Birka is in Sweden, in Ekerö Municipality. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
What it is
Monument
Country
Sweden
City or region
Ekerö Municipality
Coordinates
59.3367 N, 17.5450 E
UNESCO World Heritage
No recorded designation
Notability (sitelinks)
51
The 5 closest notable attractions
Attraction
Country
Distance (km)
Drottningholm Palace
Sweden
19.4
Swedish Museum of Natural History
Sweden
29.1
Nobel Prize Museum
Sweden
29.9
Stockholm Palace
Sweden
29.9
Royal Armoury
Sweden
30.0
The closest neighbor is Drottningholm Palace, 19.4 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
Português
Birka
English
Birka
Español
Birka
Source and method
Source
Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09
Distances
Haversine over 59.3367 N, 17.5450 E and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot
Notability
Birka: 51 sitelinks; closest neighbor Drottningholm Palace at 19.4 km