Royal Palace, Stockholm

Simply great. Actually it's several visits. The royal jewels, the flats and the armoury. It is surprising that the flats are still in use (although recent visitors have declined the honour and gone to the hotel). Booked a couple of hours for the visit ... When booking you have to choose a time for the visit and there is only one hour of flexibility.

Main thing we went to see was the guard change. It is very popular and the area is very strict on where you can watch it. The horses can block the view of your not careful but they are a good part of the experience as well. Guard exchange took easily almost an hour. It started a bit early with seeing guards enter as well. Also visited the free museum more to the south.

Very grateful to the Royal Family of Sweden for sharing a portion of their life to the public. It's nice to see the beautiful interiors of the palace and the opulence that goes with it. It's good to have a guide like Irene when visiting the palace as you you'll hear the stories and event history for each room / space inside. Grateful for the opportunity to see how royals live in the modern society. Had a quick glance of the changing of the guards as well. Very impressed.

Quite magnificent and still in use. Starting with the restrooms here were incredible. Classical piano playing and actually smelled opposite of a bathroom. I almost expected a hand towel guy with white gloves on. You can buy royal souvenirs like pen pencils, little crowns and such

Do you like chairs? Maybe you miss seeing lots of fabric covered seating from the old days of conference rooms? If (unlike me) you get your kicks seeing a lot of chairs placed around the edge of many vast gaudy rooms then you’re going to love it here. If not then it’s pretty boring and poorly presented not engaging at all.