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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.

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• 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

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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

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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.

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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 / 21 / / 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

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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

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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. The Saturday book-lined lounge restaurant serves personal belongings of the passengers guided tour of this lovely palace as a happening bar and low-lit chilled are fascinating, while the staggeringly museum and collection also takes you zone with Chesterfield sofas, and realistic facial reconstructions of to the private 2/f bedrooms. quirksome drinks list attracting a laid the crew are haunting and moving in back, eclectic crowd. Great equal measure. Hamngatan 4 / Norrmalm / T: breakfast too. Östermalmstorg / +46 8 402 30 Galärvarvsvägen 14 / Djurgården 99 / noon-4pm Tue & Thu-Sun, Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2 / 10am-5pm Mon-Sun, till 7pm Wed Norrmalm / T: Kungsträdgården 10am-8pm Wed +46 8 22 31 60 www.hallwylskamuseet.se www.vasamuseet.se www.lydmar.com

ETT HEM Hotel

Tired of traditional hotels? Try this delectable 12-room home away from home where guests are free to come and go and do as they please, where each of the individually designed rooms is as comfy as it is beautiful, where attention to detail like brass cocktail cabinets and marble bathtubs abound, and where free WiFi and an iPad for personal use come as standard.

Sköldungagatan 2 Östermalm / T: Tekniska Högskolan / +46 8 20 05 90

www.etthemstockholm.se

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FAKE TAXIS VÄSTERLÅNGGATAN WINTER DAYLIGHT

Expensive and useless, caveat emptor. Nightmare Old Town tourist street full of Or rather lack of it – no wonder the cheap souvenirs. Swedes long for summer.

KRONA

Has nobody heard of the Euro? SUNDAY OPENING HOURS

Make eating, drinking and shopping rather difficult.

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CULTURE CARD BIKE HIRE FOOD WISE

Standing in line outside the city’s major Sitting in traffic on exquisite (and all too Eating wonderful, seasonal and locally galleries and museums is especially short) Swedish summer days is simply a sourced Swedish food is great, but so tedious in freezing winter, but buy the waste of valuable time, when you could much better when you understand all Stockholm Card and you can swan right be on your bike and zipping around town about it, and how better than to take a into more than 80 top attractions plus with the wind in your hair with tasting tour with Mat Karavan and discover free travel by public transport, and Bike . a world of history, foraging, single cow there’s even a summer canal and cheese, sea buckthorn and much, www.bikesweden.se bike tour. Smart! much more.

www.visitstockholm.com www.matkaravan.nu

HOME FROM HOME

OLD TOWN Staying in a perfectly pleasant, but faceless chain hotel room will forever be a Västerlånggatan, a nightmarishly busy thing of the past once you settle into one Old Town street full of tacky tourist of the 12 ultra-spoiling, exclusive suites at souvenirs, can easily put you off, but the private house hotel Ett Hem. persevere and discover the far prettier www.etthemstockholm.se and less touristic streets of the medieval Old Town like Köpmangatan and Tyska Brinken.

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LUXE ITINERARY Romance

First of all, it’s important to ensure you absolute favorites is the elbow-to-elbow, glittering azulene sea and sylvan islands are staying at the most romantic hotel gloriously old-fashioned Bakfickan. This are a joy to behold. Swedish people are in the city and it doesn’t get better than no-res, marble-countered squeezebox is genetically unable to get through the day the deliriously luxey Ett Hem (see Drab vs. an institution for its famed meatballs (the without the concept of ‘Ta en fika’ – or Fab). Let’s start with a gentle stroll across best in the city) or try one of the vast and as we know it, coffee (or tea), cake and the charming Humlegården (the perfect super-fresh seafood salads – but be sure klatsch. Make your way therefore to spot for a little summery picnic) and up to arrive before noon or you’ll queue. If Chaikhana in the old town Gamla Stan, Humlegårdsgatan to the Östermalms the queue is too long at Bakfickan simply where this trig as a fig tea house boasts Saluhall for a fascinating totter around head back to Östermalms Saluhall and 200+ blends, and means you can amble the city’s finest foodhall. Next, a gentle position yourself on a bar stool at Lisa around the charming and romantic old amble down Nybrogatan and right Elmqvist for signature ‘skagen’ (delicious cobbled streets afterwards before settling into Hamngatan will bring you to the shrimps on toast) and a glass of bubbles, in for your candlelit supper à deux at wonderful Hallwylska Museet (see LUXE or in summer, you can also eat in the pretty Den Gyldene Freden, the city’s Loves), a beautiful private house museum little square outside at sister-tryster Lisa oldest restaurant, dating from 1712. stacked with treasures that transport you på Torget. Down with you now to the back in time to the genteel C.19th. With waterfront at Strandvägen and climb so much good food in this city, you’re aboard any of the many archipelago tour absolutely spoilt for choice, but one of our boats – spring, summer or autumn, the

