Skogskyrkogården

Beautifully landscaped cemetery, with ample opportunity to wander around and marvel at the mix of architecture. They have produced an audio guide that is very useful, plus there’s a visitor centre, although this wasn’t open when I visited. Plenty of information boards are available at the main entrance gate too. Would highly recommend on your visit to Stockholm. Very close to the T-bana too.

A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE... outskirts of city ...Beautiful spacious fully green with lots of pine trees etc , good roads... Ample free parking space present...

Very impressive cemetery, uneso heritage site. Wide open space, beautifully preserved.

It's a cemetery, which is also a unesco world heritage. It is beautiful and very well maintained.

Beautiful graveyard, for us that are used to catholic style more flashy graveyards this is really discrete and serene. You can see that it was built to complement the nature rather than change it.

It is here, in the forest cemetery Skogskyrkogården, located on the outskirts of Stockholm, that many famous and distinguished people for science, culture and history of Sweden are buried. Here are the graves of, among others: Greta Garbo - a famous actress and Hollywood star, Eyvind Johnson - winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974. This place is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is called "a grove for the dead". Walking around such a charming place, we can spend up to two hours there. There is a lovely cafe on site with fresh delicious cakes and brewed coffee. If you want to escape from the crowds in the city center for a moment, I highly recommend it. It will be a special time for you to breathe.

Extraordinary, but really quiet and peaceful place. Very large cemetery right in the woods with several modernist buildings. I am not sure that I personally would include this monument on the UNESCO list, but it is worth to visit the place, slow down for a while and enjoying the peace and atmosphere. Open 24/7.

In the midst of tranquility and green! Excellent for a walk. Enjoyed noting the dates on the tomb stones

Beautifully landscaped cemetery, with ample opportunity to wander around and marvel at the mix of architecture. They have produced an audio guide that is very useful, plus there’s a visitor centre, although this wasn’t open when I visited. Plenty of information boards are available at the main entrance gate too. Would highly recommend on your visit to Stockholm. Very close to the T-bana too.

A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE... outskirts of city ...Beautiful spacious fully green with lots of pine trees etc , good roads... Ample free parking space present...

Very impressive cemetery, uneso heritage site. Wide open space, beautifully preserved.

It's a cemetery, which is also a unesco world heritage. It is beautiful and very well maintained.

Beautiful graveyard, for us that are used to catholic style more flashy graveyards this is really discrete and serene. You can see that it was built to complement the nature rather than change it.

It is here, in the forest cemetery Skogskyrkogården, located on the outskirts of Stockholm, that many famous and distinguished people for science, culture and history of Sweden are buried. Here are the graves of, among others: Greta Garbo - a famous actress and Hollywood star, Eyvind Johnson - winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974. This place is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and is called "a grove for the dead". Walking around such a charming place, we can spend up to two hours there. There is a lovely cafe on site with fresh delicious cakes and brewed coffee. If you want to escape from the crowds in the city center for a moment, I highly recommend it. It will be a special time for you to breathe.

Extraordinary, but really quiet and peaceful place. Very large cemetery right in the woods with several modernist buildings. I am not sure that I personally would include this monument on the UNESCO list, but it is worth to visit the place, slow down for a while and enjoying the peace and atmosphere. Open 24/7.

In the midst of tranquility and green! Excellent for a walk. Enjoyed noting the dates on the tomb stones

It is a cemetery which is also a world heritage site. My people don't make it a habit of visiting cemeteries and so this was a unique experience especially seeing graves in the woods. We walked the Way of Seven Wells all the way to the Resurrection Chapel. Full disclosure: I indulged my son who picked this place to visit but have no desire to go to another cemetery. But it is a gorgeous wooded landscape.

This cemetery is one of the three World Heritage sites in the Stockholm area (the other ones are Drottningholm Palace and Birka). The site is well-known for its amazing architecture and landscaping. During All Saints many Stockholmers go there to pay respects to and remeber the family and friends lost while lighting a candle. This evening the cemetery is lit up by candles by graves and in the memorial park. Many of the sites have a special meaning particularly in the meditation/elm grove where the steps up are describing how grief is getting easier as time goes (and you climb higher). One of the more famous people buried here is the actor Greta Garbo. She's buried in the block 12A 1. To find her resting place, find Skogskapellet. On its south side, find the gate in the wall and walk south. Cross a path, and continue south.

We decided to visit this cemetery as not only is it a UNESCO site, but it's quite an unusual attraction. As a seasoned traveller, I have been to old towns, palaces, and castles excessively, but how often are cemeteries listed as UNESCO sites?! Therefore, this was definitely somewhere that I needed to visit and it was one of the highlights of my day! The cemetery is recognised as combining architecture and nature to capture the experience of mourning. This concept hit home as we walked down a straight path flanked by towering trees that blocked out the light. I felt that I was slowly moving down a dark path without a light at the end of the tunnel, which I imagine is one of the many stages of grief. At the same time, the cemetery also included other aspects like wide views of graves that gave a collective feeling to the cemetery or hills overlooking the plots that provided a perspective on the wider picture. We found ourselves talking about where we would like to be buried and our own lives throughout the experience. This is hands down one of the most beautiful cemeteries that I have had the experience of visiting. We visited in December (off-season) and had the place primarily to ourselves. I strongly feel that this is something to be experienced individually or with a partner as we would not have enjoyed it as much if it was packed. Anyone visiting Stockholm should make time to visit this amazing site. It really puts the rest of the trip into perspective and easily captures the beauty that is Scandinavia!!

rug up! went for a winters walk and was not disappointed. easy to get to with the train. loved it! really enjoyed the walk and the sun decided to come out and all the birds were excited about this. the fresh air was like a fountain of youth umm irony wasn't lost on me.