Stockholm English Guide PHOTO: COVER, TOVE FREIIJ. PAGE 2, JENS ASSUR. PAGE 3, LUXDAGFORDAG.SE, TOVE FREIIJ, HENRIK TRYGG. 3, LUXDAGFORDAG.SE, TOVE FREIIJ, HENRIK TRYGG. 2, JENS ASSUR. PAGE PHOTO: COVER, TOVE FREIIJ. PAGE @visitstockholm Welcome to Stockholm! Where an urban pulse meets serenity. Contents Stockholm is a city of contrasts. Trends in music, design, fashion, and technology are born here, and 4–11 Museums, viewpoints and tours. The best tips for every age innovations that spread worldwide are invented here. Stockholm also has a rich history comprising and interest. exciting architecture, museums, the Royal Palace and the medieval urban core of Gamla Stan. Trendy Find more Stockholm tips at visitstockholm.com bars and world-class restaurants are shoulder-to-shoulder with historic cafés and cozy neighborhood 12–14 Shopping guide to districts, boutiques, department stores and Follow us on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: Swedish design. pubs. This is a city of modern galleries and exclusive department stores, as well as small boutiques and @visitstockholm 15–20 Find your favorite in gourmet Stockholm. unique shops. Stages and arenas attract Swedish and international stars. Large and small events come Stockholm Guide 2016 is produced one after the next. by Meze Design for Stockholm Visitors Board From neighborhood pubs to luxury restaurants. Box 16282 SE-103 25 Stockholm Discover Stockholm’s nightlife. Chill bars, cool clubs and venues. Phone +46 (0)8-508 28 500 Enjoy coffee and a treat at one of Stockholm’s many lovely cafés Stockholm is simultaneously urban and close to nature; water is an ever-present feature in this city where [email protected] or bakeries. lake and sea meet. Parks and green areas abound, and the distinctive white archipelago boats travel visitstockholm.com Repro: Italgraf Media 21–25 Discover Stockholm’s beautiful archipelago and other excursions. to the islands all year long. The atmosphere is open and welcoming, and diversity and innovation are Printing: Stibo Printing Solutions encouraged. Stockholm is a city for everyone. 26–27 Event calendar and guide to happenings in Stockholm. We reserve the right to any changes to the offerings and attractions that may be made 28–31 A guide to your Stockholm. The easiest way to travel to and We hope you have a wonderful stay with us! after this publication goes to print. around Stockholm. 2—Stockholm Guide Stockholm Guide—3 PHOTO: HENRIK TRYGG, TOVE FREIIJ. PHOTO: HENRIK TRYGG, We asked some of our dedicated and know­ ledgeable Facebook followers for their best Stockholm tips. Look for these tips in the guide! @visitstockholm 48 hours Boat Sightseeing Old Town/ Gamla Stan Royal Palace Stockholm City Hall Skansen Vasa Museum Fotografiska Moderna Museet visitstockholm.com Stockholm in 48 hours DAY 1: Start your day at Strömkajen. tower with three crowns is a Stockholm If you are interested in art, start the day The Royal Canal Tour departs from landmark. From here, you’ll find a by exploring one of the world’s biggest here by boat. This 50-minute tour gorgeous view of the city. modern photography collections at will take you past the Vasa Museum, Fotografiska by Stadsgårdskajen. Waldemarsudde and numerous historic DAY 2: Take the tram, bus or ferry out Enjoy an organic lunch at the museum’s buildings in a beautiful setting. to Djurgården to visit two of Stock- restaurant, which also offers an incred- Continue to Old Town/Gamla Stan for holm’s most popular sights. Start with ible view. Stroll along Skeppsbron in Discover Stockholm a visit to the Royal Palace. Here, you Skansen, the world’s oldest open-air Gamla Stan, past the Royal Palace can see the grand apartments, the Trea- museum. Here, you will find restau- out to Skeppsholmen. Here you will No matter what you’re looking for, Stockholm is a city of experiences. sury with state regalia and the parade rants, cafés and cozy lunch spots. Just findModerna Museet, which has an You'll find hikes, viewpoints, guided tours, world heritage sites, of soldiers. Strolling through the cozy a short walk from Skansen is the Vasa impressive collection of modern and over one hundred museums and other activities. The following pages neighborhood of Gamla Stan is a must Museum, the world’s only preserved contemporary art with works by artists present a small selection of all there is to see and do, tips for discovering for everyone who visits Stockholm. Take seventeenth century ship, which was such as Picasso and Warhol. Stockholm in 48 hours, and fun activities for the whole family. the chance to eat lunch or enjoy coffee salvaged and restored after resting and a treat at one of the cafés and on the sea floor for 333 years. The restaurants here. Finish the day with a museum, which is the most visited in Find more tips at visit to City Hall, whose characteristic Scandinavia, is a unique experience. visitstockholm.com 