The most beautiful cities in Sweden

Sweden is a country of rare beauty, even amid its starkest northern landscapes. Its cities and towns testify to 1000 years of urban life, but there are precious places offering glimpses into even older traditions of human settlement.

World heritage sites

Sweden has 15 UNESCO world heritage-listed sites.

Cultural

Hanseatic Town of Visby
Naval port of Karlskrona
Tanum rock carvings (hällristningar)
Stockholm's woodland cemetery (skogskyrkogård)
Drottningholm palace and gardens
Birka and Hovgården archaeological sites
Hälsingland farmhouses
Lule Gammelstad church village, Luleå
Struve geodetic arc (Kiruna, Pajala, Övertorneå and Haparanda points)
Grimeton radio station, Varberg