Opening hours

The Chinese Pavilion

The Chinese Pavilion is closed for the season.

Visit us

You can walk round the Chinese Pavilion yourself, but if you want to broaden your knowledge there are audio guides available. The audio ...

Group Visits

The Chinese Pavilion can be booked for private guided tours the period May–September.

Getting here

The rooms of the palace

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

Summer café

In Drottningholm Palace Park, close to the Chinese Pavilion, you will find the Pavilion Café. The café is open during the summer months.

A selection of products linked to the pavilion are available for sale at the Chinese Pavilion.

History

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

Get more out of your visit to the Chinese Pavilion with our audioguide. With it, you can listen to or read about the history of this exot...

Out on Drottningholm stands a hidden gem ornamented with dragon heads, which was originally a birthday present from King Adolf Fredrik to...

One July evening in 1753, Queen Lovisa Ulrika was surprised with a fantastic birthday present. In the far section of Drottningholm Palace...

Opening hours: Closed