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Artipelag opening hours

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Opening hours

The various departments’ opening hours may differ.

Exhibitions

  • Tuesday to Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm

Bådan Café & Pâtisserie

  • Tuesday to Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm

Design Shop

  • Tuesday to Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm

Artipelag Restaurant:

  • Saturday - Sunday 11.30 am - 5 pm

The Reception

  • Tuesday to Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm

Irregular Opening Hours

  • Good Friday, March 29: 11 am–5 pm
  • Easter Saturday, March 30: 11 am–5 pm
  • Easter Sunday, March 31: 11 am–5 pm
  • Easter Monday, April 1: 11 am–5 pm
  • Walpurgis Night, April 30: 11 am–5 pm
  • Labour Day, May 1: 11 am–5 pm
  • Ascension Day, May 9: 11 am–5 pm
  • Sweden’s National Day, June 6: 11 am–5 pm
  • Midsummer’s Eve, June 21: 11 am–3 pm
  • Midsummer’s Day, June 22: 11 am–3 pm

Artipelag is completely closed to the public a few days a year, outdoors and indoors.

These days are as follows:
Thursday, April 25
Wednesday, May 15
Friday, June 28
Wednesday, September 4
Thursday, September 5
Friday, September 6
Friday, September 13

How to get to Artipelag

We have a bus service that operates between Cityterminalen and Artipelag.

Read more and buy tickets >>

 

SL bus from Slussen

Take bus 474 from Slussen towards Hemmesta or Mölnvik and get off at Värmdö marknad bus stop. From there you will take the connecting bus 468 towards Hålludden, departing from the opposite side of the road. Get off at Hålludden bus stop. Kindly plan your journey to match the buses by using the SL travel planner.

From Värmdö marknad you can also walk to Artipelag. The distance is approximately 3,5 km. Follow the road from Coop and INGO petrol station and then follow the directions to Artipelag.

SL bus from Medborgarplatsen

Take bus 423 from Medborgarplatsen (Götgatan 59) and get off at Hålluddens trafikplats. From here the walking distance is 1,5 km to the main entrance of Artipelag (kindly note that bus 423 only operates on weekday afternoons.)

From Stockholm

Take the motorway 222 towards Gustavsberg and follow the directions to Hålludden/Artipelag.

Directions on Google Maps

From Värmdö/Ingarö
Take the freeway 222 towards Stockholm, take the exit Värmdö marknad and then take the right on Ingarövägen. Turn left in the roundabout at COOP and thereafter follow directions towards Artipelag. From Gustavsberg, turn right in the roundabout by COOP at Värmdö Marknad and thereafter follow directions.

Directions on Google Maps

Parking
350 parking spaces are divided between four parking lots. Disabled parking spaces are free of charge and found both at parking lot Lillemor by the entrance to the beach walk and at parking lot Tony, closest to the facility.

Charging posts
Five charging posts are available at parking lot Tony. It costs SEK 45 per hour to charge (including parking) and charging can be done for a maximum of three hours at a time. Charging is started and paid for in the EasyPark app. ATTENTION! At the moment, Easypark has software problems, which means that one or more charging posts are our of order (2023-09-15).

Payment

For parking payments we use the system EasyPark and recommend that you download their mobile app in either the App Store (iPhone) or Google Play (Android). Payments for parking can also be made at the information desk by giving the registration number of the car. After payment in the information desk your parking is confirmed in our system with no need to return to the car.

Current booking codes:

    • Parking lot Tony (closest to Artipelag) 8702
    • Parking lot Josefin (the middle parking) 8701
    • Parking lot Lillemor and Björn (the big parking lots at the entrance) 8700

Parking lotsParking lots.

It is possible to cycle to Artipelag from Stockholm. The bicycle route from Slussen is approximately 25 kilometres and it takes less than 2 hours if you keep a steady pace.

Almost the entire cycle path is separated from car traffic, and several sections run near water and through greenery.

Once at Artipelag you can lock your bicycle to the bike racks.

Recommended directions according to Google Maps.

Cykelväg från SlussenBike path from Slussen.

For visitors arriving to Artipelag by their own boats we offer a guest harbour consisting of 25 berths with Y-booms. Visitors to Artipelag may dock their boats up to 24 hours. Please note that services like electricity, garbage collection or restrooms are not available.

