Christmas Market at Sigtuna

11 December 2022

After the Christmas market in Gustavsberg, we went to the one in Sigtuna the next day. It was a very huge difference!

I read before that one of the best Christmas markets in Sweden is in Sigtuna. Sigtuna is the first town in Sweden. I was here in July 2018 and now, I am back during winter. It is a beautiful Christmas market and it has lots of items for sale. It was so enchanting with the snow around us. The market was scheduled to be opened by 11am but we arrived by 10.40am because we wanted to find a parking spot. It was a good thing we came early because the place became so crowded by 11.30am. We were lucky that we could enjoy the lesser-crowded streets earlier. On our way back, we saw the roads leading to Sigtuna lined with cars. It was a very long traffic queue!

We bought a bottle of blackcurrant mulled wine for SEK80. 

Sigtuna - First town of Sweden

4 July 2018

One of the towns to visit during summer is Sigtuna Town, Sweden's first town - the reason why I wanted to go there. It is a cosy little town out of Stockholm town but still accessible by train and bus using the local SL transportation card. You can get here by boat too but it costs more. One beautiful morning, I journeyed to Sigtuna and was happy that I did it because I had the best weather to my advantage, saw lovely sights and had an ice-cream!

This is the bus one takes upon arriving at Märsta Commuter Station. Bus 570 or 575. It is easy to find the information on transportation via SL website or SL app. Get down at Hällsboskolan and you will be at the Main Street of Sigtuna. 

Sigtuna is the oldest town in Sweden, having been founded in 980. The history of Sigtuna before the 11th century, as described in the Norse sagas and other early medieval sources, can be found in the article Old Sigtuna. Sigtuna has a picturesque medieval town centre with restaurants, cafes and small shops. The old church ruins, runic stones and Stora gatan, the old main street, are popular attractions for tourists especially in the summertime. The small streets with the low built wooden houses lead up to several handicrafts shops and the old tiny town hall, Sigtuna Rådhus. There are restaurants and a hotel (Stadshotellet) in the town centre. Source from Wikipedia.

The first thing I did was to buy myself a cinnamon bun in ICA. Because I don't think I can afford the food in the restaurants here.