The Swedish royal family is said to still live in the palace. They are open to the outside world in summer. It's been a long time. I don't remember whether I want tickets or not. Compared with other palaces in continental Europe, it's not too big. Swedish palaces are far less splendid than other European palaces. Swedish palace's biggest attraction is the change of sentry posts at noon, the drumming band blowing and beating, not lively. But foreigners are very tall. If you go late, there are basically no good seats. You can hardly see anything behind foreigners. A better seat is to look down at the changing ceremony from a high place.