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Hässelby Villastad, Stockholm — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hässelby Villastad is a district of Stockholm in the far north-west, a garden suburb of detached villas running down to the shore of Lake Mälaren.
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Where to stay in Hässelby Villastad
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This is a place to stay put and slow down. Hässelby Villastad is residential to its core, with the metro running in from Hässelby strand and the commercial cluster at Åkermyntan rather than hotels, while the manor at Hässelby slott offers the rare room near the lake. Rooms are few in this residential corner.
Most visitors base themselves in the centre and ride the green line out.
Few places to stay in Hässelby Villastad — most visitors book in Kungsholmen nearby.
Things to do in Hässelby Villastad
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Museums & Galleries
1- Hässelby trädgårds- och hembygdsmuseum working life museum
Churches & Religious Sites
2- Hässelby Villastads kyrka Heritage
- Hässelby Strands kyrka Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
2- Hässelbyhallen
- Riddersvikshallen
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About Hässelby Villastad
What are the main landmarks in Hässelby Villastad?
Landmarks here are domestic in scale. The churches of Hässelby Villastads kyrka and Hässelby Strands kyrka serve the parish, and the local past is kept at the Hässelby trädgårds- och hembygdsmuseum among old garden plots. Sport fills Hässelbyhallen and Riddersvikshallen.
The real draw is the Mälaren shoreline, with the swimming at Maltesholmsbadet and the old estate grounds of Riddersvik.
What is the history of Hässelby Villastad?
The villas came first. Around the turn of the twentieth century, land was parcelled into garden plots and sold for detached houses, giving the district its name and its low, leafy character. Refuse shaped the western edge.
The great landfill at Lövsta took Stockholm's waste from the late eighteen-hundreds until the middle of the twentieth century.
Where is Hässelby Villastad?
The district lies in north-western Stockholm, in eastern Sweden, part of the Västerort suburbs and stretching west to the water of Lake Mälaren.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Hässelby Villastad?
Hässelby strand: lakeside calm. Åkermyntan: local errands and quiet.
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Updated July 2026