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Bromma, Stockholm — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Bromma is a district of Stockholm in the west, a spread of interwar garden suburbs around an airfield and the bays of Lake Mälaren.
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Where to stay in Bromma
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Bromma is mostly somewhere people live. The garden districts of Äppelviken, Ålsten, and Smedslätten hold quiet streets of functionalist villas rather than hotels, though the airport at Brommaplan and the metro and tram lines make the centre easy to reach. Hotel beds are scarce here.
Travellers wanting calm and greenery can base near Brommaplan and ride in.
Few places to stay in Bromma — most visitors book in Kungsholmen nearby.
About Bromma
What are the main landmarks in Bromma?
Greenery and the airfield define it. Stockholm Bromma Airport, opened in 1936, still flies from the western flats, while the nature reserve of Judarskogen and the manor grounds of Åkeshovs slott give room to walk. The round medieval church of Bromma kyrka stands among them.
Modern parish churches such as Abrahamsbergskyrkan and the Kyrkan vid Brommaplan serve the suburbs.
What is the history of Bromma?
Settlement here is old and new at once. A medieval parish grew around the round church, and runestones still stand in the fields, but the Bromma most people see took shape between the wars, when garden suburbs of pale functionalist houses were laid out along new tram lines. The airport followed in the nineteen-thirties.
Farmland became one of the city's greener corners.
Where is Bromma?
The district covers western Stockholm in eastern Sweden, joined by bridge to Kungsholmen in the east and reaching toward Ekerö across the water to the south-west.
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What is the best area to stay in Bromma?
Äppelviken: garden-suburb calm. Brommaplan: a transit base in the west.
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Updated July 2026