Uppsala & the regionAll travellers

Arlanda to Upplands Väsby: Landing and Heading Home to the E4 Suburb

Updated 4 min read

Upplands Väsby sits just south of Arlanda, close enough that the drive from the terminal is short — but short doesn't mean simple. A lot of the town is villa streets and row-house loops off the E4, the kind of address where a satnav drops a pin on the right road but the wrong end of it, and where two houses with similar numbers sit a good walk apart.

If you're landing and heading home, or meeting a relative flying in, this is about making that last few hundred metres painless: what to put in the booking so your driver finds the actual door, and what happens automatically once your flight lands.

On this page
  1. Why Väsby addresses trip up a satnav
  2. What to put in the booking notes
  3. How your flight and your driver connect
  4. The trip itself

Why Väsby addresses trip up a satnav

Much of residential Upplands Väsby is built as loops and cul-de-sacs branching off a handful of collector roads — Bredden, Runby, Vilunda and the areas around them are full of streets that curve back on themselves, with house numbers that don't always run in a straight line you'd expect. A navigation app gets a driver to the street reliably; it's the specific gate, the unmarked side entrance, or the house set back behind a hedge that a street address alone doesn't solve.

None of this is a Förare-specific problem — any driver, however experienced, benefits from a pointer on the ground rather than working it out from a number on a postbox in the dark.

What to put in the booking notes

When you book, there's a free-text notes field attached to the trip. Use it for anything that makes the address easier to find in practice rather than in theory: the colour of the house, a landmark on the corner, which of two driveways to use, or a instruction like "ring the bell twice, we're at the back."

It costs nothing extra and it's read before the driver sets off, not discovered on arrival — so it's worth the thirty seconds even if the address looks straightforward to you. You know your own street; the driver is seeing it for the first time.

  • A landmark near the house — a shop, a roundabout, a distinctive building
  • Which entrance to use if there's more than one, or if the front door isn't the one you actually use
  • A gate code or door code if the building has one
  • Anything about parking on the street that isn't obvious from outside

How your flight and your driver connect

Give us your flight number when you book and we track it from before you take off. If your flight lands early or late, your pickup time moves with it automatically — you don't need to call and adjust anything, and the driver isn't waiting at the curb for a flight that hasn't landed yet.

Before your pickup, you're sent your driver's name, phone number and licence plate. If your directions in the notes aren't quite enough once the driver is actually on your street, that number is there to call — it's often faster than a text exchange with whoever's waiting at the house.

The trip itself

The price for the route between Arlanda and Upplands Väsby is fixed and shown to you before you pay — one figure for the whole car, whatever the exact address within the town, with the route's VAT included and nothing added at the door. Waiting time at pickup is built in as part of the price, so a late bag on the carousel doesn't turn into an extra charge.

What every Förare booking includes

The fixed price you see before booking is the price on your receipt — 6% VAT included, whole car, not per person.

  • Flight tracked — pickup follows your live arrival
  • 45 minutes free waiting, from your driver's confirmed arrival
  • No terminal fee
  • No surge pricing, ever
  • Free cancellation up to 12 hours

Questions people ask before booking

How do I make sure the driver finds our exact house in Upplands Väsby?

Use the notes field when you book — a landmark, which entrance to use, or a gate code makes far more difference than the street address alone, especially on the loop streets where numbering isn't always intuitive.

What if my flight lands early or late?

Give us the flight number and we track it automatically. Your pickup time follows the actual landing time, so you don't need to change anything yourself.

Can I contact the driver directly if they can't find the house?

Yes — you're sent the driver's name, phone number and licence plate before pickup, so you can call or message them directly once they're near.

Does the price change if our house is harder to find than a straightforward address?

No. The fixed price for the route is shown before you pay and doesn't change based on how the specific address is laid out.

Is there a charge if the driver has to wait while we come out?

Waiting time is built into every pickup at no extra charge, counted from when your driver confirms arrival — plenty of margin for finding your way to the car.

Book your pickup from Arlanda to Upplands Väsby

Enter the address and you will see the price for the whole car before anything is paid. No account needed.

  • One fixed price for the whole car, 6% VAT included, shown before you pay.
  • Your driver's name, number and registration plate arrive before pickup.
  • Cancel free of charge more than 12 hours before pickup, refunded in full.

All guides in Uppsala & the region