--- title: "Bromsten – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Bromsten, Sweden: Bromsten is a middle-class district of northwestern Stockholm and belongs to the Spånga-Tensta borough. Nearby: Kista Science Tower…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bromsten" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bromsten.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Bromsten_B%C3%A4llsta%C3%A5n_2011.jpg" --- Urban district in Stockholm, Sweden # Bromsten Bromsten is a middle-class district of northwestern Stockholm and belongs to the Spånga-Tensta borough. ![Bromsten](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Bromsten_B%C3%A4llsta%C3%A5n_2011.jpg) Bromsten · Wikimedia Commons The place Bromsten is a middle-class district of northwestern Stockholm and belongs to the Spånga-Tensta borough. The ruins of an ancient hill fort located in the area are believed to be the source of the district's name. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromsten), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Bromsten 7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Kista Science Tower Kista Science Tower is a 32-story, 124 m skyscraper in Kista, Stockholm, Sweden. With its roof-top antenna, its height is 156 m, making it one of the tallest buildings in the country, just between Turning Torso and Scandic Victoria Tower. 2.7 km · Tall building in Stockholm, Swedem · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kista_Science_Tower) 2. Scandic Victoria Tower The Scandic Victoria Tower is a skyscraper hotel in the Kista district of Stockholm, Sweden. It is also known as the Victoria Tower, however the Scandic name is used to distinguish it from the Victoria Tower that forms the southwest end of the Palace of Westminster. 3.4 km · hotel building in Kista, northern Stockholm, Sweden · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandic_Victoria_Tower) 3. Kyrksjön Kyrksjön is a small lake in Bromma, a western suburb in Stockholm, Sweden. Named after its vicinity to the old Bromma Church, the lake was made part of the nature reserve Kyrksjölöten in 1997. 3.8 km · lake in Stockholm Municipality, Sweden · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrksj%C3%B6n) 4. Kista Galleria Kista Galleria is a shopping mall located in the Kista Science City in Stockholm, Sweden. It has 185 stores, including a multiplex, bowling alley, karting track and restaurants. 2.5 km · shopping mall in Kista, Sweden · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kista_Galleria) 5. Lötsjön Lötsjön is a small lake in Sundbyberg, a municipality north of Stockholm, Sweden. The shallow lake features a rich variety of water birds and a fountain. 3.2 km · lake in Sundbyberg Municipality, Sweden · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B6tsj%C3%B6n) 6. Spånga Church Spånga Church is a church in the Spånga-Tensta borough in Stockholm, Sweden. It is part of Spånga-Kista Parish in the Diocese of Stockholm. 900 m · church in Spånga, northwest Stockholm, Sweden · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A5nga_Church) 7. Swedish Institute of Computer Science RISE SICS is a leading research institute for applied information and communication technology in Sweden. 3 km · Swedish research institute · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Institute_of_Computer_Science) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Bromsten **Airports:** Stockholm-Arlanda (ARN), 29 km · Stockholm Västerås (VST), 76 km · Stockholm Skavsta (NYO), 88 km\ **Stations:** Stockholm Bromma Airport, 3.5 km · Akalla metro station, 3.5 km · Tensta metro station, 1.4 km · Hjulsta metro station, 2.2 km · Rissne metro station, 1.6 km\ - Stockholm / Västerås → Bromsten 76 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · kr85–115 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/stockholm-vasteras-to-bromsten) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Stockholm+%2F+V%C3%A4ster%C3%A5s&to=Bromsten) - Nyköping → Bromsten 87 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · kr100–135 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nykoping-to-bromsten) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nyk%C3%B6ping&to=Bromsten) - Linköping → Bromsten 170 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · kr195–260 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/linkoping-to-bromsten) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Link%C3%B6ping&to=Bromsten) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bromsten) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Bromsten Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bromsten. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Tapanis Buss has a route between Tornio, Finland and Stockholm serving coastal region along road E4 FlixBus Baltic sea ferries with passenger and vehicular (car and truck) capacities connect Stockholm with Helsinki, Turku, Riga and Tallinn. - Get in A ferry from Gdańsk arrives in Nynäshamn, a port in the south of Södertörn. - Get in E18, which leads by ferry from Finland to Norrtälje and goes north of the lake Mälaren through Västerås, Örebro and Karlstad to the Norwegian border and then on to Oslo E20, which goes south from Stockholm via Södertälje, and then, south of lake Mälaren, it goes west to Gothenburg. - Get around Some archipelago islands are connected to the mainland by car ferries. - Get around There are also regular ferries between the islands which are operated by independent companies - some are under the same SL fare scheme, and others are not, requiring separate tickets. From [Wikivoyage: Stockholm County](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Stockholm_County), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aland) FI 12 ways of moving, 21 sources 138 km 2. [Kumlinge and the Åland archipelago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kumlinge) FI 11 ways of moving, 40 sources 188 km 3. [Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring road](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inio) FI 9 ways of moving, 30 sources 224 km 4. [Nagu / Nauvo and the Turku archipelago inner ring](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nagu) FI 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 241 km 5. [Turku and the archipelago gateway](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/turku) FI 11 ways of moving, 13 sources 270 km If you know how people move in Bromsten – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbromsten&title=Bromsten&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbromsten), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Bromsten Bromsten is 11 km from [Stockholm](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/stockholm), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Rinkeby](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rinkeby) urban district in Stockholm, Sweden 800 m - [Kista](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kista) urban district in Stockholm, Sweden 2.5 km - [Tensta](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tensta) urban district in Stockholm, Sweden 1.5 km - [Hässelby-Vällingby city district](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hasselby-vallingby-city-district) city district in Stockholm, Sweden 3.5 km - [Vällingby](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vallingby) urban district in Stockholm, Sweden 3.5 km - [Husby](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/husby) urban district in northern Stockholm, Sweden 2.9 km [The place page for Bromsten](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/bromsten) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Sweden](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-SE) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bromsten, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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