Car Rental - Stockholm

Reserve a holiday car rental to unlock the magic of Stockholm. Even after spending just a few minutes exploring the old town of Gamla Stan, you’ll begin to understand why Stockholm is so special. The Swedish character shines through in these streets – quirky, incredibly friendly, but with a passion and pride in their nation.

If you’re on vacation here, you’ll find a thriving food scene that has been reinvigorated by the growth of foraging and renewed emphasis on local ingredients. You’ll also find tours that take you around the filming scenes of countless ‘Scandi Noir’ TV shows. But more than anything, you’ll find a warm welcome wherever you go.

We have a number of convenient holiday car rental pick-up locations in the Stockholm area - including at the airport - so it's easy to start experiencing it all.

Sweden is a great country to explore by road, so take your pick from our holiday car rental collections and pay in advance or when you pick up your holiday or business car rental vehicle – whatever suits you best. With Hertz car rental in Stockholm, your adventure is just beginning.

Visitors to Stockholm might be surprised by how low the city is – and how few skyscrapers there are. On arrival you get a sense of space and freshness, it’s a city that’s invigorating both to the senses and the soul. It might be a chic city, but it’s also unpretentious and very welcoming.

Food and Foraging

Whether you want a taste of New Nordic cuisine or traditional dishes that have been served for hundreds of years, there’s no shortage of fine places to eat in Stockholm.

Classics such as pickled fish, gravlax, and open sandwiches with baby shrimp, egg and salad are all staples you’ll find across the city. The same is true of meatballs, although they’re somewhat elevated at the lively Meatballs for the People in Södermalm – which is well worth a visit.

Sweden also has a strong foraging culture. Get involved by sampling menus that celebrate flavors inspired by the country – or dive straight in yourself with a foraging class.

The Best of Old Stockholm

For such a lively, youthful city, Stockholm doesn’t skimp on the history. Leave your holiday car rental at your hotel and make time to wander around Stockholm’s old town of Gamla Stan. The vast Royal Palace is a must-see, with its 600 rooms and lavish treasures, while the Nobel Museum celebrates the Nobel Prize, its founder Alfred Nobel and the many Laureates across various fields.

Stortorget Square with its colorful buildings is a great place to grab a coffee and people-watch, before heading to the Vasa Museum. Dig into the country’s maritime history at the site of the 17th century wreck. Skansen is also worth a visit. An open-air museum paired with the Stockholm Zoo, Skansen shows Swedish life as it used to be, with over 100 buildings transported here from all over the country.

Round off your history lesson with a trip to the Storkyrkan – Sweden’s Royal Cathedral. Much adapted since its 12th and 14th century incarnations, it mixes Gothic and Baroque elements, and boasts an incredible sculpture of St. George and the Dragon.

Literary Life

Scandi-Noir might have taken over television, but it very much started in books. Stockholm has been a backdrop for many of these, and fans have been visiting in droves. Drive your holiday car rental to Stockholm’s district of Södermalm, where much of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy is set (and where he wrote much of it too), featuring his heroine Lisbeth Salander.

It’s regarded as one of the hippest neighborhoods in Europe, full of cafés serving world-class coffee and pastries. You might hear the locals mention ‘fika’ – that’s a very Swedish tradition of catching up over coffee and cake.

Car rental in Stockholm will ensure you make the most of your trip to this justly celebrated city, before heading out to see what the rest of Sweden has to offer.

Like the rest of Scandinavia, Stockholm and Sweden are great to drive around. You’ll find that roads are safe and quiet, even during peak hours, and drivers are respectful and sensible. The lack of congestion means you can explore the rest of the country with ease in a holiday car rental from Stockholm.

Brush up on a few local laws to make your time here as smooth as possible: dimmed headlights must be used during the day, and in built-up areas such as the center of Stockholm you’ll have to give right of way to buses, cyclists and pedestrians. Seatbelts are compulsory for the driver and all passengers, and you’ll drive on the right and overtake on the left.

A congestion charge system is in operation in central Stockholm for 12 hours daily, from 6.30am to 6.30pm – for advice on how to pay this charge, or to avoid the center, please speak to the team at your Stockholm car rental pick-up location. You’ll find plenty of paid on-street parking bays and parking lots and garages on the edge of the center if you want to park your holiday car rental and proceed on foot.

Stockholm is very much a city of bridges and islands, and you can drive to Gamla Stan, the old town, via the Centralbron, among other bridges. Stockholm is also close to some other fantastic tourist destinations if you’re in the mood for a day trip in your holiday car rental.

Take routes 275 and 261 for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Drottningholm Palace, a great day out just beyond the edges of Stockholm. Just an hour away, along the E4, is the university town of Uppsala. The pretty town has an amazing cathedral and top-notch cafes and restaurants to explore.