Planning a Trip
Whether the trip you have drafted works. How far is realistic in a day, what a given number of days actually buys, which routes need a car and which do not, and what has to be booked before you arrive.
- Stockholm and Gothenburg in One Trip: The Realistic TimelineThe direct train between Stockholm and Gothenburg takes under four hours each way. Here is how many days the two-city trip actually needs, by transport mode and season.Checked
- Train vs. Rental Car for a Week in Sweden: The Real CostA week of SJ train travel priced against a week of car rental in Sweden, with fuel, congestion tax and bridge tolls added in, every figure sourced and dated.Checked
- How many days you need in Sweden: three, five and seven days on the rail triangleWhat three, five and seven days buy in Sweden, worked out from SJ journey times for Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Uppsala.Checked
- Driving on a Foreign Licence in Sweden: Validity and ExchangeForeign driving licence in Sweden: EU/EEA licences stay valid, most others stop one year after folkbokföring. When and how to exchange.Checked
- Travelling Around Sweden: Entry, Paying, Trains, Roads, NatureHow travel in Sweden is organised: who sets the entry, payment, rail, road and right-to-roam rules, with dated rules and official sources.Checked
- Swedish Lapland Without a Car: Kiruna, Abisko and Nikkaluokta, Leg by LegCar-free logistics inside Swedish Lapland: which Abisko station to use, the seasonal Line 91 bus to Riksgränsen, the Nikkaluokta bus season, and how to sequence the legs.Checked
- Sweden Without a Car: The National Rail, Bus and Ferry Network, Region by RegionHow the car-free network fits together across all of Sweden: which county authority runs each region, where ferries replace roads, and what changed on the far-north night train in 2026.Checked