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LUXE ITINERARY Style

Start your day at The Espresso Bar of Shoe Repair, and Zink Grill, the perfect negroni in hand at Orangeriet. Stockholm the Moderna Museet on the island of shop and flop all day diner for great is a fabulous people-watching city, and Skeppsholmen, and of course don’t brunches, steaks and classic hearty fair. there are few places better to see and be forget the collection that contains works With lunch completed, don’t waste a scene for drinks and supper than Riche by Dali, Matisse, Duchamp and Picasso second getting a cab and heading over to – this city fixture never ceases to attract amongst many others. Now, walk over the edgy, gritty Södermalm, or SoFo as it’s the chow n’ ciao crowd, and its two bars bridge to Norrmalm and you’ll pass the affectionately known. With an absolute Lilla and Stora Baren will keep you buzzy lovely Lydmar Hotel (see LUXE Loves) wealth of vintage, denim, interior stores and busy. With your dancing shoes firmly on your right, grab a cab here to nearby and kitsch, it makes for a wonderful on, simply quickstep up Birger Jarslgatan Mäster Samuelsgatan. This little cross afternoon of browsing, don’t miss Lisa and check your coat at Spybar, a style- street in the heart of the busy Östermalm Larsson, the reigning Queen of Vintage, packed apartment featuring multiple, shopping district is home to the unique, and of course Sweden’s signature hip themed rooms, but head for the club-in- contemporary fragrance house Byredo, label Acne, and be sure to ta en fika at club gentlemen’s lounger Gubbrummet where you’ll find beautifully packaged Bageriet Urban Deli, the too cool for for maximum glam. scents, bodycare and room fragrance school java spot. Returning back though with names like Pulp, Fantastic Man and Gamla Stan, detour to Norrmälarstrand Loose Lips. Also on this street are cult in Kungsholmen and pull up a waterside fashion brands Whyred and Fifth Avenue chair to watch the glorious sunset with a

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LUXE ITINERARY Design

Stockholm’s interior design scene is is Östermalmstorg, home in summer the astonishingly preserved remains of a second to none, with an amazing array to the lovely alfresco seafood perch sunken warship and her contents. Coffee! of furniture, accessories, fashion and Lisa på Torget, or cross the square into Ta en fika at daft and dottySturekattan , lifestyle, and a great place to start the foodhall Östermalms Saluhall for a granny’s parlour fit-out, where the tea browsing is at Jacksons on Sibyllegatan lots more lunchtime options. No trip to and coffee refills are free, and then head in Östermalm. This handsome edit of Stockholm could be complete without a down nearby Nybrogatan to findNordiska C.20th post war furniture and design visit to the most famous design house Galleriet, a store packed with clean- comes with a satisfying sprinkle of of all, Svenkst Tenn (see LUXE Loves). lined, experimental one-offs, functional famous names and collectibles. Only a Founded in 1924 and famous for its bold, furniture, lighting rugs and glass. Well, few doors down, step into Asplund where graphic prints and designs, the brand has after a day full of design shopping, you’re a homegrown interior design brand meets become an international icon amongst going to need somewhere stylish to eat. international labels for mutual admiration interior designers, and its position on For swish and swagger you can’t beat F12 and long-term investment. Further Strandvägen is only minutes down (see LUXE Loves), but for ultra-glamour down Sibyllegatan is our favorite store Sibyllegatan from the Östermalmstorg. and design on a far grander scale, book Modernity (see LUXE Loves), featuring For design of a different kind, don’t miss well ahead for a table at Operakällaren, an irresistible mix of C.20th international the awe-inspiring Vasa Museet (see LUXE the Opera House’s exquisitely carved and Scandinavian design, with plenty of Loves). Walking through the door of this and gilded salon, where the décor is as iconic mint condition pieces to hanker purpose-built museum brings you face to sumptuous as the menu. Smaklig måltid! after. The little square next to Modernity face with life in the C.17th in the guise of

