Stockholm Apps for the Busy, Sophisticated Traveler CITI PRESENTS LUXE CITY GUIDES
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Citi PrestigeSM The cult pocket city guides and mobile Stockholm apps for the busy, sophisticated traveler CITI PRESENTS LUXE CITY GUIDES www.luxecityguides.com SPANNING 14 ISLANDS OF Easily walkable and divided into five main Add a world class dining scene and THE BEAUTIFUL SWEDISH districts, including high end shopping vibrant culture, and you’re in for a real, if ARCHIPELAGO, STOCKHOLM in Östermalm and grittier, edgy retail in rather expensive, treat. IS SPANGLED WITH Södermalm, you’re never far from the TREASURES, FROM HER famed Scandinavian design aesthetic MEDIEVAL OLD TOWN TO ranging from fashion to furniture and HER WEALTH OF MUSEUMS, everything in between. ART AND NATURE IN ALL DIRECTIONS. P1 / LUXE STOCKHOLM Intro Blah Blah LUXE Insider LUXE Loves LUXE Loathes Fab vs. Drab LUXE Itineraries Citi PrestigeSM Blah blah • Stockholm is an expensive city; get • The Tunnelbana (T-bana) subway • Stockholm’s tap water is excellent, over it, or stay home. system is quick and efficient; buy say ‘bye’ to bottled. the Stockholm Card (see Drab vs. Fab) and you get bus, ferry and admission to 80 museums • The best time to visit is May-Sep; thrown in. • Alcohol (above 3.5% vol) sales are July can be quiet when the city goes limited to restos, bars, en vacance and many of the smaller and government-run shops, bars and cafés close. Winter Systembolaget stores. daylight can be scarce as hen’s • 90 of the T-bana stations are teeth, so pack some Vitamin D3! decorated by artists – grab the free Art in the Stockholm Subway booklet at stations. • Service is not included; round up to the nearest krona or two for lunch, • Lobster open season is Sep-Dec – and splash 10-20% for dinner. get that bib on... • Pedestrians have right of way at crossings, watch for the little green man at lights, and don’t jaywalk. • The international code for • Currency: Swedish krona (SEK/kr) Stockholm is +46 8, all local calls begin with 08 and mobiles with 07. To make an emergency call from a • Unisex loos are quite common cell phone dial 112. • ARN to town: approx 40 mins / across the city. 500kr / €55 fixed price by cab; 20 mins / 240kr / €26 by Arlanda Express one way. • Many shops, services and restaurants in the center operate seven days a week, albeit with • Taxis can be hailed on the street, or limited Sun hours. call +46 8 150 000 P2 / LUXE STOCKHOLM Intro Blah Blah LUXE Insider LUXE Loves LUXE Loathes Fab vs. Drab LUXE Itineraries Citi PrestigeSM LUXE INSIDER Shanth Fernando Ex-editor-in-chief of the Swedish Gourmet Magazine for 4 years, Per is now editor- in-chief of the exclusive Scandinavian restaurant bible White Guide, wine critic at the largest Swedish business daily newspaper, Dagens Industri, and co- founder of the gastronomic debate forum, Skafferiet (The Pantry). He is also part of a group creating a new Swedish platform for innovation through food at The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. www.styregard.com/blog P3 / LUXE STOCKHOLM Intro Blah Blah LUXE Insider LUXE Loves LUXE Loathes Fab vs. Drab LUXE Itineraries Citi PrestigeSM LUXE INSIDER Shanth Fernando 1) WHAT’S THE BEST TIME OF 3) WHERE WOULD YOU GO 5) WHERE IS THE BEST YEAR TO VISIT STOCKHOLM FOR A DATE NIGHT OUT COFFEE OR TEA IN AND WHY? ARE THERE ANY AND WHY? STOCKHOLM, AND WHY? SPECIAL EVENTS TO LOOK OUT FOR? To ensure a tantalizing evening with For coffee, I’d do Drop Coffee at no embarrassing silence, plenty of Södermalm. Good selection of high Late spring to early fall is the most good quality food and drink, and great quality coffee and much knowledge. exciting time to visit, given the service, I would reserve one of the Don’t ask for milk in your coffee. Tea very long days and the pleasant increasing numbers of chef’s tables/ should be bought at the In The Mood temperatures. However, if you’re not kitchen bar seats available: Frantzén/ For Tea store at Odenplan, with its afraid of winter, Stockholm is a true Lindeberg, Mathias Dahlgren, high quality throughout the selection. beauty covered in snow. Matbaren, Ekstedt, Vassa Eggen or If you want to sit down for tea, choose Djuret, all depending on budget. Chaikana in the old town. www.frantzen-lindeberg.com www.dropcoffee.se www.mathiasdahlgren.com www.inthemoodfortea.se 2) WHERE DO YOU GO TO www.grandhotel.se www.chaikhana.se UNWIND AND RELAX IN www.niklasekstedt.se STOCKHOLM? WHAT www.vassaeggen.com MAKES IT SPECIAL? www.djuret.se A completely different kind of serenity can be found in the Stockholm archipelago during the fall, winter 4) WHAT’S THE BEST LOCAL and spring (the summer is busy out DELICACY IN STOCKHOLM, there). The beauty and silence is AND WHY