Road trips in Sweden
12 road trips and 29 hand-picked places in Sweden, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping.
- Trip guides
- 12
- Places
- 29
- Motorways
- Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels
- Speed limit
- 120 km/h
Magazine: By motorhome through Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark: tolls, tyres and the October season
Few or none. Congestion charges in Stockholm and Gothenburg; Øresund Bridge toll. Driving in Europe
Road trips through Sweden
Photo by Himmel S on UnsplashSweden’s High Coast
Photo by Aron Fjell on UnsplashBohuslän: Sweden’s west coast
© Greger Ravik · CC BY 2.0Gotland by ferry: Visby, raukar and the south cape
© m.prinke · CC BY-SA 2.0Dalarna: copper, painters and Lake Siljan
Photo by Anna Khromova on UnsplashÖsterlen: Skåne’s quiet corner
© W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0Kalmar and Öland: castles, windmills and lighthouses
Granite, herring and archipelago light – by motorhome from Gothenburg through Bohuslän to Strömstad and the Koster Islands
Photo by Per-Åke Adolfsson on UnsplashGlass, alvar and Baltic wind – by motorhome from the Öresund Bridge through Småland, across the Öland Bridge to Karlskrona and Österlen
Red cottages, Siljan and land uplift – by motorhome through Dalarna and Hälsingland to the High Coast
© Johannes Jansson · CC BY 2.5 dkReindeer country, the Arctic Circle and Torneträsk – by motorhome along the Inlandsvägen through Swedish Lapland to Abisko and Narvik
© Stephan Herz (User:Stephan_Herz) · CC BY 2.5Swedish Lapland: Kiruna to Narvik on the E10
© Unukorno · CC BY 4.0Bornholm by ferry: round churches and Hammershus
Places worth the detour in Sweden
© m.prinke · CC BY-SA 2.0Falun Copper Mine
© Kåre Thor Olsen · CC BY-SA 3.0Abisko Canyon
© Jens Cederskjold from København S, Danmark · CC BY-SA 2.0Ale’s Stones
© W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0Kalmar Castle
© Kevin Cho · CC BY-SA 4.0Borgholm Castle
© Chinmayee Mishra · CC BY-SA 4.0Vasa Museum
© Bene Riobó · CC BY-SA 4.0Visby Old Town
© Markus Bernet · CC BY-SA 2.5Icehotel
© Lukas Beck · CC BY 4.0High Coast Bridge
© Jan Ainali · CC BY-SA 4.0Skuleskogen National Park
© Greger Ravik · CC BY 2.0Lummelunda Cave
© Bernt Rostad from Oslo, Norway · CC BY 2.0Hoburgen
© Bysmon · CC BY-SA 4.0Carl Larsson-gården
© Ingimar E · CC BY-SA 4.0Zorngården
© Rickard Törnblad · CC BY-SA 4.0Glimmingehus
© Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden · CC BY-SA 2.0Stenshuvud National Park
© Marcus Budde · CC BY 3.0Eketorp Fort
© Ny Björn · CC BY-SA 4.0Långe Jan
© ThomasLendt · CC BY-SA 4.0Långe Erik
© Leonhard Lenz · CC0Gamla Stan
© Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 3.0Sigtuna
© Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei, Taiwan · CC BY-SA 2.0Drottningholm Palace
© This image was produced by me, David Castor (user:dcastor). The pictures I submit to the Wikipedia Project are… · CC0Kullaberg Nature Reserve
© Leon Wager · CC BY-SA 4.0Tyresta National Park
FAQs
What are the best road trips in Sweden?
Popular routes include Sweden’s High Coast, Bohuslän: Sweden’s west coast, Gotland by ferry: Visby, raukar and the south cape and Dalarna: copper, painters and Lake Siljan. CampingSpirit has 12 trip guides that pass through Sweden, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map.
Which places in Sweden are worth a detour?
Our editors recommend Falun Copper Mine, Abisko Canyon, Ale’s Stones, Kalmar Castle, Borgholm Castle and Vasa Museum.
Do you need a vignette or pay tolls in Sweden?
Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels. Congestion charges in Stockholm and Gothenburg; Øresund Bridge toll. Rules and prices change. Check official sources before you travel.
What is the motorway speed limit in Sweden?
120 km/h on motorways for cars, unless signs show otherwise.
Are there low-emission zones in Sweden?
Few or none.