I booked the flight on Saturday, left on Wednesday for Hamburg and arrived on Thursday - so I actually did not use any time on planning something and therefore the following tips are rather not the ordinary touristic ones!
How To Get From The Airport To The City Centre
First of all, I would recommend to fly to Arlanda airport and not to Skavsta, since it is too far away from Stockholm (plus only low-cost airlines are flying there and I am not a big fan of those).
There are actually two possibilites:
One is Flygbussarna, a bus that has several stops and takes around 45 min to Cityterminalen; the single-ticket is 119 SEK ( about 12.75€).
The other possibility is Arlanda Express which only takes 20 min, but one trip is 260 SEK (ca. 27.80 €).
However, if you are younger than 25, the ticket is only 130 SEK (ca. 13.90€) and only a little bit more expensive than the bus.
I actually took the bus on my way to the city centre and the train back to the airport; both are nice and have WiFi on board, so I can recommend both ways of getting to the city centre.
However, if you are younger than 25, the ticket is only 130 SEK (ca. 13.90€) and only a little bit more expensive than the bus.
I actually took the bus on my way to the city centre and the train back to the airport; both are nice and have WiFi on board, so I can recommend both ways of getting to the city centre.
Accommodation
Crafoord Place
Hälsobrunnsgatan 10
This hostel is quite a good place for travellers on budget and has a really good location to explore Stockholm by foot.
It is also quite good for single-traveller who want to meet people; the hostel has a cosy kitchen where you can have coffee and tea for free and meet people from all over the world. Plus the hostel has an amazing view of the rooftops of Stockholm!
Exploring Stockholm
Stadsbiblioteket
Odengatan 63
This library was listed as one of the 18 most beautiful libraries in the world - and it is indeed just amazing!
Gamla Stan and Södermalm
Gamla Stan is the Old Town part of Stockholm; while walking through lovely alleyways one can find a lot of small shops offering craft next to cute little cafés. It is definitely worth taking a walk on this island!
After your walk through the Old City, you will face another island which is called Sødermalm. Sødermalm is a really hip area for young people and comparable to Kreuzberg in Berlin. The cafés and restaurants there are really fancy and you can find all kind of fashion stores - second hand, low-budget, high fashion, extraordinary, normcore, etc.
Kulturhuset Stadsteatern
Sergels torg
The Kulturhuset is located in the middle of Drotningsgatan and has a variety of offers.
First of all there are two libraries - one for classic books and one for CDs and DVDs.
Also, there are in total 3 galleries and one design exhibition in the building; the entry is free for everyone under the age of 25.
First of all there are two libraries - one for classic books and one for CDs and DVDs.
Also, there are in total 3 galleries and one design exhibition in the building; the entry is free for everyone under the age of 25.
Galleri 3 is hosting the exhibition "Asylum: When Fashion Meets Art" until 24th May 2015
Exhibition "Subjektivteter - Utvald Design"
Galleri 5 is hosting "Robin Rhode - The Sudden Walk" until 3th May
Riksdagen
Riksgatan 3
Every Saturday and Sunday at 1.30 pm an English tour through the Swedish parliament is offered. The tour is really good and also the only possibility to see the Parliament House from the inside.
Food and Restaurants
Café Panorama
Sergels Torg 3
Café Panorama is located on the upper floor of Kulturhuset. It does not only offer good food, coffe and tea, but also a nice view over the rooftops of Stockholm's centre.
Tip: A (fucking tasty) kanelbulle (cinnamon roll) and coffe/tea refill for only 55 SEK!
La Neta
Barnhusgatan 2
This restaurant offers tasty tacos, quesadillas and nachos and I can warmly recommend it - especially since I've been there even twice!
Tip: During lunchtime there is the offer of two huge tacos, rice and a beverage for only 90 SEK!
Dagens Lunch
During lunchtime almost all of the restaurants are offering something called "dagens lunch". This is a menu including one chosen - sometimes there is a bigger variety of options - main dish, a softdrink, a saladbuffet, a coffe/tea and as much tabwater as you want. These menus are subsidised by the Swedish state and thus way cheaper than normally; this can let you save a lot of money - especially since food in restaurants is usually quite expensive in Sweden.
Typical Swedish
You should definitely try those:
Café Panorama is located on the upper floor of Kulturhuset. It does not only offer good food, coffe and tea, but also a nice view over the rooftops of Stockholm's centre.
Tip: A (fucking tasty) kanelbulle (cinnamon roll) and coffe/tea refill for only 55 SEK!
La Neta
Barnhusgatan 2
Tip: During lunchtime there is the offer of two huge tacos, rice and a beverage for only 90 SEK!
Dagens Lunch
During lunchtime almost all of the restaurants are offering something called "dagens lunch". This is a menu including one chosen - sometimes there is a bigger variety of options - main dish, a softdrink, a saladbuffet, a coffe/tea and as much tabwater as you want. These menus are subsidised by the Swedish state and thus way cheaper than normally; this can let you save a lot of money - especially since food in restaurants is usually quite expensive in Sweden.
Typical Swedish
Vaxholm
If you have enough time, you should definitely do a short trip to Vaxholm.
The bust takes you there from the bus stop " Tekniska Högskolan" within 40 minutes. You can buy the bus tickets for 108 SEK (return) at every 7/11- shop.
Vaxholm is a lovely little city in the archipelago area with all these cute little Swedish houses and it is just lovely there - even in winter!
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