4—Stockholm Guide Discover Stockholm Stockholm Guide—5 @visitstockholm PHOTO: KAROLINA EKSTEDT, JENS ASSUR, YANAN LI, SKANSEN. JENS ASSUR, YANAN PHOTO: KAROLINA EKSTEDT, Art galleries Museum shops Stockholm has an Are you interested in A few tips: impressive offering of art the latest exhibition or Moderna Museet galleries and spaces. do you want to shop? Liljevalchs, Magasin 3, Why not do both? National Museum of Science and Technology Bonniers, Sven­Harrys and Stockholm’s museum Artipelag all offer perma­ shops offer a wide Fotografiska nent and temporary exhibi­ variety of fun, unique Millesgården tions of the highest class. items that you can Royal Palace bring home as souve­ Skansen nirs or beautiful gifts. Hallwyl Museum Junibacken www.liljevalchs.se www.magasin3.com www.bonnierskonsthall.se www.sven­harrys.se MILLESGÅRDEN The sculpture park www.artipelag.se with its terraces and fountains displays Old Town/Gamla Stan famous works by Carl Milles. In the Large Studio, you can see how the art- ist worked, and the art gallery features modern and contemporary art. Right SKANSEN is the world’s oldest open- next door is Anne’s House, home of the air museum, beautifully situated on Milles couple throughout the 1950s, Djurgården. See historic buildings from with intact Svenskt Tenn decor. several areas of Sweden, and discover www.millesgarden.se the history and geography of the entire country in one place. You will also find MODERNA MUSEET has one of Follow us on Facebook Nordic animals such as seals, bear, Europe’s foremost collections of modern @visitstockholm and moose. Skansen also offers lovely and contemporary works by artists restaurants, cozy cafés, entertainment such as Dalí, Matisse, Derkert, and and traditional Swedish holidays such Picasso. The museum also offers high- as Midsummer and Christmas. class temporary exhibits. www.skansen.se www.modernamuseet.se Millesgården Vasa Museum STOCKHOLM CITY HALL With its FOTOGRAFISKA One of the world’s characteristic tower topped with three biggest spaces for modern photo- Stockholm top 10 golden crowns, City Hall is a Stock- graphy. Swedish and international holm landmark. The famous Nobel photographers are presented here, OLD TOWN/GAMLA STAN ROYAL PALACE Gamla Stan is home VASA MUSEUM Scandinavia’s most Banquet is held here annually. Take a including new and established names. One of the world’s best-preserved to the Royal Palace, which is one of popular museum and the world’s only guided tour to learn more about the art, The museum also offers a fabulous medieval city centers. Meandering Europe’s biggest palaces. Here, you preserved seventeenth century ship is a architecture and history. And the view restaurant with an evident organic alleys lined with crooked buildings, can see the grand apartments, the unique treasure. It was salvaged after from the top of the tower is fantastic. focus and a bar with wonderful views craft shops and galleries can be found Treasury with state regalia, the 333 years on the ocean floor and has www.stockholm.se/stadshuset of Gamla Stan, Djurgården and here. Have coffee and a treat on Stor- Tre Kronor Museum, and Gustav III’s been under restoration for nearly half a Skeppsholmen. torget; visit the Stockholm Cathedral Museum of Antiquities. The palace century. Over 95 percent of the ship is ABBA THE MUSEUM & SWEDISH www.fotografiska.eu where the Crown Princess and her also houses the Royal Armoury, with original. The museum also has several MUSIC HALL OF FAME was an imme- husband were married in 2010, or just royal costumes and weapons. You can different exhibits about seventeenth diate success when the doors opened BOAT SIGHTSEEING Stockholm rests stroll around this cozy neighborhood. also see the parade of soldiers and century Sweden and life on board the in spring 2013. Since then, over half on fourteen islands connected by Don’t miss Mårten Trotzigs Gränd, an daily changing of the guard outside ship. a million visitors have discovered this fifty-seven bridges. Journeying from alley so narrow that you can touch the the palace. www.vasamuseet.se musical and cultural treasure. This place to place on a sightseeing boat walls of the buildings on either side. In www.kungahuset.se Skansen modern, interactive museum is a dream is a unique experience and a sight to recent years, several trendy restaurants www.livrustkammaren.se not only for ABBA fans, but for anyone see in and of itself. Boats depart from and celebrity chef eateries have who loves music and wants to know Nybrokajen, Strömkajen, the Vasa opened in the neighborhood. Find more tips at more about Swedish pop history. Museum, Skeppsholmen, Slussen and www.visitstockholm.com visitstockholm.com www.abbathemuseum.com the Royal Palace. 6—Stockholm Guide Discover Stockholm Discover Stockholm Stockholm Guide—7 PHOTO: THOMAS KARLSSON, TAKVANDRING, SPÖKVANDRING, HENRIK TRYGG, OLA ERICSON.