Things to do in Stockholm this month – September 2026

Film collective Kollektivet.mov is kicking off a mini festival at Reimersholme Hotel. The programme features short films and music videos produced by the collective, plus music and films from a group of young filmmakers and musicians.

The collective started in summer 2024 with the ambition of taking a playful approach to moving images in all their forms, and the evening is as much about mingling as screenings. The organisers promise you might ‘find both future collaborators and the love of your life in the crowd’.

Reimersholmsgatan 5. Doors open 17:30, on stage 18:30. Tickets cost SEK 120 and are available via Tickster. Programme details will be announced on an ongoing basis on Kollektivet. mov's Instagram.

She broke through in Taiwan with two acclaimed short-story collections, then fell silent for 16 years. Her comeback is ‘A Good Day to Stick Your Head in the Oven’, a novel about a woman trying to write her own childhood into existence, only to discover that memory can’t be trusted. It has been sold in 22 countries, and the Swedish edition, published in August, is the first translation to be released.

The title refers to Sylvia Plath, making her conversation partner a perfect choice: Elin Cullhed won the August Prize for ‘Euphoria’, her novel about Plath. The conversation will be held in English.

If you fancy reading the book first, Kulturbiblioteket is holding a book club on it the same day from 17:00–18:00, one floor up. Admission is free, but a separate ticket is required and registration is binding. Participants can pick up a free copy in advance.

Sergels torg, Hörsalen, level three. 19:30. The bar opens 45 minutes beforehand and you can take your drink into the auditorium. Tickets cost from SEK 120 and are available via Kulturhuset Stadsteatern's website.

For four nights in a row, from August 31 to September 3, Thomas Stenström is playing beneath Skanstullsbron. The organiser’s own explanation for the residency is pretty straightforward: the concerts are so spectacular they simply had to book him more than once.

The Trädgården show is a more intimate affair than the stages Stenström usually fills. This summer he played Gröna Lund’s Stora Scen two nights running, and last winter he packed arenas around the country. Now it’s Trädgården’s concrete courtyard instead, with songs from across his catalogue and a much shorter distance to the stage.

Hammarby Slussväg 2. Doors from 17:00, on stage around 19:00. Tickets cost SEK 695 and are available via Trädgården's website.

Tens of thousands of dog lovers from around 60 countries will gather in Älvsjö when the Swedish Kennel Club hosts the FCI European Dog Show. Two shows will run in parallel over three days, with the European Winner 2026 title and qualification for Crufts at stake. Open to the public.

Stockholmsmässan, Älvsjö. September 4–6. A one-day ticket costs SEK 230 and is available via skk.se.

Sweden’s biggest race for women has been held since 1984. Thousands of runners take on ten kilometres through Djurgården and central Stockholm, on a course designed for keeping a steady pace rather than putting runners through the wringer.

Late registration is possible right up until an hour before the start, making Tjejmilen one of the few races where a spontaneous decision on Saturday morning is genuinely an option.

If you’re not running yourself, Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen and the waterfront promenade are the best places to cheer on the runners.

Registration for Tjejmilen is online via Tjejmilen's website.

A tip for anyone who’s hung up their running shoes: Indie By Day at Debaser Strand in Hornstull. From 16:00.

Two kilometres of Hägerstensvägen, from Aspudden down to Örnsberg, lined with tables piled with the contents of people’s wardrobes, basements and attics. One Sunday a year, a non-profit organisation puts on what’s often called the world’s longest flea market, and more than 10,000 people usually turn up.

The best bit is the rule: only residents of Aspudden and Örnsberg are allowed to sell. No bought-up estates, no professionals pricing things according to Tradera. You can tell, both from the prices and what turns up.

Come early if you’re after bargains, late if you’d rather see an entire neighbourhood hanging out in the street. Take the metro, parking is hopeless.

The 2km flea market starts at 10:00 and runs until 16:00. Take the metro to Aspudden or Örnsberg station.