The berths have a width of between 2,5m up to 5,3 m. The outer length measures approximately 100 m and is well suited for larger boats.

Position: N 59° 18 ́ 4”, O 18° 20 ́ 7”

We also offer docking for kayaks as well and embarkation areas.

Please note: August at 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm the guest harbour is closed due to a dance performance. During this time it will not possible to walk alongst the jetty.

Gustavsbergs Taxi

The taxi company Gustavsberg Taxi offers a fixed price from Artipelag.
Book a taxi by calling: (+46) 8–520 111 11 and state ”fixed price”.

  • Artipelag – Värmdö marknad 175 SEK (Big car 215 SEK)
  • Artipelag – Stockholm city 595 SEK (Big car 805 SEK) *
  • Artipelag – Bromma 795 SEK (Big car 1075 SEK)
  • Artipelag – Arlanda 1095 SEK (Big car 1480 SEK)

* City includes Södermalm and Kungsholmen, but not Östermalm, an additional fare will be added then.

Boat taxi 

Vision of Stockholm offer regular tours from Nybroviken in Stockholm to Artipelag.

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The boat trips to Artipelag operate during spring, summer, and early autumn. The season for 2023 has now concluded, and the boat trips to Artipelag will resume in spring 2024.

Admission fees

It is free of charge to enter the building and to visit our public areas like our café, the design shop or to take a walk in our lovely nature. We have cash-free cash registers.

Entrance fees to Berlinde De Bruyckere – No Life Lost and Sculpture in Nature can be seen on the exhibition page.

Discover more with an Art.Pass.

Our permanent outdoor exhibition Sculpture in Nature.

Adults and students SEK 50
Art.Pass holders and children (0-17 years) free

Buy an audio guide to the outdoor exhibition “Sculpture in Nature” on our webshop and listen to it on your smartphone or tablet.

The audio guide is available in Swedish and English. You will be able to choose the language after you have purchased the audio guide.

Practical information

Here you can find some practical information on frequently asked questions.

Områdeskarta april 2021

  1. Main building
  2. Bus stop “Hålludden”
  3. Parking Tony
  4. South walk – nature path
  5. Parking Josefin
  6. Parking Björn
  7. Parking Lillemor
  8. Bus stop “Artipelagstigen”
  9. North walk
  10. Beach walk
  11. Guest harbour
  12. Steam boat dock
  13. “Main office” walk
  14. “Milky Way” – roof terrace

We have introduced cashless payments, and no longer accept cash. Credit and debit cards from Visa, Mastercard and American Express are accepted.

We also accept Swish payments.

 

  • 136 lockers on floor 1 (free to use, no coins needed)
  • 47 toilets
  • Elevators between all floors
  • Six disabled toilets distributed across all floors
  • No impeding thresholds in the building
  • 1 km long boardwalk adapted for weelchairs and strollers
  • Wheelchairs for use
  • Art guides in the art exhibitions
  • BabyBjörn high chairs are available for use in Bådan Café and in Artipelag Restaurant.
  • Baby feeding room equipped with a sofa, private toilet and lockable sliding door on floor two.
  • Three changing tables on floor one.
  • Strollers and BabyBjörn carriers available for use.
  • Dogs are not allowed indoors at Artipelag.
  • They are allowed outdoors and on the outdoor terraces.
  • They must always be on a leash and not be left unattended.
  • Assistance dogs are allowed indoors.

Kindly note that smoking and making fire is prohibited across the whole area of Artipelag.

  • It is not allowed to bring and consume your own food and drinks in Artipelag’s nature or on the outdoor terraces connected to our restaurant or café.
  • We have a few picnic benches along the boardwalk, where you can consume the food and drinks that you bring.
Art.Pass

Art.Pass.

With an Art.Pass you have free entrance to all exhibitions, invitations to interesting Art.Pass evenings and other nice offers.

Guided tour with children

A child friendly location.

We provide a baby feeding room and stroller-friendly areas. Besides, we offer a lot of fun activities for the very young.

Go Stockholm.

This card gives you free entrance to all exhibitions. The card is also valid on the Strömma Kanalbolaget’s boat to Artipelag.

Go Stockholm