Guidebook for Stockholm
Parks & Nature
Great for full day trekking or swimming! The reserve is huge with several lakes.
There's also running paths, outdoor gyms, and a golf court.
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Nackareservatet
Great for full day trekking or swimming! The reserve is huge with several lakes.
There's also running paths, outdoor gyms, and a golf court.
There are islands in Lake Mälaren as well. Take a boat from Stadshuskajen. Som of them even stops at Drottningholm Royal Palace.
Mälaren
There are islands in Lake Mälaren as well. Take a boat from Stadshuskajen. Som of them even stops at Drottningholm Royal Palace.
Great place to go for a swim or a picnic. There is a café by the lake but it’s nothing to write home about …
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Söderbysjön
Great place to go for a swim or a picnic. There is a café by the lake but it’s nothing to write home about …
Great place for a dip or a 2-3 h walk around the lake.
1h walk from the house.
Therese is a restaurant/café there also.
Källtorpssjön
Great place for a dip or a 2-3 h walk around the lake.
1h walk from the house.
Therese is a restaurant/café there also.
Hundreds of thousands of gorgeous islands easy accessible by boats from Nybrokajen and Strömkajen.
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Stockholm archipelago
Hundreds of thousands of gorgeous islands easy accessible by boats from Nybrokajen and Strömkajen.
Sightseeing
Where I usually take friends and family from out of town.
A general tip is to check out the walking tours of Stockholm at Wikivoyage. Completely free with lots of information. One favorite is about historical Stockholm:
A 500-meter long (quarter mile) walking path with a magnificent view of Lake Mälaren, City Hall, and Riddarholmen, especially at sunrise and sunset. The path is lined with charming houses on one side and a beautiful view on the other. Bring your camera!
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Monteliusvagen
MonteliusvägenA 500-meter long (quarter mile) walking path with a magnificent view of Lake Mälaren, City Hall, and Riddarholmen, especially at sunrise and sunset. The path is lined with charming houses on one side and a beautiful view on the other. Bring your camera!
Great restaurants, beautiful location, and shopping too. But try the smaller streets and Österlånggatan for the shopping instead of the touristy Västerlånggatan.
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Old Town
Great restaurants, beautiful location, and shopping too. But try the smaller streets and Österlånggatan for the shopping instead of the touristy Västerlånggatan.
A geat one-day excursion by boat from Stadshuskajen or by car to a lovely small town, great restaurants, and a castle.
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Gripsholm Castle
A geat one-day excursion by boat from Stadshuskajen or by car to a lovely small town, great restaurants, and a castle.
A geat one-day excursion by car to a lovely small town, great restaurants, very picturesque.
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Trosa centrum station
A geat one-day excursion by car to a lovely small town, great restaurants, very picturesque.
A geat one-day excursion by car to a lovely small town with tiny houses, very picturesque. Have a coffee at Tant Bruns café.
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Sigtuna
A geat one-day excursion by car to a lovely small town with tiny houses, very picturesque. Have a coffee at Tant Bruns café.
Food Scene
Gamla Enskede Matbod
17 StockholmsvägenGreat food and outdoor bar near the house.
Wow ... the best bread in the area! Also a very trendy south side café eco style. Very tasty! Don't miss!
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Robin Delselius Bageri
2 Stora Gungans VägWow ... the best bread in the area! Also a very trendy south side café eco style. Very tasty! Don't miss!
Sweet local family restaurant. Food's great. Young owners with ambition. They are great with kids.
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Nytorpet
61 FyrskeppsvägenSweet local family restaurant. Food's great. Young owners with ambition. They are great with kids.
Thaisty HB
325 Gamla TyresövägenThai takeaway just around the block.
Sapori Italiani AB
529 SockenvägenPizza and more.
BOX SUSHI & POKE
372 Gamla TyresövägenBest Italian pizza in our neighborhood. There are several pizza places in Kärrtorp but we prefer this one for takeaway. A bit tricky to drive there, though, so put the address in your cell phone way finder.
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Tomatis
328 NynäsvägenBest Italian pizza in our neighborhood. There are several pizza places in Kärrtorp but we prefer this one for takeaway. A bit tricky to drive there, though, so put the address in your cell phone way finder.
