Guidebook for Stockholm
Food Scene
These old rustic places are what we call old beer halls. They're scattered all over the city and their specific floor tiles used to indicate cheaper food like herring and potatoes. This is Stockholm!
171 locals recommend
Restaurant Pelikan
40 BlekingegatanThese old rustic places are what we call old beer halls. They're scattered all over the city and their specific floor tiles used to indicate cheaper food like herring and potatoes. This is Stockholm!
Around Nytorget you'll find tons of restaurants and cafés. In the Summer the thing to do is have an ice-cream and look at people passing by.
245 locals recommend
Nytorget
NytorgetAround Nytorget you'll find tons of restaurants and cafés. In the Summer the thing to do is have an ice-cream and look at people passing by.
Come here for the restaurant Tjoget (Linje Tio) where there's also a barber shop.
62 locals recommend
Hornstull
Come here for the restaurant Tjoget (Linje Tio) where there's also a barber shop.
This restaurant is great for a cocktail or a nicer dinner. It is situated in a sort of oblong suspended ridge. You see it from Slussen.
193 locals recommend
Eriks Gondolen
6 StadsgårdenThis restaurant is great for a cocktail or a nicer dinner. It is situated in a sort of oblong suspended ridge. You see it from Slussen.
Right by the statue of Saint George and the Dragon you'll find the best French place in Stockholm. It's small so book a table! http://pastis.se/PASTIS___ompastis.html
37 locals recommend
Pastis
12 BaggensgatanRight by the statue of Saint George and the Dragon you'll find the best French place in Stockholm. It's small so book a table! http://pastis.se/PASTIS___ompastis.html
The best place to go for a sparkling Sunday when all you want to do is have lunch at a crisp place! These guys fooled all of Sweden that baguettes were really called Pain Riche. Great marketing!
193 locals recommend
Riche
4 Birger JarlsgatanThe best place to go for a sparkling Sunday when all you want to do is have lunch at a crisp place! These guys fooled all of Sweden that baguettes were really called Pain Riche. Great marketing!
Just like Pelikan this is one of the older places still running. Prinsen is however much more luxurious.
Here you'll find the best waitors in town!
26 locals recommend
Prinsen
4 Mäster SamuelsgatanJust like Pelikan this is one of the older places still running. Prinsen is however much more luxurious.
Here you'll find the best waitors in town!
There's a nice restaurant area and a smaller bar area with handpainted walls. Every thursday at ten people gather to sing the Thursday-song here. Join in!
12 locals recommend
Konstnärsbaren
7 SmålandsgatanThere's a nice restaurant area and a smaller bar area with handpainted walls. Every thursday at ten people gather to sing the Thursday-song here. Join in!
Everything Else
A square on the Katarina hill that has a little coffeshop, sometimes musicians and always tons of flowers. Only in the Summer though :(
20 locals recommend
Mosebacke torg
Mosebacke TorgA square on the Katarina hill that has a little coffeshop, sometimes musicians and always tons of flowers. Only in the Summer though :(
The park is really alive in the Summer and it even has an outdoor amphitheatre.
http://www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se/index.asp?parkteatern/spelplatser/vitan.asp&main
Oh, and it's always free.
145 locals recommend
Vitabergsparken
The park is really alive in the Summer and it even has an outdoor amphitheatre.
http://www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se/index.asp?parkteatern/spelplatser/vitan.asp&main
Oh, and it's always free.
Go here in the Summer and enjoy the outdoor pools. Preferably in the mornings for a really fresh start to your day!
106 locals recommend
Eriksdalsbadet
20 Hammarby SlussvägGo here in the Summer and enjoy the outdoor pools. Preferably in the mornings for a really fresh start to your day!
Take a walk in the vast Tantolunden and have a look at our Kolonilotter. They're tiny summer houses with small gardens kept by city-dwellers. An idea from the 50's that's stayed on!
196 locals recommend
Tantolunden
20 Zinkens VägTake a walk in the vast Tantolunden and have a look at our Kolonilotter. They're tiny summer houses with small gardens kept by city-dwellers. An idea from the 50's that's stayed on!
Take a walk along the Monteliusvägen and see the city from above. The promenade is also lined with old villas and some of the oldest buildings on Södermalm.
