If you ask someone who has visited Stockholm the first word they would probably use to describe it is “beautiful” and that it is. Stockholm is a major international city with great shopping, quality eateries in abundance, fabulous standard hotels, an internationally renowned club and music scene and a vibrant cultural life. Where Stockholm comes into its own however is its sheer, natural beauty.Stockholm, as a city, is over 700 years old and spreads across 14 islands as it faces proudly out to the Baltic Sea. You can get to just about all of Stockholm’s many wondrous sites on foot, which is the perfect way to see the city. You can also take a boat trip that will give you a different facet of Scandinavia’s largest and probably most beautiful city. To qualify the natural “beauty” of Stockholm, try a summer morning stroll in Djurgården, a dip in Lake Mälaren from Norrmälarstrand, or a quiet moment to yourself in Hagaparken. We think you’ll know what we mean.
View over The City Hall and Riddarholmen
Photo: Bruno Ehrs/Scanpix
Stockholm is now widely recognised as one of Europe’s most dynamic and exciting gastronomic metropolises. In Stockholm you find restaurants serving food with all different kinds of themes.
Families travelling with children find Stockholm an especially convenient and pleasant place for holidaying. More importantly: kids love the city! There are loads of things to see and do, games and amusements for children of all ages. Furthermore, many of these attractions are available free of charge, or at very low prices.
Stockholm Archipelago – a vast, fan-shaped maritime world of more than 24,000 islands, islets and skerries, of which only about a thousand are inhabited.
Södermalm, where most of the intrigue in the Millenium series takes place, used to be a blue-collar area of Stockholm and is one of fourteen islands that make up the capital city.
The gay scene in Stockholm is like the city itself: warm, open-minded and welcoming, easily accessible and fun. There are many gay and gay-friendly clubs, bars, restaurants and other establishments to enjoy.
Stockholm is known as a leading design centre, and it is an important part of the city’s shopping scene.
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