One of the year’s final chances to see a concert on the terrace before the season ends, and Sahara Hotnights are a brilliant way to do it.

The Robertsfors band have kept the same line-up since 1992, Maria Andersson, Jennie Asplund, Johanna Asplund and Josephine Forsman, and were inducted into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame last year. In February they released ‘No One Ever Really Changes’, their eighth album and one of their best received, centred on the desire to change and the realisation that perhaps you never really do.

Appropriately enough, one of the album’s best songs is called ‘City of Summer Ruins’.

Mosebacke torg 1–3. Doors and bars open 17:00, concert starts 19:30. Tickets cost SEK 595 and are available via Södra Teatern's website.

Hungarian-born Gyula Halász arrived in Paris in 1924 and began taking photographs to earn a living. In the early ’30s, he set off on long nocturnal walks with his box camera, along the Seine and into brothels and late-night cafés, and under the name Brassaï became one of the giants of photographic history.

The exhibition ‘Paris’s Secret Signs’ brings together more than 160 vintage black-and-white prints and is the first major Brassaï exhibition in Sweden. It also includes his documentation of Parisian graffiti, which he photographed for decades before anyone else saw it as art.

Exercisplan, Skeppsholmen. The exhibition is on level two until October 4. Admission costs SEK 170 and tickets are available via Moderna Museet's website.

Boko Yout, led by Paul Adamah, play music that’s genre-crossing to say the least. Get a taste of this pick-and-mix: Afro-grunge, punk funk, raw alt-rock and experimental soundscapes, all in one go.

The band were nominated for two Grammis awards this year, Rock of the Year and Music Video of the Year, and arrive with a well-earned live reputation where the line between concert and performance genuinely disappears. Support comes from Fuzzycat Organ Quartet.

Tickets cost from SEK 325 and are available via Tickster.

Those of you who’ve seen Krunegård live know that the Norrköping native and his band always radiate the joy of playing and that he always delivers live. Sing your way into autumn with belters including ‘Hell Yeah Norrtälje’, ‘Korallreven & Vintergatan’ and ‘Tur att vi lever samtidigt’.

It’s the second-to-last Gröna Lund gig of the year. Hooja closes the amusement park’s concert season the following day.

Entry to all concerts at Gröna Lund is included with the Grönankortet, which costs SEK 440.

Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. The greenest and most bonkers club night of the month. The swamp moves into Hornstull and turns into a rave: techno, house, EDM, drum & bass and Shrek remixes, with Shrek characters appearing live on stage throughout the night.

On the programme? Far Far Away Idol, a Shrek karaoke competition. An onion-eating contest. Dance battles. Swamp Juice at the bar. Dress in green or as your favourite Shrek character and there could be a prize for best outfit waiting for you.

Hornstulls Strand 4. 22:00–03:00. Tickets cost SEK 320 and are available via Debaser's website.

Record label Supertraditional and promoter Luger are launching a brand-new festival, and they’re doing it at Skansen. The music will be spread across three stages in the park: Galejan, Seglora Church and Bragehallen.

The line-up features The Tallest Man on Earth, Sara Parkman, Valkyrien Allstars, Shida Shahabi, One Leg One Eye and Clarissa Connelly, plus Ale Möller, Lena Willemark and Päivi Hirvonen. The idea is to bring folk music together with ambient, drone, rock and club culture. The organisers promise music that’s rowdy, fun, dark and powerful.

Galejan, Seglora Church and Bragehallen, Skansen. Doors from 17:15, starts 18:00. Tickets cost SEK 720 and are available via Ticketmaster.

Election day! Start by voting, if you haven’t already voted early, then make your way to Fotografiska.

At the centre of the exhibition stands a full-scale house, modelled on the simple homes built by the state in South Africa after apartheid. You can step inside and move through rooms filled with family photographs, stories and memories.

