Guidebook for Stockholm
Food Scene
Sushi Sho
45 UpplandsgatanTrendy Sushi Sho serves high quality, Tokyo-style sushi.
Tennstopet is a traditional Swedish restaurant. Known for serving meatballs, elk, herring and snaps to local journalists and vagabonds for over a hundred years. They serve lunch at a lower price and have a terrace with great view of the local street life.
89 locals recommend
Tennstopet
50 DalagatanTennstopet is a traditional Swedish restaurant. Known for serving meatballs, elk, herring and snaps to local journalists and vagabonds for over a hundred years. They serve lunch at a lower price and have a terrace with great view of the local street life.
A classic bistro, serving french cuisine and specializes on exquisite seafood plateaus. Go for oysters and champagne!
42 locals recommend
Wasahof
46 DalagatanA classic bistro, serving french cuisine and specializes on exquisite seafood plateaus. Go for oysters and champagne!
A very nice area with lots if cafés and restaurants is Rörstrandsgatan street just off Sankt Eriksplan. Just walk Odengatan along the park - or through the park - for five minutes and you'll be there. Just at the beginning of the street (Rörstrandsgatan 4) you have Café Mellqvists, famous for its nice pastries, buns and bread. Be sure to try their excellent swedish cinnamon bun called “kanelbulle”.
80 locals recommend
Mellqvist Cafe & Bar
4 RörstrandsgatanA very nice area with lots if cafés and restaurants is Rörstrandsgatan street just off Sankt Eriksplan. Just walk Odengatan along the park - or through the park - for five minutes and you'll be there. Just at the beginning of the street (Rörstrandsgatan 4) you have Café Mellqvists, famous for its nice pastries, buns and bread. Be sure to try their excellent swedish cinnamon bun called “kanelbulle”.
High quality café. Everything is freshly baked in the shop. Great outdoor terrace to sit back and watch the local street life.
20 locals recommend
Brunkebergs Bageri
9 J DalagatanHigh quality café. Everything is freshly baked in the shop. Great outdoor terrace to sit back and watch the local street life.
Wonderful little bistro with quality food, beautiful interior and reasonable prices.
24 locals recommend
Café Facile
99 LuntmakargatanWonderful little bistro with quality food, beautiful interior and reasonable prices.
The Flying Elk
15 MälartorgetGreat dining in Gamla Stan (Old town).
Gaston
15 MälartorgetGreat wine (and amazing burgers!) in Gamla Stan (Old town).
Our own favourite Japanese/Korean. Great for lunch and take away especially. Very casual. Their fish stew with homemade kimchi “Chige” is to die for!
19 locals recommend
Ki-Mama
13 ObservatoriegatanOur own favourite Japanese/Korean. Great for lunch and take away especially. Very casual. Their fish stew with homemade kimchi “Chige” is to die for!
Another nice waterside walk is Norra Mälarstrand on Kungsholmen. Also a nice walk there from the apartment across the bridge from you to Kungsholmstorg on Kungsholmen island/area.
Mäster Anders on Pipersgatan 1 is a great restaurant for lunch!
53 locals recommend
Mäster Anders
1 PipersgatanAnother nice waterside walk is Norra Mälarstrand on Kungsholmen. Also a nice walk there from the apartment across the bridge from you to Kungsholmstorg on Kungsholmen island/area.
Mäster Anders on Pipersgatan 1 is a great restaurant for lunch!
great espresso bar/ice cream/pizza and deli shop with seats outside to watch the street life.
16 locals recommend
Espresso Sosta Bar
84-86 Sveavägengreat espresso bar/ice cream/pizza and deli shop with seats outside to watch the street life.
In an old filmtheater right by the now resides a nice café and restaurant. Have som fika and watch the people walking by. If you walk along the water to the left you will reach a popular park Tantolunden. If its good weather in the weekends the young kids go here to have picnic and hang out. You can walk even further along the water, it is a very nice scenic view with some small cafes along the road.
92 locals recommend
Rio
3 Hornstulls strandIn an old filmtheater right by the now resides a nice café and restaurant. Have som fika and watch the people walking by. If you walk along the water to the left you will reach a popular park Tantolunden. If its good weather in the weekends the young kids go here to have picnic and hang out. You can walk even further along the water, it is a very nice scenic view with some small cafes along the road.
This is my favourite coffeehouse in the Mariatorget neighbourhood. They have good coffee, cheap cookies and very nice, cheap sandwiches with Swedish flavours like reindeer. Ideal for a cheap and light lunch.
