La Stockholm Card on my recent trip to Stockholm it was really useful. I state that the city of Stockholm is not very big, you can get around very well on foot even if there are points, like the Skansen Museum (located on an island) or there are periods, such as in winter when the temperature drops to minus 8 degrees, that it is good to use the subway: D
How do i use the Stockholm Card? Use it it seems easy, even if it isn't. In reality we, at least I, are used to subway passes or subway tickets, the ones that just pass them in the gates or place them just above and the barrier opens immediately. With the Stockholm Card no. I have been a good 10 minutes to try to enter, swipe, turn, flip the card and ask around, to the residents but also to the owners of the bars and supermarkets of the subway, in short I didn't understand.
Nobody could tell me anything, also because this card is purely tourist and they don't know it so well there, rightly so. In the end I got it lined up together with all the others who passed in front of the controller and when it was my turn I discovered that with the Stockholm Card you must necessarily pass in front of him for the control :)
The first time a la carte they will come to you written the days above depending on the date of your arrival also because it is valid for 24, 48, 72 or 120 hours with prices ranging from SEK 450, SEK 625, SEK 750 and SEK 950, children aged 7 to 17 pay a little less. I found the Charter useful for two reasons. First of all because it allows you to take all means of Stockholm, even the boats that lead to the surrounding islands and then because with this card you can enter for free 80 attractions and museums of Stockholm and this is really valid.
I Skills finally, the subway and trains are excellent. The cost of the Stockholm Card may seem high, but it is finally spent on a service. The service is all there, you are comfortable in the subway seats, there is always room, the means arrive immediately, on time and you can reach different areas of Stockholm in a comfortable, warm and fast. Finally, I noticed that there are many people, including adults and the elderly, who use public transport, leaving their car at home or who don't even have one, as my guide in Stockholm told me, but who only rent it if needed. This makes us understand how services in Sweden work and how you pay for something that physically… you have.
