Your guide to celebrating Halloween in Stockholm 2024

- and where to get your decorations and costumes
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Though not a traditional Scandinavian holiday, Halloween is a fan favorite among Stockholmers of all ages these days. Influenced by American culture, people get into the swing of things with costumes and trick-or-treating, and nowadays, the city is full of costume parties, pumpkins, and fun activities for both children and adults. But what should you do on Halloween in Stockholm 2024? And where do you get costumes, makeup, and other scary accessories? Here’s your guide to fun events and the best shops.

Last updated: October 14, 2024

The week of October 30 to November 5, 2023, it’s ‘höstlov’ – autumn break – and kids are out of school. In conjunction with Halloween (October 31) and All Saint’s Day (November 1), autumn week bursts onto the scene with children’s parties and fun-themed events around Stockholm.

Festivities tend to cluster around nightclubs, bars, museums, and costume parties, but there’s also a parade in town. Compared to the US, Stockholmers may still be a bit behind in decorating houses but are starting to get sharp at making fancy Halloween pumpkins.

The trick-or-treating tradition is here to stay, so if you’re in Stockholm at the end of October and the beginning of November, you can be prepared for both laughs and scare hiccups during the Halloween celebrations. To help you find your way around the Swedish capital’s Halloween offerings, we’ve listed both fun activities and great shops. In short, everything you need to celebrate this spooky holiday in the best way.

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Halloween events in Stockholm 2024

Stockholm turns up the activity level a notch during Halloween, so if you want to do fun things during the autumn break (October 28 – November 3), you won’t be disappointed. There are activities for both children and adults, and here are some of the highlights.

Shockholm

Shockholm is Scandinavia’s largest Halloween festival and parade that brightens Stockholm’s streets every year. Since its start in 2010, the parade has grown yearly and now engages thousands of Stockholmers dressed in scary outfits celebrating and having fun together. The festival kicks off with a pre-party in Kungsträdgården, then the parade goes through Old Town (Gamla stan) and back to Kungsträdgården, where the festivities end with live entertainment and activities for all ages.

A lot of fun has happened over the years; for example, the Shockholm participants built the world’s largest Halloween pumpkin, Herr Storpumpa, a few years ago. Either watch it all from the side or dress up and engage in the costume contests – whichever way you choose to participate, it’s free.

October 31

Gröna Lund

Do you want to maximize your Halloween in Stockholm 2024? Then you should head to Gröna Lund. During the autumn break, Stockholm’s famous amusement park is transformed into a spooky and cozy Halloween party for fearless children between the ages of 2 and 99.

The park’s attractions have been dressed in Halloween costumes, and you can revel in horror houses and scary characters such as bloodthirsty zombies, cult leaders, witches, ghosts, and other evil beings. And if you’re not too fond of horror, you can instead have a great time among pumpkins and other autumnal decorations. In short, you get the ultimate combination of roller coasters and spider webs – but remember that you must book tickets in advance.

Lilla Allmänna Gränd 9, Djurgården

Stockholm Ghost Walk

The Stockholm Ghost Walk is year-round, but no better time to experience it than in the heart of the Halloween season. Since 2008, they’ve guided visitors on haunted tours, and while there’s no guarantee you’ll spot a ghost, the Stockholm Ghost Walk takes you around Old Town, where you’ll find a heady mix of myths, ghosts, murders, diseases, and horrible history. Nothing like an atrocity to keep you looking over your shoulder, right?

The tour goes 90 minutes and takes you through the haunted history of Stockholm.

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Nordiska museet

Nordiska Museet gets a scary and cozy atmosphere during the autumn holidays. And offers a full program of fun for the whole family. During the day, the children can travel back in time in the Time Vault and the Playhouse or solve mysteries and missions in an enigmatic museum.

