Arlanda to Stockholm City: Price, Time and the Best Way to Get There

The airport train runs non-stop between the airport and Stockholm Central Station in about 20 minutes — it's the fastest option on paper, but only if your final destination is within easy reach of Central Station and you're comfortable carrying your own luggage through the station and onward by foot, taxi or metro.

Airport buses take longer and stop at a handful of points in the city, which works well if your hotel happens to be near one of them.

A pre-booked car takes you directly from the terminal to your actual address — a hotel, an apartment, an office — with no transfer at Central Station and no walk from a bus stop with your bags. It's the option that scales best with more luggage or more people, and the only one where the price is agreed before you land.

Sweden doesn't cap taxi fares by law, which is exactly why the taxi ranks at Arlanda post large signs warning about fare variation between operators — it's a real, publicly acknowledged issue at this airport, not a rumour. Stepping into an unmetered cab without knowing the fare in advance means finding out what the trip costs only after it's over.

Booking in advance removes that uncertainty entirely: with Förare, you see the exact price — 6% VAT included, for the whole car — before you pay anything, worked out from the actual road distance to your address rather than a flat guess.

Our Arlanda fares are calculated from a simple, published formula — a base fare plus a rate per kilometre and per minute of the real route to your address, multiplied by the vehicle category you choose. That means a trip to Södermalm costs a little more than one to central Stockholm, and a trip to Sollentuna costs less — because it's actually closer.

You don't need to work any of that out yourself. Enter your pickup and drop-off addresses on the booking page and the exact fixed price appears immediately, before you commit to anything.

• One price for the whole car, not per passenger
• 6% VAT included and itemised on your receipt
• No terminal fee and no night, weekend or surge pricing
• Five vehicle categories from a standard saloon to an eight-seat minibus, so a family or small group doesn't need two cars

You add your flight number when you book, and we watch it live rather than asking you to guess a pickup time. If your flight lands early or is delayed, your driver's arrival moves with it automatically — the price you agreed doesn't change.

Ninety minutes before pickup, you receive your driver's name, phone number and licence plate by message, so you know exactly who's meeting you and how to reach them. Every driver holds a Swedish taxiförarlegitimation (taxi driver licence), and every car operates under a Swedish taxitrafiktillstånd (taxi traffic permit) — this is a licensed operation, not an unregulated ride app.

1. Enter your route — Arlanda is already filled in as one end, so you just add where you're going.
2. Add your pickup time and flight number.
3. Pay securely by card. Your confirmation with the fixed price arrives immediately by email.