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LUXE ITINERARY The Essentials

ROMANTIC ITINERARY STYLISH ITINERARY

• Ett Hem • Moderna Museet • Bageriet Urban Deli (see Drab vs Fab) Slupskjulsvägen 7 / Skeppsholmen Skånegatan 76 / Södermalm T: Kungsträdgården T: Medborgarplatsen • Östermalms Saluhall +46 8 519 552 00 +46 8 599 091 90 Östermalmstorg / Östermalm www.modernamuseet.se www.urbandeli.org T: Östermalmstorg www.saluhallen.com • Lydmar Hotel • Orangeriet (see LUXE Loves) Norrmälarstrand Kajplats 464 / • Hallwylska Museet Kungsholmen / T: Rådhuset (see LUXE Loves) • Byredo +46 8 505 244 75 Mäster Samuelsgatan 10 / Norrmalm www.orangerietbar.se • Bakfickan T: Östermalmstorg Jakobs torg 12 / Norrmalm +46 8 525 026 10 • Riche T: Kungsträdgården www.byredo.com Birger Jarlsgatan 4 / Östermalm +46 8 676 58 00 T: Östermalmstorg www.eng.operakallaren.se • Whyred +46 8 545 035 60 Mäster Samuelsgatan 3 / Norrmalm www.riche.se • Lisa Elmqvist T: Östermalmstorg Östermalmstorg / Östermalm +46 8 528 00 595 • Lilla T: Östermalmstorg www.whyred.se Birger Jarlsgatan 4 / Östermalm +46 8 533 40 400 T: Östermalmstorg www.lisaelmqvist.se • Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair +46 8 545 035 60 1/F / Asogatan 115 / +46 8 21 48 08 www.riche.se • Lisa på Torget www.vave-shoerepair.com Östermalmstorg / Östermalm • Stora Baren T: Östermalmstorg • Zink Grill Birger Jarlsgatan 4 / Östermalm +46 8 553 404 50 Bibilioteksgatan 5 / Norrmalm T: Östermalmstorg www.lisapatorget.se T: Östermalmstorg / +46 8 611 42 22 +46 8 545 035 60 www.zinkgrill.se www.riche.se • Chaikhana Svartmangatan 23 / T: Gamla stan • Lisa Larsson • Gubbrummet +46 8 244 500 Bondegatan 48 / +46 8 643 61 53 / Birger Jarlsgatan 20 www.chaikhana.se Södermalm / T: Medborgarplatsen +46 8 54 50 37 01 1-6pm Tue-Fri, 11am-3pm Sat • Den Gyldene Freden www.lisalarssonsecondhand.com Österlånggatan 51 / +46 8 24 97 60 www.gyldenefreden.se • Acne Torsgatan 53 / Odenplan / T: S:t Eriksplan / +46 8 30 27 23 www.acnestudios.com

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DESIGN ITINERARY

• Jacksons • Östermalms Saluhall • Nordiska Galleriet Sibyllegatan 53 Östermalmstorg / Östermalm Nybrogatan 11 / Östermalm +46 8 665 33 50 T: Östermalmstorg T: Östermalmstorg www.jacksons.se www.saluhallen.com +46 8 442 83 60 www.nordiskagalleriet.se • Asplund • Svenkst Tenn Sibyllegatan 31 (see LUXE Loves) • F12 +46 8 662 52 84 (see LUXE Loves) www.asplund.org • Vasa Museet (see LUXE Loves) • Operakällaren • Modernity Jakobs torg 12 / Norrmalm / T: (see LUXE Loves) • Sturekattan Kungsträdgården / +46 8 676 58 00 Riddargatan 4 / Östermalm www.eng.operakallaren.se • Lisa på Torget T: Östermalmstorg Östermalmstorg 2 / Östermalm +46 8 611 16 12 T: Östermalmstorg www.sturekatten.se +46 8 553 404 50 www.lisapatorget.se

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