Visiting the IKEA Museum in Älmhult, Sweden

We have arrived in Sweden! This marks my 68th country visited. It is also the final country of the mystery roadtrip which my partner planned for me with my only clues being that I needed a suitcase full of winter clothes for ten days.

→ I documented the entire mystery roadtrip on reels; check it out on Instagram!

Heading north out of Munich, where my partner lives, we stopped along the way through Germany including the Eremitage Schlosspark in Bayreuth, the magical Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar and then spent two nights in Lüneburg, a hidden gem of a city just an hour south of Hamburg. From there, we headed to the northern German coastline to catch a ferry across the border into Denmark and spent 24 hours in Copenhagen. After Copenhagen, it was time to cross the Øresund Bridge into Sweden where we spent our first night in Halmstad on the west coast.

From Halmstad, we made the very long drive across the entire country with our final destination of Stockholm ahead. However, before we got there, we made a very important detour... we were in Sweden after all!

We spent an afternoon visiting the IKEA Museum in Älmhult, the town in which the very first IKEA store was opened. The founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, was from a small village nearby, Pjätteryd. We genuinely LOVED this experience and it made us totally love the brand even more than we already did.

How to Get to Älmhult

By car: We visited the IKEA Museum in Älmhult by car, driving from Halmstad on the west coast to Stockholm on the east. It is a 1.5-hour drive from Halmstad, two hours from Malmö and 5.5 hours from Stockholm. So... kind of in the middle of nowhere, but that's where IKEA all began! There is free parking at the museum.

→ Check out my guide to Halmstad!

By train: Älmhult is serviced by a train station with trains arriving from across the country, which makes it a great option if you don't want to do a long drive. The museum is just a few minutes walk from the train station. Tickets can be booked with SJ.

How to Visit the IKEA Museum

The IKEA Museum opened in 2016 in Älmhult, the location of the world's first ever IKEA store. The founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, was from Pjätteryd, a small village nearby.

The IKEA Museum tells the incredible story of how the IKEA brand came to be - from the quiet roots of Swedish village life in Småland and the purpose and vision for why Ingvar created the brand to how the company operates globally today, continuing to bring the most cost-effective, space-effective products to the world, acknowledging always the differences in culture and lifestyles across countries.

We spent about two hours exploring the museum which includes exhibits through all the decades and an on-site creative workshop where you can sign up to participate in classes. Afterwards, we browsed the gift shop to get some special pieces - including IKEA merch! - before enjoying one of our favourite dishes: the IKEA Swedish meat/plantballs.

You can visit the IKEA Museum in Älmhult any time during opening hours. Tickets include access to the museum; there is also a gift shop (with IKEA merch!) and a restaurant serving all the classics on site. You can buy tickets in advance or you can buy them on arrival at the museum.

→ Check out the current opening hours and ticket prices on the IKEA Museum website.

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Jana Meerman

Hi! I’m Jana, a Dutch-German-British-Canadian with a dream of seeing every country in the world. I am a storyteller, photographer and adventurer passionate about documenting and sharing my travels.

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