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Kottla, Lidingö — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Kottla is a residential district of Lidingö, the island city east of central Stockholm, lying inland on the island's southern half.
About Kottla
Where to stay in Kottla
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Kottla is a green inland pocket of southern Lidingö, not a hotel district. If you want quiet wooded surroundings with the AGA:s optiktorn close by and central Stockholm a short ride away, this part of the island suits a calm, residential stay. Lodging is scarce in this pocket.
Most who visit Lidingö book rooms in its central districts and reach Kottla by the island line.
About Kottla
What are the main landmarks in Kottla?
The AGA:s optiktorn rises over the southern part of Lidingö close to Kottla, a relic of the technical industry that shaped this side of the island. Woods and quiet streets fill out the rest of the district. The setting is green.
For the waterfront, the neighbouring Skärsätra and Mölna shores face the channel that divides Lidingö from Stockholm a short walk away.
What is the history of Kottla?
Kottla carries an old place name from the rural Lidingö that preceded the modern island city. As villas and garden streets filled the southern half of the island through the last century, the district grew into a settled residential area close to the works whose AGA:s optiktorn still marks this part of Lidingö. Farmland gave way to homes.
The wooded ground around Kottla kept much of its green character through the change.
Where is Kottla?
It sits back from the shore. Kottla spreads across southern Lidingö in eastern Sweden, set among woods and slopes between the waterfront districts of Skärsätra and Mölna, away from the channel toward Stockholm.
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Updated July 2026