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City Guide : Stockholm - Accommodation, Sightseeing, Attractions
Stockholm is, without doubt, one of the most beautiful
national capitals in the world. The Old Town is particularly spectacular,
and walking around the city's waterways and parks is a glorious way to spend
a week-long stretch of European summer.
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.
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Berns Hotel Stockholm An exclusive and elegant boutique hotel in the fashionable heart of Stockholm city that offers the sharpest concierge and bellboy service able to open the right doors for you across the town's hottest entertainment and most interesting ...
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Recommended Hotels Stockholm
Berns Hotel Stockholm
Ideally situated in the heart of Stockholm, this stylish boutique hotel offers modern, luxuriously comfortable guest rooms, charming historic atmosphere and easy access to culture, shopping and nightlife.
Berns Hotel is located in an impressive 1863 building with spectacular interiors. The richly embellished hotel lobby hosts exhibits by both local and international artists. Berns also organises fashion events during Stockholm Fashion Week.
Guest rooms are elegantly decorated in rich, tasteful colours. Many rooms feature beautiful red cherry wood furnishings, and most are equipped with comfortable beds from Dux. The largest guest rooms have luxury Hilding Anders beds.
All guest rooms include designer bedding as well as fresh fruit and fashion magazines. Check your email and surf the web via the free wired internet access in your room.
The hotel also offers an abundant breakfast buffet, which you can enjoy free of charge before setting off to explore the city and its many attractions.
Everything central Stockholm has to offer is within walking distance of the hotel, including designer boutiques, quality restaurants and trendy bars and night clubs. The Old Town and the Royal Castle are just 500 metres away. Sightseeing boats and archipelago ferries depart from Nybroviken Bay, located right next to the hotel.
After a day of sightseeing and shopping, unwind in Berns Hotel’s sauna. Replenish your energy with a meal at one of the establishment’s 2 restaurants. Enjoy Asian specialties in a grand dining hall with a gilded ceiling and chandeliers, or visit the cosy, intimate bistro for a casual French meal.
Berns also houses a popular concert venue and night club. Two of the city’s leading theatres, Chinateatern and the Royal Dramatic Theatre, are only steps away.
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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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Orientation
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.
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