And if you visit the museum on October 28 or 29, don’t miss the chance to discover a unique and scary side of the museum in the mysterious “Night at Nordiska Museet” (recommended for children between 6 and 10 years old). It’s an exciting experience after closing time when the museum comes to life… Keep in mind that you need to buy tickets in advance.

Djurgårdsvägen 6–16, Djurgården
Halloween Stockholm

Skansen

During the autumn holidays, Skansen, Stockholm’s famous open-air museum and one of the city’s most popular museums for children, organizes plenty of fun and exciting activities on the theme ” The Mystery of the Town Quarter.” Travel back in time, look for clues, solve riddles and help solve the mystery of the rare plant in the Town Quarter.

Other fun autumn break activities at Skansen are meeting “the wise” in Bollnäs House who will teach you how to cure diseases and complaints with magic, fun craft activities in the Forestry Center, and hobbyhorse jumping.

Djurgårdsslätten 49–51, Djurgården

Drottningholms Slottsteater

The beautiful Drottningholms Slottsteater (Palace Theatre), built in 1766, is located next to Drottningholm Palace. During the fall break, the seasonally closed theater opens and invites you to a dramatized exhibition among theater ghouls from the 18th century.

The theme is the haunted theater, and you’ll hear exciting stories about, among other things, occult experiments, fortune-tellers, and terrifying theatrical effects. There are performances for both younger (4–6 years) and older children (7–12 years).

Drottningens paviljong, Drottningholm

Skogskyrkogården

If your tastes run more traditional, pay a humbling visit to Skogskyrkogården, a beautiful cemetery just south of Stockholm. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the cemetery was designed by famed Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund as a green park of tranquility and refuge. Every year around All Saint’s Day, thousands of people flock here to remember departed loved ones, and to decorate the graves with candles and seasonal flowers. The five chapels will be open, and hymns and meditative melodies will play all weekend.
Sockenvägen 492, Enskede

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Halloween shops in Stockholm

If you’re looking for costumes, decorations, and everything else needed for Halloween, you have a lot of places to choose from. Party stores are a safe bet if you’re looking for every imaginable Halloween product, and the city’s toy stores have loaded up with both gadgets and Halloween costumes or clothes for all children who want to dress up.

Older Halloween celebrants can find bargains in all of Stockholm’s second-hand shops – or why not go all in and hire a professional costume or wig maker? And for the world, don’t forget to visit the candy shop to avoid getting tricked… To help you find your way among spider webs, pumpkins, and ghosts, we’ve put together a guide to Stockholm’s Halloween stores.

C.U.M. Clubwear

A wide range of costumes and scary masks
Do you feel like going all-in on Halloween? Then we have a great tip for you.

You may have already come across C.U.M. Clubwear, the legendary and slightly mad shop on Drottninggatan? The store is not only a perfect place to find original and cool party clothes. They have also gathered a wide range of creative and crazy costume products that are perfect for Halloween.

At C.U.M. Clubwear, you’ll find complete costumes of all kinds, including boots, corsets, gloves, jewelry, pants, skirts and a lot more in every color, material and variation imaginable.

For that extra Halloween touch, C.U.M. Clubwear also has realistic or just plain crazy masks. For example, how about a mask where half the face consists of giant scary teeth? Rubber rivet masks, UV rivet masks, helmet masks or gas masks with rivets? The range is something that needs to be seen for yourself – and tried on, of course. C.U.M Clubwear is well worth a visit!

Drottninggatan 71D, Norrmalm

Butterick’s

Butterick's Stockholm - Halloween
Butterick’s is the place to be if you’re looking for Halloween stuff in Stockholm – Photo: Butterick’s

Located right in the heart of Stockholm’s busiest shopping street Drottninggatan (plus in Mall of Scandinavia and Täby Centrum), Butterick’s is for many a one-stop shop for everything you need for Halloween. Dazzle the mirror by trying all types of costumes, wigs, scary masks, and makeups, and transform yourself into a skeleton, witch, ghost, zombie, monster, or other ghastly ghouls.

