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City Guide : Stockholm - Accommodation, Sightseeing, Attractions |
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This lovely, lively city, with its maritime bent and international flavour, is a magnet for immigrants as well as tourists. Over 15% of greater Stockholm's population are immigrants. Just stroll through the quaint streets, and you'll hear everything from Polish to Japanese. Clarion Hotel Sign Stockholm This spectacular hotel building is created by famous Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh. The ultra modern Clarion Sign offers comfortable guest rooms furnished by Scandinavian design icons. The top floor spa at Sign has several treatment rooms, a spa ... Estonian Air non-stop Stockholm - Tartu On August 24, Estonian Air will begin flying non-stop between Stockholm-Arlanda and Tartu, Estonia. Estonian Air will operate four flights each way each week on the route, using SAAB 340 aircraft seating 33 passengers. The trip will take one hour ... Stockholm-Arlanda's Travel Habit Survey provides unique glimpse of travel trends Norwegians and Germans top the list of foreign visitors to Sweden. The Swedes prefer flying to Thailand or New York for a holiday outside Europe. For the past ten years, the largest travel habit survey in Sweden - and perhaps in the Nordic countries ... Skyways starting new non-stop route to Vilnius On May 31, Skyways will begin flying non-stop between Stockholm-Arlanda and Vilnius, Lithuania. The Swedish-based airline will operate two flights each way daily, Monday to Friday, as well as one flight each way on Sundays. Skyways uses Fokker 50 ... Non-stop flights Stockholm to Malta Scandinavian Airlines has started a non-stop route from Stockholm-Arlanda to Malta. There are two trips each way per week, on Thursdays and Sundays. Between April 2 and November 8, SAS is flying non-stop between Stockholm-Arlanda and Malta. The ... | |
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 Crystal Plaza Hotel
Crystal Plaza Hotel is a combination of tradition, warm atmosphere and personal service. Here travellers have found a place to stay since 1895. The old Jugendbuilding is centrally located in the heart of Stockholm, only a stone´s throw away you will find Stureplan´s myriad of shops and entertainment. Inside our walls you may rest from the hectic pulse of the city in the beautiful rooms for all kinds of needs. More hotels Stockholm | |
| The city is ideally situated for trade connections, with the 24,000 islands of the skärgård (archipelago) protecting the urban islands from the open seas. In fact, the city is best seen from the water, but once on land you won't want to miss out on the parklands of Djurgården, the alleys of Gamla Stan or the 50-plus museums bursting with world-class treasures. | |
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Spread across 24,000 islets and laced with numerous waterways on the southeastern coast of Sweden, Stockholm enjoys one of the most stunning locales of any capital city in the world. Over 30% of the city area is made up of waterways and another 30% is made up of parks and green spaces, giving Stockholm perhaps the freshest air and widest lungs of any European capital. This natural oasis is complemented by the stunning Old Town, which was perfectly preserved by Sweden’s neutrality in World War II. This Old Town (or Gamla Stan) is the epicentre of the city, with countless hotels, bars, restaurants and shops all prospering – as people in these historical streets have done for centuries. Away from the charms of the Old Town, the modern city showcases the neat and innovative design standards for which Sweden has become globally renowned. Much of Stockholm’s present day wealth comes from the new light industries, such as information technology and computing, with world leading companies often occupying prime real estate in the city centre or filling up the new business parks on the city fringes. All this is a far cry from the city’s humble beginnings, which stretch back to the 13th century and Birger Jarl – generally accepted as the founder of the city, although various settlements previously existed on the site. The city grew up around the Old Town, as Stockholm emerged as a key trading centre, with influence all over the Baltic Sea region and further afield. Today, Stockholm is a thriving modern European city that dispels all of the anachronistic images about dull Scandinavians. During the seemingly endless days and bright sunshine of the summer months, the city’s chic boutiques and stylish pavement cafés overflow with the ‘beautiful people’, who enjoy the hedonistic culture and lifestyle that has earned the Swedish capital rave reviews from Europe’s style magazines. Stockholm’s ethnic make-up is, perhaps surprisingly, very eclectic, with over 15% first generation immigrants and over 100 languages spoken in the city. This increasing diversity has infused the city with a renewed vigour and energy, as the various incoming cultures interact with the indigenous Swedes. A quintessential Stockholm summer night is spent bathed in warm sunshine, sitting at a restaurant by the water’s edge, savouring fresh seafood plucked straight from the waters around Stockholm, before taking advantage of the midnight light and heading out for a night around the Stureplan, in some of Europe’s trendiest bars. When the long winter does come, it is not all Nordic gloom – the locals head for the sanctuary of the cosy pubs that line the city. Stockholm has almost as many restaurants per capita as Paris does, as well as 150 or so museums and galleries, so there is always plenty to do when the winter chill sets in. Then there are the severe winters when many of the waterways around the city freeze up, allowing the unique experience of ice skating around one of the world’s most stunning capital cities. Tourist information: Here you will get all informations about the city you want and a decent city map as well (15 kr). The main office (open Mon - Fri from 9am to 6pm, Sat and Sun from 9am to 3pm) is on Hamngatan in Norrmalm, on the ground floor of Sverigehuset. Tel. 08 - 789 24 90 Bank opening hours: Mon - Fri 9.30am to 3pm, on thursdays also 4pm - 5.30pm. Outside banking hours check the post offices or Växel/Currency Exchange offices. Bankomat machines give cash advances and accept all major credit cards. Phone calls: For international phone calls you add 00 and the international prefix. Most public phones only accept phonecards and credit/debit cards. The smallest phonecard cost 30SEK so if you only need to call one time it is better to use your card. The international dialing to Sweden is +46 with the first 0 omitted. |