Where to stay in Sollentuna
Tureberg is the municipal centre, gathered around the station and the shopping streets, and it makes the simplest base if you want trains and services on the doorstep. Edsberg, on the slopes above Edsviken, mixes a manor park with quieter residential streets and suits travellers who want greenery and water within a short walk. Helenelund sits at the southern end, close to the Stockholm boundary and the research parks of Kista across the line, which makes it convenient for anyone with business on that side.
Further out, Rotebro and Norrviken give a lakeside, low-rise feel, with bathing spots and woodland trails close at hand. These reward a longer, slower stay. Almost everywhere in Sollentuna sits within reach of a commuter station, so the centre of Stockholm stays close.
The lakes are the real reason to linger.
Things to do in Sollentuna
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Museums & Galleries
- Edsvik konsthall — Swedish art gallery which focuses on Swedish and international contemporary art
- Landsnora kvarn — working life museum and industrial heritage site
- Klasroskolan — working life museum
- Svenska Tandläkare-sällskapets Museum
Churches & Religious Sites
- De heliga martyrernas syrianska katolska kyrka Heritage-listed — church building in Stockholm Municipality
- Kista kyrka Heritage-listed — church in Kista, northern Stockholm
- Kummelby kyrka Heritage-listed — Church of Sweden church building
- Sankt Eriks kyrka Heritage-listed
- Sätraängskyrkan Heritage-listed — church building in Danderyd Municipality
- Edsbergskyrkan Heritage-listed
Stadiums & Sports
- Husbybadet — building in Stockholm Municipality
- Sollentuna sim- och sporthall
- Arena satelliten
- Norrvikens idrottsplats
About Sollentuna
What is Sollentuna known for?
Sollentuna is best understood as a string of lakeside neighbourhoods along the northern railway. Water shapes it on both sides, with the long inlet of Edsviken to the east and the open lake of Norrviken to the north, and the shorelines carry walking paths and old manor grounds. Art draws visitors to Edsvik konsthall, set in a former farm by the water, while the exhibition halls at Sollentuna pull in trade fairs.
Commuters fill the trains each morning.
What are the main landmarks in Sollentuna?
Edsvik konsthall is the cultural draw, an art gallery spread through the old farm buildings on the shore of Edsviken, with sculpture set out across the grounds. Above it stands the manor of Edsberg, its park open to walkers down to the water. The medieval Sollentuna kyrka keeps watch over the older parish core, and rune stones from the Viking age still stand along the old roads.
History sits lightly on the land here.
What is the history of Sollentuna?
The land around Sollentuna has been settled since the Viking age, and rune stones cut into grey granite still mark the routes their carvers travelled. For most of its history this was a farming parish of the old Sollentuna hundred, its life centred on a medieval church and the manors that held the lakeshores. Change came slowly.
The fields ran down to Edsviken and Norrviken much as they had for centuries. The turning point was the northern railway. When the line between Stockholm and Uppsala opened, stations along it drew villas and then dense housing, and the scattered parish hardened into a chain of suburbs around Tureberg.
Manor estates such as Edsberg passed into public hands and became parks and galleries. The trains made the town, and they still define its days. Lakes and rune stones survived the growth.
Where is Sollentuna?
Sollentuna lies in the western part of Stockholm County, on the south-eastern side of the country, north-west of the capital. The municipality runs along a ridge between two bodies of water, the inlet of Edsviken on its eastern flank and the lake of Norrviken to the north, with wooded heights and the open ground of Järvafältet to the south. Streams link the lakes through the lower ground.
The terrain rolls gently. Water and forest frame nearly every district.
What is the climate of Sollentuna?
Sollentuna has a humid continental climate, much like the rest of the Stockholm region. Winters bring cold, grey spells and snow that settles over the frozen lake edges, while summers turn warm and bright, with long evenings that draw people down to the bathing places on Edsviken and Norrviken. Spring is short.
Autumn arrives damp, misting the water and the woods.
How do you get to Sollentuna?
Sollentuna rides on the northern main line. Commuter trains call at Sollentuna, Helenelund, and Rotebro on their way between Stockholm and Uppsala, putting the centre of the capital within a short ride. The E4 motorway runs straight through the municipality from south to north, and Arlanda Airport lies only a little way up the road.
Buses link the lakeside districts. Reaching it takes minutes from the city.