Drottninggatan 57, Norrmalm/City

Partyland

Partyland is the world’s largest international store chain for party accessories and was founded in 1984. Today they have stores all over Sweden, including the Stockholm area. Since 2006, they have provided all party-hungry Stockholmers with classic party products such as napkins, plates, and balloons for everything from children’s parties and baptisms to weddings and corporate events.

The festivities are taken to the next level during Halloween, when the shops are filled with make-up, costumes, and all imaginable decorations. With shops all over Stockholm – including the city center, Liljeholmen, Farsta, Bromma, Kungens kurva, Sickla, and Skärholmen – a short subway ride is all it takes to get to Halloween heaven. Of course, you can also order all their products online in the webshop.

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Regeringsgatan 20, Norrmalm/City
Liljeholmstorgets Galleria, Liljeholmen
Westfield Mall of Scandinavia, Solna
Sickla Köpkvarter, Sickla
Nacka Forum, Nacka
Bromma Blocks, Bromma
Vällingby Torg 12, Vällingby
Mörby Centrum, Danderyd
Farsta Centrum, Farsta
Skärholmen Centrum
Kista Galleria, Kista
Kungens Kurva Shoppingcenter
Saluvägen 10, Arninge
Port 73, Haninge
Väsby Centrum, Upplands Väsby

Myrorna

Feeling like your Halloween party needs a flash from the past? Second-hand favorite Myrorna, with shops all over Stockholm, has all your vintage and retro needs, from jackets with shoulder pads to dresses that shimmy. Pick up wigs, shoes, bags, jewelry and other accessories to complete the look.
7 addresses (click to see)
Adolf Fredriks Kyrkogata 5–7, Norrmalm/City
Mäster Samuelsgatan 49, Norrmalm/City
Fleminggatan 89, Kungsholmen
Norrtullsgatan 9, Vasastan
Götgatan 79, Södermalm
Hornsgatan 96, Södermalm
Kolargatan 2, Hjorthagen
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Beyond Retro

The name says it all: Beyond Retro, another nostalgic favorite, is packed with vintage, so matter if you plan on dressing up as a flapper, a hippie, or an elegant English gentleman you’ll probably find what you need here. It tends to be a bit pricey, but with the enormous amount of stock on hand, bargains are to be had. The worst that can happen? You end up shopping for non-Halloween related reasons and find that hard-to-find item you’ve always been looking for.
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Drottninggatan 77, Norrmalm/City
Brännkyrkagatan 82, Södermalm
Täby Centrum, Täby

Smink och Perukmakarn

If you take your Halloween costume a bit more seriously than the masses, you certainly won’t settle for anything less than the perfect look. How do you achieve that? By making sure your makeup is professionally perfect. Smink och Perukmakarn is a professional makeup and accessories store serving the theatre, film, and television community. Still, private clients who want a professional touch on your zombie or dead princess makeup are also welcome.

In the store in Old Town (plus online), you can find fabulous masks, wigs, plumes, hair extensions, fake mustaches, false beards, and much more. The friendly and skilled staff is happy to help you put your look together so well you’ll be winning prizes at the parade.

Köpmantorget 1, Old Town

Independent Kostym

If you don’t want to put your own makeshift costume together, why not ask the professional costumiers in Stockholm? Independent Kostym has the most extensive collection of costumes for companies and individuals in Scandinavia.

Their store in Frihamnen boasts a whopping 1,600 square meters and 10,000+ costumes divided into eras from the Middle Ages to the present day, including many costumes in the masquerade and fantasy categories. In other words, you can find perfect outfits for anything from a 1970s party to an 18th-century ball – and, of course, the ideal costume for the Halloween party.

Magasin 5, Palermogatan 17, Frihamnen

Have fun on Halloween in Stockholm 2024


There you have our list of activities and shops to make the most out of your Halloween in Stockholm. We hope you have a fun (and scary) celebration. Boo!

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