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Cafés in Djurgården & Skeppsholmen

Garden cafés on the royal park island: Rosendals Trädgårdskafé, Blå Porten at Liljevalchs, and the museum island of Skeppsholmen.

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Djurgården, or Kungliga Djurgården, is a park island where the Swedish crown has held rights since the 15th century; the Royal Djurgården Administration, part of the Royal Court, manages it, and it has been part of the National City Park since 1995.1 Skansen, the open-air museum of 1891, sits here with Gröna Lund, the Vasa Museum and ABBA The Museum.1 Most restaurants and cafés are in the island's western and central parts, so bring a snack for the walk east.7

Skeppsholmen held military buildings for centuries because of its position at the Baltic entrance to Stockholm, though little military presence remains.6 Bridges link it to Blasieholmen and Kastellholmen, and the old sailing ship af Chapman, moored on its south shore, is now a youth hostel.6

Local tip: Take the ferry from Slussen to Allmänna gränd and start at Konsthallen Butik & Bageri, open from 08:00; Blå Porten and the garden café at Rosendal don't open until 11:00.2

At a glance

17Cafés listed
6With opening hours
08:00Earliest opening
21:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Konsthallen Butik & Bageri, from 08:00 (Daily 08:00–20:00).
  • Closes latest: Blå Porten, until 21:30 (Mon 11:00–21:00 · Tue 11:00–21:30 · Wed 11:00–21:00 · Thu 11:00–21:30 · Fri–Sun 11:00–21:00).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (47%), indoor seating (24%), wheelchair access (18%).

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Getting to Djurgården

Tram 7 runs from T-Centralen to Djurgården and ends at Waldemarsudde; bus 67 comes from Odenplan to Blockhusudden and bus 69 from Centralen to Kaknästornet.2 Ferries sail year-round from Slussen to Allmänna gränd on southern Djurgården, and a boat from Nybroplan calls there too.2 It takes about 20 minutes to walk from Nybroplan, and Djurgårdsbron is closed to traffic at weekends and on event days.2

Konsthallen Butik & Bageri, at Allmänna Gränd 2, opens 08:00–20:00 daily.

Blå Porten and Liljevalchs

Liljevalchs konsthall, designed by Carl Bergsten, opened in March 1916, and its restaurant, Blå Porten, sits beside a small park on the building's east side.5 The restaurant was set up that year and is still running; the cast-iron Blå porten (blue gate) of 1848, just south of Djurgårdsbron, is the only surviving gateway to Djurgården.4 Blå Porten, at Djurgårdsvägen 64, opens at 11:00 every day and closes at 21:00 or 21:30.

Coffee on the island has a long pedigree: Wilhelm Davidson ran one of Stockholm's 19th-century schweizerier, cafés serving pastries, coffee and liqueur, at Hasselbacken.8 On Djurgårdsslätten today, Lilla Parkkaféet is open 10:00–20:00 daily, and Café Petissan and Koloni share No. 49.

Rosendal's garden café

Rosendals trädgård lies just west of Rosendal Palace, built in 1823–27.31 It began in 1861 as the Swedish horticultural society's garden and school, where about 700 gardeners trained before the society left in 1911.3 Since 1982 a foundation has run it to spread biodynamic growing, and its café, bakery and shops pay for the garden.3

Rosendals Trädgårdskafé, at Rosendalsterrassen 12, is open 11:00–16:00 daily, with tables indoors and out. Flickorna Helin och Voltaire is nearby on Rosendalsvägen.

Skeppsholmen

You can walk over from Kungsträdgården by Skeppsholmsbron, and bus 65 and boats from Slussen, Djurgården and Nybroplan also serve the island.6 Moderna Museet, the city's main modern-art museum, shares its building with an architecture museum, and the East Asian museum is here too.6

Cafe Blom, at Exercisplan 2A, opens at 11:00 from Tuesday to Sunday and stays open until 19:00 on Tuesdays and Fridays. Café Skeppsholmen is on Flaggmansvägen.

Sources

  1. Djurgården, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. How to get here, Royal Djurgården (Kungliga Djurgårdens Förvaltning), accessed October 2026
  3. Rosendals trädgård, Wikipedia (Swedish), accessed October 2026
  4. Blå porten, Wikipedia (Swedish), accessed October 2026
  5. Liljevalchs konsthall, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. Skeppsholmen, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  7. Restaurants and cafés on Djurgården, Visit Stockholm (September 22, 2026), accessed October 2026
  8. Schweizeri, Wikipedia (Swedish), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Djurgården & Skeppsholmen cafés: questions

How do you get to Djurgården in Stockholm?

Tram 7 runs from T-Centralen to Djurgården and ends at Waldemarsudde, and buses 67 and 69 also cross to the island. Ferries sail year-round from Slussen to Allmänna gränd, and a boat also leaves from Nybroplan. On foot it takes about 20 minutes from Nybroplan. Djurgårdsbron is closed to traffic at weekends and on event days.

When is Rosendals Trädgårdskafé on Stockholm's Djurgården open?

Rosendals Trädgårdskafé, at Rosendalsterrassen 12 on Djurgården, is open daily 11:00–16:00. The garden beside Rosendal Palace has been run since 1982 by a foundation that promotes biodynamic growing, and the café, bakery and shops fund it. The garden began in 1861 as a horticultural society's garden and school.

What is Blå Porten on Stockholm's Djurgården?

Blå Porten is the restaurant at Liljevalchs konsthall, the Djurgården art gallery that opened in 1916; the restaurant was set up the same year and is still running. It is at Djurgårdsvägen 64, beside a small park, and opens at 11:00 every day, closing at 21:00 or 21:30. The cast-iron blue gate of the same name dates from 1848.

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