How Explore the Riksdag works
Explore the Riksdag enables you to visit and explore the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament) virtually from your home. You can use the service on your computer, mobile or tablet.
This is Explore the Riksdag
Explore the Riksdag focuses on five of the Riksdag’s rooms, including the Chamber and the historical Second Chamber. When you open the guided tour, you can explore the different rooms, and explore parts of the buildings that haven't been shown before. In addition to getting a 360° view of the rooms, you can watch videos that describe the work of the Riksdag. You will get to meet the Speaker and listen to MPs talking about their work. Explore the Riksdag also serves as an online tool for teachers teaching about the work of the Riksdag. You can also choose to go directly to a specific room that you are interested in.
Technical requirements
Browsers
Like the other parts of the website, Explore the Riksdag is adapted to modern browsers and works best with the latest versions. For some mobile phones, you may need to install another browser. Here are examples of browsers that work with the website:
- Chrome
- Edge
- Safari
- Firefox
At present, Explore the Riksdag does not work with Internet Explorer 11.
Connection
Explore the Riksdag can be used, regardless of your connection, but a good connection is required for the best experience. We recommend that you use Wi-Fi when surfing on your mobile phone.
If you are surfing on a 3G network, or have a poor connection, it may take between 8-10 seconds to initially download the service. The videos will also be shown in low resolution, but with somewhat poorer quality.
Basic features
Guided tour
Click the button “Guided tour” to start the tour. You will then see an overview of the different parts of Explore the Riksdag. The button is located on the right-hand side of Explore the Riksdag.
Select room
Click the button “Select room” to go directly to a specific room. In this case, you will not see the videos that are played between each room.
Hotspot
In each of the rooms, there are buttons marked “Watch video”. These are hotspots. Click a hotspot to watch a video and learn more about what is happening in the Riksdag.
You can choose to turn the sound on or off with the button “Sound on/off” at the bottom of the page. If you would like more information about the product after you have started watching, click the button “Information”.
Navigate using your keyboard
If you are using a computer, you can navigate using the keyboard. Explore the room with the arrow keys. Use Z to zoom in, X to zoom out and Tab to change hotspot.
Features for mobile phones and tablets
Turn your mobile to landscape/horizontal mode for the best experience. You can then view the video on the entire screen. Return your mobile to vertical mode and the basic navigation will be visible again.
When your mobile is in landscape mode, you will see a symbol in the left-hand corner. Click the button to turn on/off your mobile’s auto-rotate feature. When auto rotate is on, you can explore a room by turning the mobile upside down and to the sides. When you turn off auto rotate, you can explore by swiping the screen. If you are using a mobile or table from Apple, with IOS, a security question will appear when you click the icon. Your IOS mobile or tablet asks you to give your active consent to the rotate feature. Select Allow. If you choose Cancel, the rotate feature will not work.
Video subtitles
All of the videos in the rooms have English subtitles.
Images and videos
The photos in Explore the Riksdag have been taken by Melker Dahlstrand. The videos are produced by Edisen and Crisp. Some of the images have been partially edited for a better experience.