Carsten Höller: Stockholm Slides

The Outdoor Collection

21.4 – 18.10 2026

Stockholm

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A large-scale artwork by internationally renowned artist Carsten Höller is installed on the façade of Moderna Museet. Stockholm Slides features two parallel, spiral slides running from the museum’s roof down to Slupskjulsvägen. Go up, slide down, and experience art in a whole new way!

Various types of slides have been part of Carsten Höller’s artistic production since 1998 and have been erected permanently or temporarily in a large number of locations around Europe and the USA. Carsten Höller himself describes the experience of riding the slide as a controlled fall, a state of “voluptuous panic upon an otherwise lucid mind” – borrowing from the sociologist Roger Caillois.

Both tracks of Stockholm Slides are approximately 39 metres long and identical, but mirrored. One turns clockwise and the other counterclockwise. Two people can ride at the same time, as in a mirrored choreography. Slide down together or by yourself. The drop height is 15 metres.

STOCKHOLM SLIDES: HOW TO SLIDE

Opening hours

Tuesday 11.00–19.00
Wednesday–Thursday 11.00–17.00
Friday 11.00–19.00
Saturday–Sunday 11.00–17.00

Stockholm Slides is closed in case of rain or snow

Before you slide

A sliding mat is mandatory.
Collect a sliding mat on floor 1 and go up to the terrace on floor 4, then continue up to the roof.
Minimum age 6 years and minimum height 1.3 m.
Leave loose items and bags in the lockers on floor 1 or 4.
Buy an admission ticket if you are over 19 years old.

During the slide

Only slide when the light is green and keep your distance.
One person per sliding mat.
Lie with your feet in the sliding mat, hold the tether with both hands, and keep your arms close to your body.
Do not climb onto the slide from below, and do not climb on the outside.
Do not slide under the influence of alcohol.
Slide at your own risk.

After the slide

Step off the slide immediately and leave the sliding mat in the trolley beside it.

About Carsten Höller

Carsten Höller is known for creating participatory artworks that blur the boundary between scientific experiment and sensory play. For almost four …

Biography

Carsten Höller’s “Stockholm Slides” (2025) was purchased in 2025 with donated funds from Klubb Moderna, the Anna-Stina Malmborg and Gunnar Höglund Foundation, as well as from Elin Kling and Karl Lindman, Betty Bonnier Erhag and Stefan Erhag, Mari and Thomas Eldered, Lars Förberg, Renée Aguiar-Lucander, Caroline Chakraborty and Paolo Carfagna, Christel and Peter Engelbert, Sofi and Filip Engelbert, Kim and William Olsson, Selma Olsson Åkefeldt and Per Åkefeldt, Hanaw Rashid and Tom Ljungberg.

With thanks to Lena Patriksson Keller.