Mariatorget is a lovely little park with a nice fountain. Around the square there are nice cafes etc to visit. I recommend you to just get of subway station “Mariatorget”, walk around in the neighbourhood and explore. For example St. Paulsgatan and Torkel Knutssonsgatan is a vivid and buzzing street with a lot of nice cafes.
51 locals recommend
Kaffe
17 S:t PaulsgatanThis is my favourite coffeehouse in the Mariatorget neighbourhood. They have good coffee, cheap cookies and very nice, cheap sandwiches with Swedish flavours like reindeer. Ideal for a cheap and light lunch.
Mariatorget is a lovely little park with a nice fountain. Around the square there are nice cafes etc to visit. I recommend you to just get of subway station “Mariatorget”, walk around in the neighbourhood and explore. For example St. Paulsgatan and Torkel Knutssonsgatan is a vivid and buzzing street with a lot of nice cafes.
Drinks & Nightlife
Bar and restaurant in this large but cosy party palace. Quality food in one end and bars, dancing and art in the other.
101 locals recommend
Taverna Brillo
6 SturegatanBar and restaurant in this large but cosy party palace. Quality food in one end and bars, dancing and art in the other.
Parks & Nature
Big, beautiful, green recreational area.
If you move north from Odenplan subway station you will reach Hagaparken. Hagaparken is a big park green park that was build as a playground for King Gustav III in 1733. Today it is a public park open for everyone. You can walk around and see the iconic sculptures and building that Gustav III built for himself. Today the princess of Sweden resides in one of the castles in this park.
316 locals recommend
Hagaparken
Big, beautiful, green recreational area.
If you move north from Odenplan subway station you will reach Hagaparken. Hagaparken is a big park green park that was build as a playground for King Gustav III in 1733. Today it is a public park open for everyone. You can walk around and see the iconic sculptures and building that Gustav III built for himself. Today the princess of Sweden resides in one of the castles in this park.
Observatorielunden
DrottninggatanPark with a fantastic view over Stockholm!
Essentials
ICA
9 N DalagatanBig store for all your grocery needs etc.
Hemköp
62-64 StorgatanGreat grocery store
Laundry service. Good machines and reasonable prices.
12 locals recommend
Coin-operated laundry in Stockholm
61B VästmannagatanLaundry service. Good machines and reasonable prices.
Getting Around
Odenplan station
KarlbergsvägenHub for subway, commuter train and bus to anywhere in Stockholm.
Central station. Hub for subway, commuter train and bus and train to anywhere in Stockholm and Sweden.
92 locals recommend
Centralen station
Central station. Hub for subway, commuter train and bus and train to anywhere in Stockholm and Sweden.
Sankt Eriksplan
Sankt EriksplanAirport bus to Arlanda airport
Arts & Culture
Modern contemporary museum.
They have a café/restaurant with a wonderful view over Stockholm!
442 locals recommend
Moderna Museet
4 ExercisplanModern contemporary museum.
They have a café/restaurant with a wonderful view over Stockholm!
Liljevalchs public art gallery is has large-scale exhibitions of modern- and contemporary art. Its perfect to drop by when strolling around the beautiful park on the island of Djurgården. Right beside the gallery there is a lovely lunchrestaurant Blå Porten with a wonderful garden you can have your lunch or coffee in. The restaurant has an excellent variety of cookies and cakes!
29 locals recommend
Liljevalchs
3 DjurgårdsvägenLiljevalchs public art gallery is has large-scale exhibitions of modern- and contemporary art. Its perfect to drop by when strolling around the beautiful park on the island of Djurgården. Right beside the gallery there is a lovely lunchrestaurant Blå Porten with a wonderful garden you can have your lunch or coffee in. The restaurant has an excellent variety of cookies and cakes!
Museum of photography. Located at Slussen, on the island of Södermalm. Restaurant with fantastic view over Stockholm!
816 locals recommend
Fotografiska
22 StadsgårdshamnenMuseum of photography. Located at Slussen, on the island of Södermalm. Restaurant with fantastic view over Stockholm!
I recommend you to take the boat to Lidingö. It passes Djurgården, Gröna Lund and the Östermalm. You only need to have the SL-Card. The Station on Lidingö is called “Dalénum” Here they have information in English, map and timetables for the ferry. http://www.sjovagen.nu/web/page.aspx?refid=32
On Lidingö you also have a wonderful museum and sculpturepark Millesgården. Here they have gathered all the sculptures of beloved Swedish sculpture artist Carl Milles. His works are truly amazing and I highly recommend you passing by.