The title, ‘Le Sale ka Kgotso’, means ‘stay in peace’ and is what you say when leaving someone’s home. Pronounce it slightly differently and it means something entirely different, invoking an evil spirit instead. That duality is what the exhibition is about, the way a home, a word or a family history can carry two meanings at once.

South African artist Kganye created the installation especially for Fotografiska.

Stadsgårdshamnen 22. ‘Le Sale ka Kgotso’ runs until October 18. Open 10:00–23:00 daily. Admission costs SEK 225.

Today Liebling transforms into a Bavarian beer hall, and stays that way until October 11. Bratwurst, schnitzels, pretzels and steinholding, the competition where you hold a full beer stein straight out in front of you until your arm gives up.

The German-inspired bistro by Mariatorget is run by the team behind Tjoget and takes its German credentials seriously all year round: veal schnitzel with sauerkraut and lemon, Thüringer sausage with mustard, dill-pickled cucumber with crème fraîche and honey. Downstairs is the beer bar, with HB, Bitburger and Stiegl on tap. If you’re a bigger group, take the party down to the basement, where you’ll find long tables and benches.

Timmermansgatan 24. Oktoberfest at Liebling runs from September 14 to October 11. Book early. According to the restaurant, reservations are already flying in. Tables can be booked on Liebling's website.

Rostam Batmanglij co-founded Vampire Weekend and produced their first three albums, and he’s the man behind that distinctive math-pop sound. Since then, he’s produced for Frank Ocean, Clairo, Charli XCX, HAIM, Solange, Carly Rae Jepsen and Lykke Li, becoming one of the most sought-after producers of his generation.

Now he’s in Stockholm with his third solo album ‘American Stories’, released in May. This is Rostam’s final stop on the tour, after four months across North America and Europe, it all ends at Nalen Klubb.

It’s standing room and a club setting. This is one of those nights when the artist is considerably bigger than the venue.

Nalen Klubb, David Bagares gata 15. Concert starts 20:30 (support 19:30). Tickets cost SEK 265 via Nalen's website.

Ugglan’s open unofficial Swedish round-the-table table tennis championships turn 20, and throughout autumn, Wednesdays are reserved for free practice ahead of the qualifiers. It’s free.

The game is played on a handmade high-speed table with rounded corners for tighter turns, and it’s wider at the net so everyone has to take a longer lap. Bringing your own bats isn’t allowed. Win the whole shebang and you’ll get a weekend in Berlin for two. The competition gets properly under way on Christmas Day, with qualifiers every Wednesday and the final on July 1 2027.

Ugglan Boule & Bar, Närkesgatan 6. Open 16:00–23:00.

Kvinnohistoriska and Millesgården are hosting an evening at the artists’ home on Lidingö. First comes a guided tour about Ruth and Olga Milles, the sculptor and artist respectively who both helped shape the place but have been overshadowed by Carl. Then it’s on to the large studio, where you sit among the plaster sculptures with paper and chalk and draw from sculpture with guidance. No previous experience is required, and you’ll leave with your own drawing in a mount.

The ticket is valid all day, so arrive early and take in the sculpture park beforehand.

Herserudsvägen 32, Lidingö. 17:30–20:00, meet at reception. SEK 450 including guided tour, materials, museum admission and a glass of wine. Tickets via Billetto.

Ethan Hawke is a prisoner offered his freedom if he smuggles gold across 600 kilometres of wilderness. Russell Crowe is the prison guard.

‘The Weight’ is TV director Padraic McKinley’s feature-film directorial debut, and one of the most talked-about films from this year’s Sundance festival. Critics have compared it with the ’70s thriller ‘Sorcerer’ and the Humphrey Bogart classic ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’, in other words, the kind of sweaty adventure thriller that barely gets made any more.

‘The Weight’ opens in cinemas on September 18. Running time: 112 minutes.

