Best Swedish city
Twenty Swedish cities and towns, from the big three to university towns and historic gems.
Tier list by PairTier · 20 items
- Stockholm — Sweden's capital and largest city, built on islands where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea.
- Gothenburg — Sweden's second city and biggest port on the west coast, known for Liseberg and seafood.
- Malmö — Sweden's third-largest city, linked to Copenhagen by the Öresund Bridge.
- Uppsala — Historic university city with Scandinavia's oldest university and a large Gothic cathedral.
- Lund — Southern university town with a Romanesque cathedral and a large student population.
- Visby — Walled medieval Hanseatic town on Gotland and a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Kalmar — Coastal city in Småland with a Renaissance castle and a view towards Öland.
- Umeå — Northern university city on the Gulf of Bothnia, known as the 'City of Birches'.
- Västerås — City on Lake Mälaren with a long industrial history and a medieval cathedral.
- Örebro — Central Swedish city built around a moated castle in the middle of the Svartån river.
- Linköping — University city in Östergötland, home to aircraft maker Saab's main site.
- Norrköping — Former textile city whose restored industrial landscape lines the Motala ström river.
- Helsingborg — Southern port city on the narrowest point of the Öresund, facing Helsingør in Denmark.
- Jönköping — City at the southern tip of Lake Vättern, historically known for match manufacturing.
- Karlstad — Sunny city on Lake Vänern at the delta of the Klarälven river.
- Kiruna — Arctic mining town in Lapland being gradually moved because of the iron ore mine beneath it.
- Luleå — Northern coastal city with the UNESCO-listed Gammelstad church town.
- Östersund — City by Lake Storsjön in Jämtland, a hub for winter sports and home of the legendary lake monster.
- Ystad — Skåne coastal town with half-timbered houses, known as the setting of the Wallander stories.
- Sundsvall — Coastal city in Medelpad rebuilt in stone after a great fire in 1888.