Frequently asked questions

Information about the entrance tickets can be found here. The admission fee includes entry to Junibacken as well as a ride on the Story Train. The admission varies depending on the day you want to visit us. For example, there is a lower price on non-holiday weekdays than on Saturdays and school holidays.

No, you can buy your ticket in the entrance. But you always get the best price when booking online. Pre-book your entry ticket here. It is fine to buy tickets at the entrance but for a higher price.

We may still need to adjust our opening hours and it is therefore not possible to book tickets further ahead in time.

You can cancel your entrance tickets with a full refund up until the day of your visit. You do this by clicking on “Manage my booking” in the confirmation email.

Monday to Thursday is usually calmer than during Friday to Sunday. Usually there are also slightly fewer visitors in the afternoon. During the summer (July and August), on the other hand, Saturday and Sunday is calmer than during Monday to Friday.

As nearly all of Junibacken’s attractions are indoors, it’s absolutely fine to come here when the weather outside is bad!

Yes, we have air conditioning.

Junibacken’s own garden is a place where you can cool off after intensive play in the exhibitions or simply take a break outdoors.

When you’re indoors, it’s sensible to take off your coat, but keep your shoes on to avoid splinters and cold feet. Do come wearing comfortable, hard-wearing clothes – Junibacken is designed for play and adventure!

Unfortunately, we can’t have pushchairs indoors for fire safety reasons. You can lock up the pushchair outside the entrance instead. If you don’t have a pushchair lock of your own, you can buy one at our entrance desk. At the desk you can also hire a baby front carrier if you leave your identity card as a deposit.

Junibacken’s restaurant is open nearly all day and serves everything from carrot cake to meat balls and vegetarian dishes.

Junibacken doesn’t have any space of its own where you can eat a packed lunch you’ve brought with you, but if you want to have a picnic in the Galärparken, you can, of course, come back in again afterwards.

The Junibacken ensemble puts on several performances each day. Performances last for approximately 20 minutes. Please note that you have to book a theater ticket for today’s performance. The theater ticket costs nothing and is valid together with a day ticket with an entrance time at least 30 minutes before the start of the performance. Just add theatre tickets to your order of entrance tickets, theatre tickets are free.

The day’s performance timetable is shown on screens around the museum and on our calendar here on the website.

Some children may experience certain scenes as rather scary. For instance, you’ll meet the feisty mouse at Simon Small’s, the dragon Katla at the Brothers Lionheart’s, and there’s thunder and lightning in Robberland.

Yes, one ride is included in the ticket price.

The Story Train is open from 10.00 and always closes 15 minutes before Junibacken closes for the day. When the Story Train is open, you just have to show your train ticket to the train attendant and you’ll be let on. On days when we have a lot of visitors, you may be allocated a particular time when you can start to queue for the train.

The Story Train has been translated into 15 different languages. On your journey you can choose to listen to English, Finnish, Russian, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic, Japanese, Estonian, Chinese, Danish, Norwegian or Polish. If you choose Swedish, you’ll hear Astrid Lindgren herself talking.

Yes, you can, but to meet evacuation requirements we can only allow one wheelchair user at a time to take the Story Train. This applies irrespective of whether you take the train sitting in your wheelchair or otherwise. The train journey takes approximately 15 mins.

We obviously have disabled access toilets and lifts that are adapted for wheelchair users to make their way between different floors. Our play exhibitions have a number of settings that are adapted for wheelchair users. The area in front of the little stage on the upper floor has plenty of space for wheelchairs. It’s a little more cramped in front of the theatre stage on the lower floor, but our staff will be pleased to sort out a place for you. If you notify the staff at the entrance desk when you arrive, we’ll be pleased to help.

Junibacken is accredited as providing good disabled access by “Tourism for everyone”, an organisation that provides people with disability with detailed information about travel and tourist destinations across the whole of Europe.

Of course. You go in via the main entrance to Junibacken.

No, we accept card payment only.

Yes there are.

Of course. Just show your ticket at the desk when you come back.

You have to be 15 years old to go into Junibacken without an adult for company. You also need to be 15 years old to be able to take the Storybook Train on your own.