Transport
To/from Stockholm
- Stockholm Arlanda Airport is a world leading sustainable airport and the first in the world to become carbon neutral in its own operations.
- Stockholm Arlanda Airport is the first airport in the world to be accredited the highest level in a European program that grades the environmental impact of airports.
- Stockholm Arlanda Airport holds an ISO14001 certification.
- “Green approaches”, a system permitting approaching aircraft to descend continuously from cruising altitude to the runway, using almost no engine thrust, thereby saving fuel and reducing emissions.
- Arlanda Airport Express trains, operated 100% on electricity that carry the “Good Environmental Choice-label”.
- Eco-labelled airport coaches (bio gas/ethanol buses). 100% fossil free.
- Only ecotaxis serve Arlanda – an important part of the airport's continual environmental efforts.
- Possibility to go to/from the airport by commuter train.
- Congestion tolls to reduce traffic into the city.
Within the city
- Extensive and environmentally friendly local transport system that ranks among the best in Europe.
- The city’s subway system features more than 100 km track and 100 stations and the entire underground system runs on green electricity
- Well-maintained and modern subway, trams and commuter trains.
- Most buses and taxis run on bio-fuel and/or are eco-labeled.
- 900 km of bicycle lanes and a community rental program for bicycles, E-bikes and E-scooters.
- Stockholm is a compact city with almost everything within easy reach. This reduces the need for transportation and thus carbon emissions - walking is one of the best and most beautiful ways to get around in the city!
Hotels and meeting venues
Accredited hotels
- Stockholm’s hotels are world leading when it comes to environmental thinking.
- Almost all hotels in Stockholm are sustainability accredited by third-party certifying bodies.
Sustainable meeting venues
- Conference venues in Stockholm keep sustainability in focus throughout every part of their operations and most of them are accredited by third party certifying bodies.
- The largest meeting venues are only 10 minutes away by public transport from the very city center.
The leading meeting venues in Stockholm offer a variety of sustainable solutions, for example:
- Stockholmsmässan, holds an ISO 20121 certificate for Sustainable Events and is also the first venue in the Nordic region to join the Net Zero Carbon Events-initiative.
- Stockholm Waterfront, certified by the Green Key, a leading environmental certification body, designed specifically for the hotel and meetings industries. The Waterfront building is also the most innovative in the sustainable/environmental field – more than twice as energy efficient than EU-certified “green buildings”. It’s built from recycled building materials, has sun cells on the roof and unique energy-saving solutions for heating and cooling.
- Kistamässan, an environmentally approved venue – has a number of solutions for saving energy (such as fast-closing doors in the exhibition hall, energy saving lamps and reduced lighting during setup and breakdown).
- The Brewery, certified by the Nordic Swan Ecolabel. Sustainable thinking is an important factor to their operation at large..
Eco-friendly food
- Most restaurants in Stockholm strive to operate sustainably and many of the city’s chefs are particularly skilled in this area and put a lot focus on locally produced, organic ingredients, waste reduction and recycling.
- The same goes for the restaurants at hotels and meeting venues.
- Stockholm has one of the cleanest (and tastiest) tap waters in the world. No need to buy bottled water.