Car Rental at Stockholm Airport

Sweden’s largest and busiest airport is in Stockholm, Sweden’s capital city. Every day some 60,000 passengers use the airport, who need onward travel into Stockholm city center, the suburbs or who want to stay a few days within the city before travelling onwards to the rivers, lakes, nature reserves and forests in this beautiful country.

The main car hire companies operating out of Stockholm Arlanda Airport are Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt. Car rental Stockholm Arlanda Airport stations can be reached by taking the free shuttle bus service stopping just outside the terminals.

All Car Rental Companies at Arlanda Airport:

• Alamo: +46 8 797 9010
• Avis: +46 104 948 010
• Budget: +46 104 948 010
• Enterprise: +46 8 797 9010
• Europcar: +46 8 5559 8400
• Green Motion: +46 8 302 777
• Hertz: +46 8 5909 0500
• Mabi: +46 8 5911 4499
• Sixt: +46 8 5940 0250
• Thrifty: +46 8 5909 0500

Getting to Car Hire Stations

Car hire Stockholm Arlanda Airport stations for the car rental firms Avis, Budget, Europcar and Hertz can be reached by taking the shuttle bus no. 17 from bus stop 17 outside the terminal buildings. For Sixt car rental Stockholm Arlanda Airport customers should take bus no. 14 from the bus stop no. 14 outside their terminal building.

At the rental stations customers with a pre-booked vehicle can pick up their key, documents and vehicle and it is here that customers must return their vehicle at the end of the rental period. A shuttle bus will take customers back to their departure terminal after drop off.

How to avoid Disappointment

During the busy summer months, when thousands of international visitors fly into Stockholm for their summer vacations and thousands of Swedish travelers use the airport to fly to domestic destinations or to holiday destinations outside of Scandinavia, it is recommended to pre-book a hire car at least 48 hours prior to arrival at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Customers, who need child booster seats or luggage racks, should reserve these items as soon as possible upon making their car hire booking, since these items are subject to availability.

Car hire Stockholm Arlanda Airport can be arranged either by using the form at the top of this page, or by telephoning the companies. You can also visit our individual car hire pages for further information about booking a car rental Stockholm Arlanda Airport vehicle.

Stockholm Tourist Attractions

If you are travelling with children or lots of luggage for a longer holiday, it can work out far more economically to hire a car than taking public transport; it is also more private and far more comfortable than having to carry lots of luggage from platform to platform and struggle onto a train at Stockholm Central train station with small children and camping equipment in tow.

Visiting Vaxholm is a beautiful excursion to this small town just outside Stockholm’s archipelago. You can travel there by boat from central Stockholm or drive the few miles by rental car.

For day trips out of the city limits you could get a minibus or comfortable people carrier from car rental Stockholm Arlanda Airport stations and travel to some of the wonderful baroque and renaissance palaces and royal residences around Stockholm, do your sightseeing and then stop off for a wonderful picnic by the many waterways surrounding and traversing the city.

Tullgarn Palace is the summer residence and a particular favourite of King Gustav V. It was built in 1720 and has beautiful gardens. The palace is located in Vagnhärad, just south of the city. Gripsholm Castle was built more than 450 years ago and has a wonderful collection of artefacts and furniture from Sweden’s rich, but turbulent past.

Skokloster Castle with its white turrets and formal gardens is one of Europe’s finest examples of a 17th century pleasure palace. It can be found on an island in lovely Lake Mälaren.

Stockholm is a wonderful place for urban outdoor pursuits and there’s much to discover in and just outside of the city. The Royal National City Park claims the honour of being the world’s very first public urban park and with 6 miles in length you might be forgiven for looking forward to your rental car at the end of such a long walk.

Children and families will no doubt enjoy at trip to STHML Outback, a wildlife reserve located just a 30 minutes drive out of Stockholm city center. Here visitors can join guided tours to watch and learn about the rich flora and fauna of Sweden’s furry, feathered and gilled city dwellers.

In the surrounding countryside there are many hiking trails and opportunities for combining a cycling tour with a camping trip. Bikes can be hired at many hotels and in Stockholm city center and there are many camping grounds in the areas surrounding the city. If you hire a minibus, people carrier or pre-book bicycle or luggage racks with your rental car, you can take bikes and camping equipment with you for a mini adventure in the great Swedish outdoors.