 6 December, and a half-term event, Queens at Drottningholm, from 24 October to 1 November. The one GetYourGuide listing below is Strömma’s lunch cruise to the palace. Prices are the lowest “from” prices, per person.

Lunch cruise to Drottningholm

From SEK 475 · a 2-hour round trip · 4.5 stars from 48 reviews

Stockholm: Drottningholm - Lunch Cruise (round trip)ad is the boat to the palace with lunch, at the price Strömma charges for its own lunch cruise. It does not include palace entry. Strömma’s boat from Klara Mälarstrand runs on the dates under hours below. Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

What to see

Drottningholm Palace is on Lovön, about 10 km outside Stockholm. Tessin the Elder built it for Queen Hedvig Eleonora, on a French model, and it is on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. The south wing is the permanent home of the King and Queen, and the rest of the palace and grounds are open to the public.

Drottningholm Palace from across the water, with the garden in front. Photo: Pudelek, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. The palace. The rooms open to the public, on the SEK 170 ticket. The Royal Court’s guided tour runs from 3 October to 6 December.
2. The Chinese Pavilion. A pleasure palace in the park, on its own SEK 140 ticket or as part of the SEK 250 ticket for both.
3. The park. Free, and open all year, with the palace gardens.
4. The palace theatre and Museum de Vries. The Royal Court names the theatre among the sights of the day trip, and Museum de Vries has its own SEK 140 ticket.

The Chinese Pavilion in the park at Drottningholm. Photo: Arild Vågen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The order that works: arrive at 10:00, since the palace shuts at 16:00, and walk the park afterwards, which is free. What to skip: the combined ticket if the palace is all you want.

Hours, rules and getting there

The palace’s open days from the Royal Court’s calendar, 10:00 to 16:00 on each:

• No weekdays between 7 December and 30 December.
• By boat: Strömma’s boat leaves Klara Mälarstrand, by City Hall, and takes about an hour, with an express boat in peak season that takes 45 minutes. Strömma’s fares start at SEK 245, and palace entry can be added at booking. In 2026 it ran on weekends from 20 September to 24 October. In 2027 it runs from 15 May: weekends to 28 May, then daily from 29 May.
• By metro and bus: the underground (tunnelbana) to Brommaplan, then a bus to the palace, on one SL ticket valid for 75 minutes at SEK 43. The bus ticket cannot be bought at the palace: use the SL app. Stockholm public transport has the fares.
• By bike: the Royal Court points to the cycle path from central Stockholm.
• The one thing that ruins a visit: arriving on a weekday. The palace is shut on weekdays until 31 December.

What to book in Stockholm has the closed days for every sight. The Royal Palace in Gamla Stan is open daily, which makes it the choice for a weekday, and Gamla Stan and the changing of the guard sit beside it; the Gamla Stan walk puts them on a route. Day trips from Stockholm compares the other trips out of town, and Stockholm boat tours covers the City Hall quay. Stockholm pass: is it worth it? says whether a pass covers the palace. 3 days in Stockholm fits it onto a weekend. For a bed, see where to stay in Stockholm.