Wine Mechanics’ wine run debuted in Gothenburg this spring and is now coming to Stockholm for the first time. The set-up: just over ten kilometres from Söder down to Slakthusområdet, with eight wine stations along the way and five centilitres at each. Running is entirely optional. The organisers explicitly say it’s fine to cheat, take the metro or ‘let yourself be carried by a friend’.

At the finish line in Förbindelsehallen, there’ll be food from local restaurants, a prize draw and wine taps that stay open. The afterparty is open even to those who didn’t run, so you can send your friends off and meet them at the finish.

Also worth a look on the same date: hugely popular power-ballad club Natten is back with another singalong night at Banan-Kompaniet in Frihamnen.

Start on Södermalm, finish at Förbindelsehallen, Slakthusområdet. Starts 12:00, with all wine and the afterparty included. Tickets cost SEK 995 and are available via Tickster. The Gothenburg debut sold 1,000 tickets in a week, so don’t snooze.

Today is the final day of this summer exhibition, where two pioneers of Swedish textile art have been let loose on the museum’s collections. Tom Hedqvist and Ingela Håkansson Lamm, both from the legendary 10-gruppen, have freely selected works from the stores and placed their finds alongside their own pieces created for the occasion.

For Hedqvist, it’s a return in the most literal sense. His father was curator here from 1961–1977, and the family lived in the staff accommodation that now houses the café.

Thielska Galleriet, Sjötullsbacken 8. Final day Sunday September 20, open 12:00–17:00. Admission SEK 160.

The American hip-hop giant’s ‘Don’t Be Dumb World Tour’ makes one of its 12 European stops in Stockholm. The tour is the first chance to hear material from the album of the same name live, his first full-length record in almost eight years.

It’s also the first time A$AP Rocky has performed in Sweden since his internationally reported visit in 2019. That summer ended with a street fight near Kungsgatan, detention and a suspended sentence for assault. Whether it becomes a subject on stage or something Rakim Mayers, as he’s actually called, chooses to leave in the past remains to be seen.

Doors open 18:00, concert starts 19:30. Tickets cost from SEK 595 and are available via Avicii Arena's website.

Negroni lovers, this one’s for you. During Negroni Week, The Social at Clarion Amaranten is hosting a masterclass with Keivan Nemati, Campari’s brand ambassador for Northern Europe. You’ll get the history, flavours and craft behind perhaps the world’s most iconic cocktail, with Negronis and snacks along the way. Afterwards there’s mingling and a Q&A for anyone who wants to geek out even further on Negronis.

The Social, Clarion Hotel Amaranten, Kungsholmsgatan 31. Early sitting 15:00–17:00, late sitting 18:00–20:00. One sitting costs SEK 290. Book via Tickster.

Black Market Karma’s sound is neo-psychedelic in the broadest sense, ’60s guitars, ’90s fuzz and slightly woozy grooves, with everything from lo-fi electronics to Indian music thrown in. You get the idea, a perfect live band.

The London band, now based on England’s south coast, have toured with genre heavyweights including The Black Angels and The Warlocks and worked with the likes of Sonic Boom and The Telescopes, placing them pretty much slap bang in the middle of the contemporary psych-rock scene.

Lilla Scen, Kollektivet Livet at Stadsgårdsterminalen. Doors open 19:00. Tickets cost SEK 195 via Kollektivet Livet's website.

One of Stockholm’s oldest and most popular quiz nights has taken place every Thursday since the pub opened in 2004. Three rounds of ten general-knowledge questions each, covering everything from current affairs to celebrity gossip, and the whole thing is in English. It’s free to enter, and the winning team goes home with a pub gift card.

Teams can have a maximum of eight people. Book a table on 08-669 50 52 after 15:00, but note that reservations only open two weeks before each quiz. If you’re dropping in, arrive early. A few tables are kept free, otherwise you’ll be quizzing at the bar.

Southside Pub, Hornsgatan 104. The quiz starts at 20:30, arrive by 20:00 at the latest to collect your answer sheet.