251 locals recommend
Monteliusvagen
MonteliusvägenTake a walk along the Monteliusvägen and see the city from above. The promenade is also lined with old villas and some of the oldest buildings on Södermalm.
This is where I cut my hair. You sit and you wait until either Pippo or Lorenzo cut your hair. It's great.
Odengatan 96
96 OdengatanThis is where I cut my hair. You sit and you wait until either Pippo or Lorenzo cut your hair. It's great.
Bergius Botanic Garden
4 GustafsborgsvägenWho doesn't love a botanic garden?!
Drinks & Nightlife
A nice little bistro with Asian flavours. In the basement there's a cinema with a bar! It is called Salong 4 and you book tickets via http://biorio.se/
123 locals recommend
Barbro
13 Hornstulls strandA nice little bistro with Asian flavours. In the basement there's a cinema with a bar! It is called Salong 4 and you book tickets via http://biorio.se/
Arts & Culture
This is a nice old cinema that shows lots of good stuff. From here you also book tickets for the Cinema Bar in close-by restaurant Barbro. http://biorio.se/
92 locals recommend
Rio
3 Hornstulls strandThis is a nice old cinema that shows lots of good stuff. From here you also book tickets for the Cinema Bar in close-by restaurant Barbro. http://biorio.se/
Skeppsholmen is full of museums and sights. The Modern Museum, the East Asian, the Architecture Musem... The banks are full of boats. There's even an old ships parlour on the island!
Skeppsholmen
Skeppsholmen is full of museums and sights. The Modern Museum, the East Asian, the Architecture Musem... The banks are full of boats. There's even an old ships parlour on the island!
This is where you stroll. The island used to be Royal Hunting Grounds but have now changed somewhat.
419 locals recommend
Djurgården
This is where you stroll. The island used to be Royal Hunting Grounds but have now changed somewhat.
We had a prince called Eugen. He didn't want to be a king so he painted instead. This is his legacy.
45 locals recommend
Prins Eugen's Waldemarsudde
6 Prins Eugens VägWe had a prince called Eugen. He didn't want to be a king so he painted instead. This is his legacy.
Sightseeing
This is an old prison island with the prison still standing. Along the banks of the island you'll find lots of boats. Come for a swim in the Summer!
12 locals recommend
Långholmen Hotell Stockholm
20 LångholmsmurenThis is an old prison island with the prison still standing. Along the banks of the island you'll find lots of boats. Come for a swim in the Summer!
This is a lovely square in the Summer. Come here and have a lemonade from adjacent delicatessen Oaxen.
Hotel Rival also has a nice brunch and puts on shows.
118 locals recommend
Mariatorget
MariatorgetThis is a lovely square in the Summer. Come here and have a lemonade from adjacent delicatessen Oaxen.
Hotel Rival also has a nice brunch and puts on shows.
Entertainment & Activities
This is our zoo. It is very nice and offers glimpses into Swedish culture.
459 locals recommend
Skansen
49-51 DjurgårdsslättenThis is our zoo. It is very nice and offers glimpses into Swedish culture.
This is our amusement park all done up with rollercoasters and magic carpet rides. You can take a boat here from Slussen in order to add to the experience.
411 locals recommend
Grona Lund Amusement Park
9 Lilla Allmänna GrändThis is our amusement park all done up with rollercoasters and magic carpet rides. You can take a boat here from Slussen in order to add to the experience.
Shopping
Biblioteksgatan
BiblioteksgatanIf you're looking for over-priced stuff. Go here!
This is our oldest department store. They've taken away all of its charm but it might be worth a visit if you like shopping.
371 locals recommend
NK Stockholm
18-20 HamngatanThis is our oldest department store. They've taken away all of its charm but it might be worth a visit if you like shopping.
This is Stockholm's best-kept store and it is hidden away from the high-end areas together with lots of other stores on Krukmakargatan.
50 locals recommend
Nitty Gritty
24-26 KrukmakargatanThis is Stockholm's best-kept store and it is hidden away from the high-end areas together with lots of other stores on Krukmakargatan.
Roslagsgatan
RoslagsgatanThis street is full of old vintage stores!
Herr Judit
65 HornsgatanThe best vintage store for men.