The Chinese Pavilion

Guided tour

The Chinese Pavilion is open during the summer months. Stroll on your own with the free audio guide.

You can walk round the Chinese Pavilion by yourself, but if you want to broaden your knowledge there is a free audioguide.

The guide are free, and you can use your own smartphone via the link below or scan the QR codes on site at the entrances.

The texts are available in Swedish, English or Chinese, and you can read them or have them read aloud. If you choose the latter, please use your own headphones to avoid disturbing other visitors.

Free Wi-Fi is available at the entrance to download the guide. You can also listen to the audioguides from home.

Guided tour of the Palace Park

The Royal Walks app will guide you through the World Heritage Site of Drottningholm Palace Park, from the royal residence, through the historic park and up to the exotic Chinese Pavilion.

The Royal Walks app (Kungliga promenader) can be downloaded free of charge. The text is in Swedish and English, and is illustrated with new and historic photos.

After opening the app, choose Drottningholm, which contains four different theme walks.

Chinese Pavilion World heritage Drottningholm Sweden App

You can explore the Chinese Pavilion by yourself. Listen to the audioguide on your mobile phone. Click on the image for a link to the audioguide. Photo: Royalpalaces.se

Photo: Raphael Stecksén/Royalpalaces.se

Visit us

The Chinese Pavilion is open during the summer months. Stroll on your own with the free audio guide.

Read more

For larger groups, we recommend a pre-booked tour with your own guide. Guided tours can be given in Swedish, simple Swedish or English.

Read more

Discover more at The Chinese Pavilion

The Chinese Pavilion was built in the middle of the 1700s, a period in European history when chinoiserie was the height of fashion. Today...

Read more

Drottningholm Palace Park is open all year round. Here, you can wander through historic stylistic ideals from the 17th century Baroque to...

Read more

In Drottningholm Palace Park, close to the Chinese Pavilion, you will find the Pavilion Café.

Read more

The Royal Gift Shop is a unique present and souvenir shop offering products with a connection to the Royal Collections, situated at the V...

Read more

The first pavilion, a prefabricated building, was erected here in 1753 as a birthday present to Queen Lovisa Ulrika . It was built in a...

Read more

Articles and movies

A new era – the Age of Liberty, the time of the playful Rococo – dawned in Sweden in the mid-18th century. The Caroleans had been replace...

Read more

Discover the Royal parks! Here, nature meets culture and history meets the present day. The parks are open every day of the year, 24 hour...

Read more

Revival styles, historicism and eclecticism. The 19th century was a time of many stylistic shifts. From Empire, via Revival styles and Na...

Read more