AND WHERE IS IT overwhelming. If you want to stay WORTH TRYING? in the city center, take a stroll over the small bridge to the beautiful No one should leave town without little island Skeppsholmen where the trying a löjromstoast with delicious Museum of Modern Art is located. vendace roe from the northern www.modernamuseet.se locality of Kalix, with sour cream and finely chopped red onion accompanied by a steaming cold micro-brewed beer and a shot of aquavit. P4 / LUXE STOCKHOLM Intro Blah Blah LUXE Insider LUXE Loves LUXE Loathes Fab vs. Drab LUXE Itineraries Citi PrestigeSM LUXE Loves FRANTZÉN/LINDEBERG MATBAREN F12 Dining Dining Dining With organic vegetables from their own Mr. Dahlgren’s Michelin-starred open Through the cream theatre curtains gardens, divine attention to detail and kitchen ‘bar’ dishes up Swedish/global to sophisti-plated, mint-walled passion in spades, this tiny, 2-Mich- treats in a verve and vibey, relaxed heaven, where the stage is set for star modern gastroscenti eatery is a atmosphere that is a world away from immaculate dishes that deftly bridge laboratory of seasonal perfection and its decidedly more formal dining sister the chasm of fine but fun. Add an rightly at the very forefront of Swedish next door. Afterwards, head next door excellent sommelier and you’ve got an cuisine. Scoring one of the 18 seats is a to the Lydmar Hotel for drinks in the extremely stylish performance. triumph in itself and then the cozy library bar. Fredsgatan 12 / Norrmalm / theatre begins. Grand Hotel Stockholm / Södra T: T-Centralen / +46 8 24 80 52 / Lilla Nygatan 21 / Gamla Stan / T: Blasieholmshamnen 6 / Norrmalm / T: lunch & dinner Mon-Fri Gamla Stan / +46 8 20 85 80 / dinner Kungsträdgården / +46 8 679 35 84 / dinner only Sat lunch Mon-Fri, dinner Mon-Sat Tue-Sat / res up to one month www.f12.se in advance www.mathiasdahlgren.com www.frantzen-lindeberg.com P5 / LUXE STOCKHOLM Intro Blah Blah LUXE Insider LUXE Loves LUXE Loathes Fab vs. Drab LUXE Itineraries Citi PrestigeSM LUXE Loves PA&CO KÅKEN GONDOLEN Dining Bar Bar You’d be forgiven for walking right Saunter into Restaurant 1900, walk right Elevated high above the city, this past this unassuming, homely, woody through to the back, and you’ll find this gantry bar with its swish, waist-coated nook, but it’s the low-key ‘in’ spot delightful, hidden speakeasy complete waiters, classic drinks menu and of choice for celebs and locals alike. with banquettes, clubby tracks, hearty jaw-dropping views of the city, wins Scoring a table can be tricky, but the snacks and alfresco terrace plus the the sunset sip spot vote hands down, deeply delicious and unpretentious city’s best negroni. Great fun, and the but get there early as it’s fiendishly home-style menu of Swedish classics comfort food menu is really popular with the city’s stylistas. redux is very much worth the wait. rather good. Stadsgården 6 / Södermalm / T: Riddargatan 8 / Östermalm / Restaurant 1900 / Regeringsgatan Slussen / +46 8 641 70 90 T: Östermalmstorg / +46 8 611 08 45 66 / Norrmalm / T: Hötorget / +46 closed Sun dinner only / regulars can book but 8 20 60 10 / 6pm-2am Wed-Sat www.eriks.se visitors will need to kiss www.kaken.r1900.set their concierge www.paco.se SVENSKT TENN MODERNITY Shopping Shopping STUREBADET For nearly 90 years it’s been the Spa If ultra high quality, vintage default, first call for the acme Scandinavian and European C.20th of Swedish interior design, bold, There are spas, and then there’s design is your passion, you just exclusive fabrics, glass and chinaware. Sturebadet. With more than 50 found the grand slam. With furniture, Over 80% of the range is available different services, plus pool, gym and lighting, ceramics, glass – the nowhere else. saunas, this beautifully refurbished beautifully curated selection is always Strandvägen 5 / T: Art Nouveau and Moorish luxury excellent and inspirational. bathhouse and spa was Ms. Garbo’s Östermalmstorg favorite, although it’s unlikely she was Sibyllegatan 6 / Östermalm +46 8 670 16 00 / daily ever alone here! T: Östermalmstorg / +46 8 20 80 25 www.svenskttenn.se www.modernity.se Sturegallerian 36 / Östermalm T: Östermalmstorg +46 8 545 015 00 www.sturebadet.se P6 / LUXE STOCKHOLM Intro Blah Blah LUXE Insider LUXE Loves LUXE Loathes Fab vs. Drab LUXE Itineraries Citi PrestigeSM LUXE Loves VASA MUSEET HALLWYLSKA MUSEET LYDMAR Activities Activities Hotel Absolutely unmissable preserved Wilhelmina von Hallwyl invested a The perfectly placed epitome of warship that tragically sank on her fortune on her vast, varied collection relaxed contemporary style and maiden voyage in 1628. The fabulous of art and antiques, and kindly built friendly service, where the ambient, conservation and heart-tugging a palace to house it all.