Guidebook for Stockholm
Food Scene
Ask any Stockholmer for café tips and they’ll probably send you to Drop Coffee. Stockholm’s most famous café and roastery that serves up some of the best brews in town. There’s also a special on the menu called “iskaffe tonic”. It’s surprisingly good so make sure to try it!
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Drop Coffee
10 Wollmar YxkullsgatanAsk any Stockholmer for café tips and they’ll probably send you to Drop Coffee. Stockholm’s most famous café and roastery that serves up some of the best brews in town. There’s also a special on the menu called “iskaffe tonic”. It’s surprisingly good so make sure to try it!
Great breakfast bread, sweet breads and kanelbullar (traditional Swedish cinnamon-buns).
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Fabrique Stenugnsbageri
28 A RosenlundsgatanGreat breakfast bread, sweet breads and kanelbullar (traditional Swedish cinnamon-buns).
Very close to where we live, is an old Nobel-factory from 1891, here you'll find the popular café Winterviken. Perfect place for a small excursion away from the city life. Open every day, all through the year. Go there for a fika!
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Winterviken
Very close to where we live, is an old Nobel-factory from 1891, here you'll find the popular café Winterviken. Perfect place for a small excursion away from the city life. Open every day, all through the year. Go there for a fika!
My favorite place in the neighborhood! Take a walk down to this green and flowery place, a little hippie-feeling with the best ecological lunch and fika. Small allotmentsgardens in the area to wander around in. Also great for kids to run around. All outside (so avoid rainy days..)
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Vintervikens Trädgård - ideell förening
30 VinterviksvägenMy favorite place in the neighborhood! Take a walk down to this green and flowery place, a little hippie-feeling with the best ecological lunch and fika. Small allotmentsgardens in the area to wander around in. Also great for kids to run around. All outside (so avoid rainy days..)
In an over 100 years old fire station, you will find Delikatessen – a French bistro style restaurant with extremely romantic interiors. On warm summer evenings, the old gates are opened to the street making it even more charming.
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Delikatessen
22 KrukmakargatanIn an over 100 years old fire station, you will find Delikatessen – a French bistro style restaurant with extremely romantic interiors. On warm summer evenings, the old gates are opened to the street making it even more charming.
Classic Swedish dishes meets Korea. Situated near one of the most hip neighborhoods, this newly opened, hidden gem has not only super friendly waiters - it offers excellent food inspired by both street food and fine dining.
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Nook
33 ÅsögatanClassic Swedish dishes meets Korea. Situated near one of the most hip neighborhoods, this newly opened, hidden gem has not only super friendly waiters - it offers excellent food inspired by both street food and fine dining.
Porridge is a rising trend in Stockholm and this place offers the best bowl of creamy porridge with apple compote. Nytorget6 is situated in the trendy SoFo section of Södermalm, so people watching is awesome here. Also on the menu are classic Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam.
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Nytorget 6
6 NytorgetPorridge is a rising trend in Stockholm and this place offers the best bowl of creamy porridge with apple compote. Nytorget6 is situated in the trendy SoFo section of Södermalm, so people watching is awesome here. Also on the menu are classic Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam.
Please go here for breakfast. This cute corner-café, a 5-minute walk east of hip Nytorget, serves the best breakfast plate. Dark rye bread, self-made jam, cheeses, avocado, granola and well-made coffee for a reasonable price.
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Café Pom & Flora
64 BondegatanPlease go here for breakfast. This cute corner-café, a 5-minute walk east of hip Nytorget, serves the best breakfast plate. Dark rye bread, self-made jam, cheeses, avocado, granola and well-made coffee for a reasonable price.
A place for true foodies. After wandering around Gamla Stan (Old Town) head to Pubologi for a remarkable dinner. This gastro pub offers reasonably priced innovative dishes, you sit on high barstools at a shared communal table with your own drawer for silverware.
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Pubologi
20 Stora NygatanA place for true foodies. After wandering around Gamla Stan (Old Town) head to Pubologi for a remarkable dinner. This gastro pub offers reasonably priced innovative dishes, you sit on high barstools at a shared communal table with your own drawer for silverware.
The best ice cream shop in Stockholm. Family-owned 18 Smaker (18 flavors) makes their own home-made, organic ice cream with carefully selected flavors depending on the season. Try their green apple sorbet or lingonberry ice cream.
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18 Smaker
64 HornsgatanThe best ice cream shop in Stockholm. Family-owned 18 Smaker (18 flavors) makes their own home-made, organic ice cream with carefully selected flavors depending on the season. Try their green apple sorbet or lingonberry ice cream.
