Ulriksdal Palace

Ulriksdal began as Jakob De la Gardie's manor in the 1640s and passed to the crown, and it kept being altered by whoever lived in it, so the interiors run from seventeenth-century state rooms to the apartments Gustaf VI Adolf used into the 1970s. Two things in the park are worth as much as the house: the orangery, built in the 1660s and now holding a museum of Swedish sculpture, mostly baroque work brought in from other royal collections, and Confidencen, the court theatre of 1753, restored in the 1980s and running a summer opera season. The park runs down to the Edsviken inlet and is part of the Royal National City Park, open all year.

What you actually see

• Interiors from the 1600s to the 1970s - altered by every occupant.
• The orangery museum - Swedish sculpture, largely baroque.
• Confidencen theatre of 1753 - restored, with a summer season.
• Parkland down to the water - open all year.

When to go

May to September for the palace and theatre; the park year round. Two to three hours.

Honest expectations

The palace itself opens only in summer and on limited days. Confidencen performances need booking well ahead. Public transport involves a bus. Some rooms are shown by guided tour only.

Nearby

Haga park is south; central Stockholm is a short ride.