Lidingö history tour

Lidingö is a suburban island east of Stockholm with 50,000 inhabitants and a long coastline. Most of the island's historical sites from the Viking Age to the 20th century can easily be visited on foot or by bike.

Understand
Lidingö became a suburb for the well-to-do in the 1910s, with detached houses along the Lidingöbanan railway, and the AGA industries. Lidingö got city privileges, and the municipality still styles itself as Lidingö stad. Lidingö contains high-rise buildings as well as single-family houses, several diplomatic missions, conference hotels, a few farms, and a nature reserve.

Get in
Lidingö is connected to Stockholm by a cluster of parallel bridges at Ropsten, the end station of the Stockholm Metro in the Östermalm district. Bus lines 204, 211 and 212 run parallel to the tour.

Lidingö is well within reach for bicycles from central Stockholm.

Get around
This itinerary can be done on foot or by bicycle.

Visit the City Hall, Stockholmsvägen 50, for brochures and maps.

See
Lidingö has a lot of nature reserves and beautiful scenery, with most of the waterfront open to the public. Lidingö has been the home of many international celebrities, such as sculptor Carl Milles, humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg, engineer Gustaf Dalén, and German playwright Bertolt Brecht.