Bar/Streetfood outdoor restaurant on a terrace overlooking Stockholm. Artsy surroundings. The view over Stockholm is great! Sometimes they have live music in the evenings. All generations come here. Don't miss on a beautiful summer evening!
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Mosebacketerrassen
Mosebacke TorgBar/Streetfood outdoor restaurant on a terrace overlooking Stockholm. Artsy surroundings. The view over Stockholm is great! Sometimes they have live music in the evenings. All generations come here. Don't miss on a beautiful summer evening!
My kids love it! Small and steamy with great galettes and crepes.
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Crêperie Fyra Knop
4 SvartensgatanMy kids love it! Small and steamy with great galettes and crepes.
Have a coffee or tea just like you were visiting someone's grandmother in an apartment like setting. This place is a contrast to Starbucks for sure. A favorite.
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Sturekatten
4 RiddargatanHave a coffee or tea just like you were visiting someone's grandmother in an apartment like setting. This place is a contrast to Starbucks for sure. A favorite.
Pricy and great restaurant on Djurgården. Sea setting! Take the ferry from Slussen/Gamla stan to get here!
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Oaxen Krog
26 BeckholmsvägenPricy and great restaurant on Djurgården. Sea setting! Take the ferry from Slussen/Gamla stan to get here!
Love their food! Check them out on the internet! And be sure to book in advance.
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Lilla Ego
69 VästmannagatanLove their food! Check them out on the internet! And be sure to book in advance.
Food shopping!
But also lots of restaurants in all price categories. Try the Algerian one La Gazelle for takeaway food or bring a tasty sandwich out to eat on the steps of the big blue Concert House next door. Restaurant Kajsas Fisk serves one of the best fish soups I know.
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Hötorgshallen
29 SergelgatanFood shopping!
But also lots of restaurants in all price categories. Try the Algerian one La Gazelle for takeaway food or bring a tasty sandwich out to eat on the steps of the big blue Concert House next door. Restaurant Kajsas Fisk serves one of the best fish soups I know.
Som great restaurants like The Veranda but soon opening an exclusive vegetarian restaurant as well (written in Januari 2017). I can recommend a very traditional afternoon tea at Grand.
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Grand Hôtel
8 Södra BlasieholmshamnenSom great restaurants like The Veranda but soon opening an exclusive vegetarian restaurant as well (written in Januari 2017). I can recommend a very traditional afternoon tea at Grand.
This restaurant combines good food with fun decor. Every area in the restaurant has its own style. I often go here for lunch and my teenager loves it too. For lunch, there's a hot buffet.
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Grill
89 DrottninggatanThis restaurant combines good food with fun decor. Every area in the restaurant has its own style. I often go here for lunch and my teenager loves it too. For lunch, there's a hot buffet.
Arts & Culture
Great food and great exhibitions! Very generous opening hours.
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Fotografiska
22 StadsgårdshamnenGreat food and great exhibitions! Very generous opening hours.
Modern art museum. Also Museum of Architecture. Great restaurant.
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Moderna Museet
4 ExercisplanModern art museum. Also Museum of Architecture. Great restaurant.
Private art museum and Gallery. Beautiful parc, beautiful house, great café. Very Scandinavian setting.
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Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde
6 Prins Eugens VägPrivate art museum and Gallery. Beautiful parc, beautiful house, great café. Very Scandinavian setting.
The Wasa is a very impressive royal ship that went under on her very first journey. A great museum if you're interested in history and the old Stockholm.
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Vasa Museum
14 GalärvarvsvägenThe Wasa is a very impressive royal ship that went under on her very first journey. A great museum if you're interested in history and the old Stockholm.
Drinks & Nightlife
Café Opera
Karl XII:s torgLegendary night club. Pricy
Riche
4 Birger JarlsgatanLegendary night club and restaurant. Pricy.
Sturecompagniet
4 SturegatanLegendary night club. Expensive.
The best live scene for jazz in Stockholm. Both local and international musicians. It's not a big place so be on time to get in. Food and drinks as well. Bar feeling.
