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COUNTRY CODE:
Dial ++46 for Sweden
FROM THE AIRPORT
Car Hire :
Take advantage of the special easyJet inflight rates. Visit the Europcar desk on arrival or call +46 08 5559 8400. Open from 6.30am-11.30pm Monday-Friday, 7am-9.30pm on Saturday and 7am-11.30pm on Sunday.
Airport Transfer :
Pre-book your door-to-door transfer with easyJet’s transfer partner, Holiday Taxis—from home to the airport, then city or resort (easyjet.holidaytaxis.com).
Coach :
Flygbussarna airport coaches depart every 10-15 minutes at peak hours and takes about 50 minutes to the city centre. Tickets: €10.50 single; €19 return.
Train :
Arlanda Express departs every 10-15 minutes for the city centre. Tickets: €23.50 single; €44.50 return. Journey time 20 minutes.
Taxi :
The journey to the centre of town costs €50 and takes about 40 minutes.
(35 Stora Nygatan, Gamla Stan. Tel. 08 221 019) Amid the tourist traps of the Old Town, this living room-like café and bookshop is friendly and inexpensive. Lunch is served from noon-3pm, and excellent coffee and sandwiches at all other times.
(40 Blekingegatan, Södermalm. Tel. 08 5560 9092) A long-time staple on Stockholm’s restaurant scene. Pelikan serves hearty, Swedish home-style cooking ranging from meatballs with lingonberries to pickled herrings.
(Stora Nygatan, Gamla Stan. Tel. 08 723 1919) There are only 19 seats in this intimate restaurant with windows overlooking a narrow, cobblestoned alleyway. The menu consists of a set five-course dinner and changes daily. Sirloin of moose served with chanterelles appears on the menu from time to time.
(12 Fredsgatan. Tel. 08 248 052) Celebrity chefs Daniel Couet and Paul Svensson have divided the menu into two sections, Traditional and Innovative, and guests are free to mix and match. Try the cured scallops with walnuts and frozen celery. Expect the unexpected at this gorgeous restaurant located inside the Royal Academy of Arts.
(74 Regeringsgatan . Tel. 08 5052 9200) A beautiful, richly ornamented venue with three stages, a bar and restaurant. All types of live music from indie to rock, klezmer to gospel.
(45 Malmskillnadsgatan . Tel. 08 209 155) In a two-levelled space that recalls the Cold War-era Soviet Union a fun crowd keeps the party going until late.
On the ground
Shop
Ekovaruhuset is an organic and fair-trade fashion shop run by self-proclaimed ‘eco nerd’ Johanna Hofring. In her cave-like medieval vaults you can shop for fashion-forward garments without hurting the environment (28 Österlånggatan, Gamla Stan. Tel. 08 229 845).
Insider Tip
Visit Arkitekturmuseet, free on Friday from 4pm-6pm. Learn lots about buildings around the world while seeing inside a stunning example of modern Scandinavian architecture (Skeppsholmen. Tel. 08 5872 7000).
Key Area
Walk across the wooden Skeppsholmsbron to get to one of Stockholm’s smallest islands. Visit the Moderna Museet (Museum of Modern Art) and Arkitekturmuseet (Museum of Architecture), or just enjoy a nice walk around the island and the city views.
This month
Experience the street dance version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in acclaimed Swedish dance company Bounce’s genre-defying show Insane in the Brain at Dansens Hus (4-26 January. www.dansenshus.se).
Day Tripping
Yasuragi Hasseludden
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About 30 minutes' drive from town you'll find this haven of tranquillity where you'll discover that Swedish and Japanese aesthetics are really quite closely related. The Japanese baths are heavenly at this spa, especially during the winter months (www.yasuragi.se).
No way!
Stockholm has more single people than any other capital of the world. More than 60% of city dwellers are single—and in the neighbourhood of Kungsholmen the figure rises to 80%!
