Sweden: winter tyres are compulsory in winter
Do
- From 1 December to 31 March, make sure your hire car has winter tyres
Don’t
- Driving on ordinary tyres in winter
It is a legal requirement.
Verified Oct 19, 2026Source: GOV.UK: Sweden travel advice
Etiquette & taboos
Etiquette & taboos
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Sweden
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Site-specific notes 5
Taken from the "don'ts" on each site page here. Open a site for its full etiquette and background.
Vasa Museum
- No flash in the museum (to protect the wooden hull)
- don't touch the exhibits
- don't be loud.
Swedish Midsummer
- Trespassing in private homes and fields
- pulling decorations off the midsummer pole
- drinking in no-drinking zones
Visby
- Climbing the crumbling walls of the church ruins
- making noise in residential streets at night
Icehotel
- Touching the surface of the ice artworks and leaving handprints
- using open flames or heaters inside the ice suites
Abisko National Park
- Don't light fires or pick plants in the national park
- in winter don't leave the trails alone to head into the mountains