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Fasching
63 KungsgatanThe best live scene for jazz in Stockholm. Both local and international musicians. It's not a big place so be on time to get in. Food and drinks as well. Bar feeling.
During the summer season when the theatre is closed they open up two outdoor terraces for great views over the Royal castle and the ferry boats.
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Royal Swedish Opera
2 Gustav Adolfs torgDuring the summer season when the theatre is closed they open up two outdoor terraces for great views over the Royal castle and the ferry boats.
Shopping
Globen Shopping
61 ArenavägenShopping mall, although the Farsta mall is bigger.
Farsta Shopping Centre
FarstaplanHuge shopping mall.
A classic interior design company. The timeless, amazingly patterned and brilliantly colored fabrics and beautiful furniture by Swedish-Austrian architect and designer Josef Frank. The store has got modern classics, a great gift department with glass, textiles, pottery, and objects by younger established designers.
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Svenskt Tenn
5 StrandvägenA classic interior design company. The timeless, amazingly patterned and brilliantly colored fabrics and beautiful furniture by Swedish-Austrian architect and designer Josef Frank. The store has got modern classics, a great gift department with glass, textiles, pottery, and objects by younger established designers.
Scandinavian Harrod's perhaps? A beautiful classic among department stores.
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NK Stockholm
18-20 HamngatanScandinavian Harrod's perhaps? A beautiful classic among department stores.
This is where I go for gifts. Contemporary Swedish design by both well-known and up-and-coming designers. A jury selects new products every week. They have functional and fun odds and ends for the kitchen, the bookshelf, children, friends or yourself.
All price ranges.
Today there have several stores in Stockholm, this is the main one.
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Designtorget
29 SergelgångenThis is where I go for gifts. Contemporary Swedish design by both well-known and up-and-coming designers. A jury selects new products every week. They have functional and fun odds and ends for the kitchen, the bookshelf, children, friends or yourself.
All price ranges.
Today there have several stores in Stockholm, this is the main one.
The size of it tires me so I haven't been there. It's enormous! If you feel the need to go there, maybe my nearby restaurant tip Regissörsvillan is just the place to cool down afterward.
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Mall of Scandinavia
13 C StjärntorgetThe size of it tires me so I haven't been there. It's enormous! If you feel the need to go there, maybe my nearby restaurant tip Regissörsvillan is just the place to cool down afterward.
Entertainment & Activities
Folkoperan
72 HornsgatanGreat smaller opera house and nice restaurant.
Public outdoor swimming pool just a couple of blocks away.
There's also a free outdoor gym outside the gates.
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Nytorp swimming pool
Ulricehamnsvägens förlängningPublic outdoor swimming pool just a couple of blocks away.
There's also a free outdoor gym outside the gates.
Huge public swimming pool. Indoor and outdoor. Some slides as well.
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Eriksdalsbadet
20 Hammarby SlussvägHuge public swimming pool. Indoor and outdoor. Some slides as well.
Tele2 Arena
14 ArenaslinganMajor sports arena.
Ericsson Globe
Indoor Arena for international concerts and sports.
Great place to take your kids! Be sure to take the boat over from Gamla stan/Slussen.
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Grona Lunds Tivoli
9 Lilla Allmänna GrändGreat place to take your kids! Be sure to take the boat over from Gamla stan/Slussen.
This is so much fun! A very interactive place that will keep the whole family laughing.
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ABBA The Museum
68 DjurgårdsvägenThis is so much fun! A very interactive place that will keep the whole family laughing.
This is a place for a full family day. Outdoor museum with buildings from all over Sweden, big and small animals, glassworks, handicrafts, some joyrides, handcrafts, open air concerts, and other activities.
Be sure to take the boat over from Gamla stan/Slussen.
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Skansen
49-51 DjurgårdsslättenThis is a place for a full family day. Outdoor museum with buildings from all over Sweden, big and small animals, glassworks, handicrafts, some joyrides, handcrafts, open air concerts, and other activities.
Be sure to take the boat over from Gamla stan/Slussen.
Do you love Astrid Lindgren? Meet some of her characters here and let the kids play for awhile.
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Junibacken
8 GalärvarvsvägenDo you love Astrid Lindgren? Meet some of her characters here and let the kids play for awhile.