What's ON KIDS - April

King Con 2024
The gaming convention King Con is back, welcoming everyone: young and old, with both previous gaming experience and beginners who want to learn more! During the convention, which this year is a whole weekend, you can try role-playing games, miniature painting, escape room, VR games, board games, MarioCart tournament, green screen photography, participate in cosplay workshops, Blood Bowl tournament, drawing workshop, art exhibition and so on much more, completely free of charge!

Dates: 7 Apr from 10:00 to 16:00
Price: free
Address: Kulturhuset, Furuhällsplan 1, 196 40 Kungsängen (map)
Ages: all ages
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Stockholm Film Festival - Junior
This year's Junior Film festival promises 30 quality films from 25 different countries with the exciting theme of AI -True or False. Explore the challenges that come with navigating today's media landscape filled with AI content, trolls and meme accounts where images are constantly distorted and reinterpreted.

If you can't make it out, you can still take part in the handpicked selection of quality films from your living room with the 'Festival on Demand'. The film you 'rent' is available throughout the festival (8-14 April) and once you press play you can watch it for 72 hours. If you enter the code BARNISTAN24, you can rent movies for free!

Dates: 8-16 April
Price: varies
Address: various cinemas - see programme here
Ages: all ages
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'Slow Art' Day at the National Museum
Did you know that visitors to art museums only see a piece of art for a few seconds on average? Looking slowly means that instead of seeing many works, you give more time to a few to really have time to see. That's exactly what Slow Art Day is all about.

Try watching slowly, participating in slow yoga or a moment of art chill. Welcome to a slow art day for both adults and children. You will need to book most activities in advance.

Dates: 13 Apr from 11:00 to 17:00
Price: Under 20s - free; over 19s - SEK 160 (extra charge for yoga).
Address: Nationalmuseet, Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2, 111 48 Stockholm (map)
Ages: all ages
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Free Entry to see the Horses at Beridna
Go behind the scenes at one of Sweden's top tourist attractions! At Beridna Högvakten's stable and riding house tour, you get to meet the fine horses up close. Admission starts at 12.30 and guided tours depart every quarter. Last entry is 1:30 p.m. The shows take about an hour.

Dates: Apr 14 from 12:30 to 13:30
Price: free
Address: Beridna Högvakten, Lidingövägen 28, 115 41 Stockholm (map)
Ages: all ages
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Events at Solna / Bergshamra Libraries
Lots of fun events in north Stockholm, including:

13 Apr from 11:00 - 14:30 at Bergshamra Library - Children's Planting Saturday
15 Apr from 16:00 - 17:00 at Solna City Library - Harry Potter Club
18 Apr from 17:00 - 19:00 at Bergshamra Library - Knitting Cafe
20 Apr from 13:00 - 14:00 at Bergshamra Library - 150 years of Elsa Beskow!

Dates: various
Price: free
Address: various
Ages: various
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Spring at Gunnes gård
Experience a reconstructed Viking-era farmhouse this spring! Look inside the houses and see how people lived in the Iron Age and the Viking Age. Wander among graveyards and runestones. Go for a guided walk on the farm. Bake your own Viking bread over an open fire. See our beautiful animals.

Dates: Weekends in April from 10:00 to 16:00

Price: included in the entrance fee (adults 100kr, children free)

Address: Vikingagården Gunnes gård, Ryttargatan 270, 194 71 Upplands Väsby (map)

Ages: all ages

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Flea Market at Skansen
On Sundays in April, the historic dance floor at Galejan is filled with sales - let your stuff get a new home and a longer life! Or why not stop by to find a bargain? Either way, a great family day out just got even better!

Dates: Sundays throughout April from 10:00-15:00
Price: Children 4-15 years - 80 SEK, Adults - 200 SEK, Student/Pensioner 180 SEK (under 4s - free)

Address: Skansen, Djurgårdsslätten 49-51, 115 21 Stockholm (map)

Ages: all ages
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Kulturnatt / Culture Night for Kids
If your children can stay up, take them to their favourite museum on Culture Night. There is so much fun to be had, knowledge to be gained and creativity to be tapped into! 

Dates: 20 Apr from 18:00 to 24:00
Price: free
Address: various
Ages: all ages
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Show: Ancient Cello and Two Friends
We get to meet a very, very old cello that has been around for a long time and has a lot to tell us. It can express emotions, different tempos, sound effects, sound like a human, play different loudnesses and play many different types of music. The audience gets to know a lot about the cello and listen to a performance. At the end the children can draw their impressions on paper with colored pencils.

Dates: 27 April from 15:00 to 15:45
Price: from SEK 120
Address: Kulturhuset Dieselverkstaden, Marcusplatsen 17, 131 54 Nacka (map)
Ages: 5+
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Gröna Lund Opens!
At Gröna Lund, the most laughs per square meter await, the park is packed with attractions for both young and old, brave and less brave.  Take a spin on the Dansbanan, check out our awesome park entertainment and visit Grönan Live – Sweden's longest festival with more than 40 awesome concerts with both national and international artists. Check out the concert programme here.

Dates: 27 Apr Opening
Price: Over 9s - from SEK 395, children 2–9 years from SEK 345-399, children 0–2 years free; admission ticket - from SEK 100; Gold card - SEK 1899; Green Card - SEK 395 

Address: Gröna Lund, Lilla Allmänna Gränd 9, 115 21 Stockholm (map)

Ages: all ages
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