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Stora Essingen
Island in Sweden

Stora Essingen

Stora Essingen is an island and a district in the Kungsholmen borough in Stockholm, Sweden.

Plan a trip to Stora Essingen→From Stockholm / Västerås

It is located adjacent to Lilla Essingen on Lake Mälaren. Both Essingen Islands are mainly residential areas. Stora Essingen is scattered with private houses and apartment buildings. The Essingeleden motorway, part of European route E4, passes along a section of the eastern shore. The Tvärbanan light rail passes near the eastern shore and has one stop on the island.

Get in

Getting to Stora Essingen

Most of Kungsholmen is reached by subway, from Norrmalm, Vasastan, Västerort and Solna. The scenic Västerbron ("Western Bridge") connects to Södermalm. See Stockholm#Public transport.

See

Worth seeing

While most visitors to Stockholm see the City Hall, few of them take the opportunities to see the rest of Kungsholmen. Still, the waterfront is walkable around most of the islands, and there is a variety of restaurants, cafés and stores.

  1. 01
    Stockholm City Hall
  2. 02
    Kungsholmen Church

    However, it is centrally located, still calm and secluded.

  3. 03
    Stockholm Court House

    The courthouse from the turn of the century with its massive tower is regarded as one of the foremost examples of Swedish national romanticism architecture, with a successful 2000s restoration.

  4. 04
    Kristineberg Palace

    Today used partially as a school and partially as dwelling, though you can still watch it from the outside.

  5. 05
    Cheiron Studios

    A studio where Swedish music producer Denniz Pop mentored Max Martin, and created many world hits of the 1990s.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Smedsuddsbadet
  2. 02
    Fredhällsbadet
  3. 03
    Boulebar
  4. 04
    Hornsbergs

    An artificial beach, acclaimed for its design.

Eat

Where to eat

Eastern Kungsholmen is packed with restaurants of different price levels.

  1. 01
    Café Fix

    Sankt Eriksgatan 35.

  2. 02
    Rådhuset

    A café inside the impressive district courthouse, Stockholms tingsrätt.

  3. 03
    Restaurang Ät Gott

    S:t Göransgatan 74.

  4. 04
    Salt

    A casual diner with Swedish and international food.

  5. 05
    Mäster Anders

    French and Swedish cuisine with an emphasis on grilled meats.

How locals move

Getting around Stora Essingen the local way

  • Get inStockholm is served by international luxury cruise ships (see cruising the Baltic Sea), and the local Baltic Sea ferries ("ferry" is quite a misnomer, most are giant ships).
  • Get inThe Baltic Sea ferries link Stockholm to Helsinki, Mariehamn and Turku (these ships are locally known as finlandsbåtar, "Finland boat"), Riga and Tallinn every day.
  • Get inMost importantly, it's used by Viking Line for ferries to Mariehamn, Helsinki and Turku and their 22-hour cruises to Mariehamn.
  • Get inThere are multiple departures from the port 15–60 minutes after the ferry arrives and from the station 1–3 hours before the ferry departs.
  • Get inThe ferry terminal is served by SL commuter train line 43.
  • Get aroundSL (Storstockholms Lokaltrafik) runs an extensive metro, commuter train and bus system, as well as some light rail and ferry services.
  • Get aroundPasses are available for 24 hours, 72 hours, 7 days, and 30 days, and allow unrestricted rides on all buses, trams, metro, and commuter trains (outside of Arlanda Central and stations north of it), as well as the Djurgården ferry.
  • Get aroundSeveral archipelago ferries call at Gåshaga brygga at the eastmost terminus.

From Wikivoyage: Stockholm, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.