Main street
Wooden houses.
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Sigtuna is a small town on a bay of Lake Mälaren, with a narrow main street lined by colourful wooden houses, ruined medieval stone churches with broken towers between them, and a jetty with boats on the water. It was founded around 980 as a harbour on Lake Mälaren and is one of Sweden's oldest towns. Its main street, Stora gatan, is said to be among the oldest streets in the country. The town keeps the ruins of 12th-century stone churches, including St Olof's and St Peter's, and many runestones scattered along its streets and gardens. For historical reasons it is still called a town despite its size. You stroll the main street past cafés and shops, step into the church ruins and sit on the jetty by the water. A small museum covers the town's history. It is about 38 km in a straight line northwest of Stockholm, near Arlanda airport, and makes an easy day trip.
Wooden houses.
Medieval.
On the lake.
Sigtuna, on Lake Mälaren, Stockholm County
By train and bus from Stockholm.
Two to four hours.