103 locals recommend
Millesgården
32 HerserudsvägenI recommend you to take the boat to Lidingö. It passes Djurgården, Gröna Lund and the Östermalm. You only need to have the SL-Card. The Station on Lidingö is called “Dalénum” Here they have information in English, map and timetables for the ferry. http://www.sjovagen.nu/web/page.aspx?refid=32
On Lidingö you also have a wonderful museum and sculpturepark Millesgården. Here they have gathered all the sculptures of beloved Swedish sculpture artist Carl Milles. His works are truly amazing and I highly recommend you passing by.
Everything Else
Södermalm island/area is great. Kind of the Brooklyn (hipster part) of Stockholm. Especially around Nytorget (sofo), Mariatorget and in the other end Hornstull. Walk between them along the water on the south side, or/and along the slope overlooking the city on the north side! Really beautiful with many small cafés.
113 locals recommend
Södermalm
Södermalm island/area is great. Kind of the Brooklyn (hipster part) of Stockholm. Especially around Nytorget (sofo), Mariatorget and in the other end Hornstull. Walk between them along the water on the south side, or/and along the slope overlooking the city on the north side! Really beautiful with many small cafés.
Another nice waterside walk is Norra Mälarstrand on Kungsholmen. Also a nice walk there from the apartment across the bridge from you to Kungsholmstorg on Kungsholmen island/area.
Mäster Anders on Pipersgatan 1 is a great restaurant for lunch!
18 locals recommend
Kungsholmen
Another nice waterside walk is Norra Mälarstrand on Kungsholmen. Also a nice walk there from the apartment across the bridge from you to Kungsholmstorg on Kungsholmen island/area.
Mäster Anders on Pipersgatan 1 is a great restaurant for lunch!
Östermalm is the posh neighbourhood. Here Prada, Gucci, Louis Vuitton etc. have their stores. Also here there is a lively nightlife with clubs, restaurants, bars.
The best thing about this area is that you reach Djurgården Island from here.
31 locals recommend
Östermalm
Östermalm is the posh neighbourhood. Here Prada, Gucci, Louis Vuitton etc. have their stores. Also here there is a lively nightlife with clubs, restaurants, bars.
The best thing about this area is that you reach Djurgården Island from here.
This island is a great park with many different things to do. Here are a few recommendations:
Thielska Galleriet: A wonderful museum with paintings by Gauguin, Hjort, Strindberg etc.
Gröna Lund: Amusement park
Skansen: Park with traditional Swedish animals and stuff; for example bear, wolf and mousse.
Vasamuseet: An exhibition of the old shipwreck WASA.
Rosendals Trädgård : A Garden and Café where you can have traditional pastrys in the lovely green setting.
Beckholmen: A small shipyard island where they restored the Wasa Ship.
419 locals recommend
Djurgården
This island is a great park with many different things to do. Here are a few recommendations:
Thielska Galleriet: A wonderful museum with paintings by Gauguin, Hjort, Strindberg etc.
Gröna Lund: Amusement park
Skansen: Park with traditional Swedish animals and stuff; for example bear, wolf and mousse.
Vasamuseet: An exhibition of the old shipwreck WASA.
Rosendals Trädgård : A Garden and Café where you can have traditional pastrys in the lovely green setting.
Beckholmen: A small shipyard island where they restored the Wasa Ship.
Gamla Stan is the old, historic part of Stockholm. The oldest buildings in Gamla stan are from the 1200. For several centuries, Stockholm was only this small Island. Today it is a very touristic area with a lot of ugly souvenirs etc. It is also here in Gamla Stan that the The Royal Palace and the Parliament House is located. It is possible to enter the Royal Palace for a fee.
581 locals recommend
Gamla stan
Gamla Stan is the old, historic part of Stockholm. The oldest buildings in Gamla stan are from the 1200. For several centuries, Stockholm was only this small Island. Today it is a very touristic area with a lot of ugly souvenirs etc. It is also here in Gamla Stan that the The Royal Palace and the Parliament House is located. It is possible to enter the Royal Palace for a fee.
On the left side of Gamla Stan you will find Riddarholmen. Riddarholmen is great because from here you have a great scenic view of the City and City Hall.
34 locals recommend
Riddarholm Church
On the left side of Gamla Stan you will find Riddarholmen. Riddarholmen is great because from here you have a great scenic view of the City and City Hall.