Junibacken Museum
Junibacken is a family-friendly museum in Stockholm, home to characters from Swedish fairy tales known and loved around the world. “Unibacken is quite often referred to as the Astrid Lindgren Museum, but that’s not quite right. In addition to Carlson or Pippi Longstocking, you can find here, for example, Tove Jansson’s mummy trolls and other fairy tale characters. This was insisted on by Astrid Lindgren herself, who took part in the creation of the museum.
.Junibacken is also one of Sweden’s largest children’s theater stages, where different performances are given every day. There is also a restaurant and a bookstore. The restaurant has its own kitchen and bakery, and Unibacken’s children’s bookstore is one of the richest in Sweden, with a selection of children’s books, souvenirs and toys.
What can you see in Unibacken?
.Fairy Tale Square
First to greet you is Fairy Tale Square. Here some of our favorite children’s book characters live in their houses: the Moomi-Trolls, the boy Alfons Oberg, old man Petson, his cat Findus and many others.
The train going to the fairy tale
The fairytale train departs from Vimmerby station and takes you on a wonderful journey through cute, funny and exciting scenes from Astrid Lindgren’s books. This magical country and railroad have been built by skilled craftsmen based on the illustrations of the artist Marit Törnqvist, who worked with Astrid Lindgren. From Madiken’s little girl’s house, you travel to the farmstead of Kathult, where Emil manages to hoist his sister Ida on a flagpole instead of a flag. Then you soar over the rooftops of Stockholm’s Vasastan neighborhood and go straight to Carlson’s house, which is full of all sorts of stuff. You become as small as little Niels Carlson, meet Ronja, robbers and little trolls in her father Mattis’ forest. The trip ends in the paradise land of Nangiala, where the Lionheart Brothers battle the Dragon. And you can listen to the story that accompanies the journey in Finnish, English, Russian or German.
.The House of Pippi Longstocking
After a ride on the Fairy Train you will get to visit the strongest girl, Pippi Longstocking. In “Villa Upside Down” children can run, jump, climb, try on different outfits, go down the slide, play in Peppi’s kitchen, jump in the classics, ride Peppi’s Horse and just have fun!
.Restaurant
Unibacken has a large restaurant. Here you can eat delicious food, buy fresh pastries, sweets and ice cream. The restaurant has a view of Stockholm and Nybruviken Bay. During the evening closing hour, Unibacken undergoes a marvelous transformation. The adventure house for children turns into an unusual celebration venue for those who are older, and the restaurant is ready to welcome new guests.
.Live theater and temporary play exhibitions
No day at Unibaken is like any other. There are always new surprises in store – whether it’s masquerade makeovers, activities for skilled hands, or children’s theater. Unibacken is one of Sweden’s biggest children’s stages, and there are new shows every day!
.Useful information, opening times and ticket prices at Unibacken
Unibacken is located on the museum island of Djurgården, in the heart of Stockholm. The museum can be reached on foot in 30 minutes from Central Station or 10 minutes from Karlaplan metro station. A 10-minute cab ride from Central Station to Unibacken costs about 80 kroner. There is also bus number 69 from the station, bus number 44 from Karlaplan metro station, and bus number 76 or the metro from the ferry terminals. From the Slussen terminal (where the Viking Line arrives) there is a year-round ferry to Unibacken.
.You can go by car: 100 meters from Unibaken there is a paid parking lot with 100 parking spaces (25 kroner per hour, you can pay by bank card), in summer season it is better to arrive early to get a parking space.
.From May until the end of August, the Unibacken is open every day, but from early September until the end of April it is closed on Mondays. At Christmas, from December 24 to 26, the museum is also not open.
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Entrance tickets to Unibacken in 2015 cost 159 kroner for adults and 139 kroner for children from 2 to 15 years of age, and admission is free for toddlers under 2 years of age.
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