Despite the (expected) defeat to France in the round of 32, Sweden had a more than respectable football World Cup. More importantly, head coach Graham Potter has managed in record time to create a sense of unity among the players and renewed optimism among the Swedish public. That was obvious during this summer’s World Cup. Expect a sizeable crowd, even though it’s ‘only’ a Nations League match against Romania.

If you can’t get a ticket, there’s another match at Strawberry three days later, when the men’s national team face Poland on September 28. Come on Sweden! Come on football!

Tickets for the match are available via Strawberry Arena's website. Kick-off 20:45.

The world’s largest cross-country race has been held since 1965. Saturday is the main day, featuring the classic 30-kilometre course: 522 metres of elevation through Lidingö’s forests, plus a 15km option for anyone who wants the same terrain at half the distance. New this year is a cap on the number of participants in the 30km race after several years of rapid growth.

Everyone who finishes gets a bronze medal featuring this year’s Carl Milles motif. At the refreshment stations, runners are served buns, cola and pickled cucumber, which tells you something about what the course does to you.

If you want to experience the race as a spectator, the finish area is the obvious choice, but the uphill sections over the final ten kilometres are more fun.

Starting points vary depending on distance. See lidingoloppet.se for more information.

Also worth a look: Oskar Linnros plays Avicii Arena this evening.

The subtitle of ‘Nietzsche kontra Wagner’ translates as ‘the most terrible human being who has ever existed’, and it’s Nietzsche speaking about his former mentor, composer Richard Wagner. Jonas Karlsson plays the philosopher, wandering on an Alpine peak as he reckons with the genius who once took him under his wing, and with the antisemitism that grew within him.

New music theatre by Joakim Sten, directed by Tobias Theorell. The music comes from Wagner, Liszt, Nietzsche’s own compositions and Bizet, the composer Nietzsche turned to after the split.

‘Nietzsche kontra Wagner’ is performed at Folkoperan, Hornsgatan 72. Tickets from SEK 160. Performance dates and tickets via Folkoperan's website.

As we said, the national team are red hot again, and what could be better than some international football in Solna on a grey autumn Monday at the end of the month?

It’s also something of a grudge match. Poland were the team Sweden beat 3–2 in the play-off final on March 31, on this very pitch, to qualify for this year’s World Cup. And it was Poland who stopped Sweden from reaching the 2022 World Cup.

Not a sports fan? We recommend Wu Lyf’s gig at Nalen this evening instead.

Tickets for the match are available via Strawberry Arena's website. Kick-off 20:45.

Jonatan Leandoer Håstad, better known by his stage name Yung Lean, has painted, drawn and made wooden sculptures alongside his music since childhood, but has almost never shown the work publicly.

‘Collected Works 2016–2026’ brings together ten years of paintings, collages, works on paper, sculptures, dioramas, installations and a new short film in which he plays the lead. Most of it has never been exhibited before.

He describes his work as a stream of consciousness, much like his songs. He follows wherever his hand takes him. After the exhibition, a selection of the works, particularly the sculptures, will be sold in an international online auction via Bukowskis.

Torsgatan 22 in Gasverket. September 25–October 11, free admission.

Affordable Art Fair at Nacka Strand is an international art fair that has been running since 1999, built on the idea that art should be affordable even if you’re not a collector.

It’s back in Stockholm for the 14th year in a row, with more than 70 Swedish and international galleries, and one rule that sums up the whole thing: everything costs between SEK 900 and SEK 90,000. No prices on request. This year’s theme is art and wellbeing, while Fresh at the Fair is a new section dedicated to artists exhibiting here for the first time.

Opening night is the one to go to if you want to see everything before the best pieces are sold, and it’s also the night that feels most like a party.

Nacka Strandsmässan, Augustendalstorget 6. Opening night Wednesday September 30 from 18:00, fair runs until October 4.