Shopping
Lots of small (and big) Swedish designers. Grandpa is a cute store, friendly staff and located right in SoFo. A hipster-area of Stockholm.
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Grandpa Södermannagatan
21 SödermannagatanLots of small (and big) Swedish designers. Grandpa is a cute store, friendly staff and located right in SoFo. A hipster-area of Stockholm.
A must-visit shop in Stockholm. The charmingly eclectic store Brandstationen (the “fire station”) specializes in vintage items with focus on accessories and furniture.
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Brandstationen
64 HornsgatanA must-visit shop in Stockholm. The charmingly eclectic store Brandstationen (the “fire station”) specializes in vintage items with focus on accessories and furniture.
Arts & Culture
Lover of photography? Then Fotografiska is a must, the centre for contemporary photography. Housed in a former industrial Art Nouveau building dating back to 1906, Fotografiska exhibits legends like Annie Leibovitz, David LaChapelle and Nick Brandt. End the tour with fika at the top floor café where you will find Stockholm’s very best view points.
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Fotografiska
22 StadsgårdshamnenLover of photography? Then Fotografiska is a must, the centre for contemporary photography. Housed in a former industrial Art Nouveau building dating back to 1906, Fotografiska exhibits legends like Annie Leibovitz, David LaChapelle and Nick Brandt. End the tour with fika at the top floor café where you will find Stockholm’s very best view points.
Parks & Nature
One of Stockholm’s true gems! Cut your own flowers, pick your own apples or have lunch in the old greenhouses with biodynamic ingredients from the garden. This beautiful garden of Rosendal (“Rose Valley” in Swedish) is situated on Djurgården Island (central Stockholm) and serves some of the best homemade sourdough breads.
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Rosendals Trädgård
38 RosendalsvägenOne of Stockholm’s true gems! Cut your own flowers, pick your own apples or have lunch in the old greenhouses with biodynamic ingredients from the garden. This beautiful garden of Rosendal (“Rose Valley” in Swedish) is situated on Djurgården Island (central Stockholm) and serves some of the best homemade sourdough breads.
A great place close to our home to bring your kids to! There are several playgrounds for different ages, a huge park and lots of sweet animals. There’s also a small self service café. This park is open all through the year and costs nothing to visit.
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Aspuddsparken
Blommenbergsvägen HövdingagatanA great place close to our home to bring your kids to! There are several playgrounds for different ages, a huge park and lots of sweet animals. There’s also a small self service café. This park is open all through the year and costs nothing to visit.
Sightseeing
A 500-meter long (quarter mile) walking path with a magnificent view of Lake Mälaren, City Hall, and Riddarholmen, especially at sunrise and sunset. The path is lined with charming houses on one side and a beautiful view on the other. There is of course a safety rail on the path, but be careful in the wintertime when parts of the path might be a bit slippery.
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Monteliusvägen
MonteliusvägenA 500-meter long (quarter mile) walking path with a magnificent view of Lake Mälaren, City Hall, and Riddarholmen, especially at sunrise and sunset. The path is lined with charming houses on one side and a beautiful view on the other. There is of course a safety rail on the path, but be careful in the wintertime when parts of the path might be a bit slippery.
Take a walk around Gamla Stan, the old town in Stockholm. Here you’ll find some picture postcard scenes and plenty of atmospheric alleyways, charming cobbled streets and faded mustard and rust coloured town houses. Just make sure to avoid Västerlånggatan, the main tourist street.
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Old Town
Take a walk around Gamla Stan, the old town in Stockholm. Here you’ll find some picture postcard scenes and plenty of atmospheric alleyways, charming cobbled streets and faded mustard and rust coloured town houses. Just make sure to avoid Västerlånggatan, the main tourist street.
Entertainment & Activities
On the beautiful Island Djurgården (reached by bus, a quick walk over the bridge or a short boat trip), you'll Junibacken. A children play house with influences of Pippi Longstocking and other characters from the classic Swedish childrens books.
It’s fairly expensive, all indoors but worth a visit on a rainy day. The kids will love it!
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Junibacken
8 GalärvarvsvägenOn the beautiful Island Djurgården (reached by bus, a quick walk over the bridge or a short boat trip), you'll Junibacken. A children play house with influences of Pippi Longstocking and other characters from the classic Swedish childrens books.
It’s fairly expensive, all indoors but worth a visit on a rainy day. The kids will love it!
Gröna Lund is an amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. It is on the seaward side of Djurgården Island.
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Grona Lund Vergnügungspark
9 Lilla Allmänna GrändGröna Lund is an amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden. It is on the seaward side of Djurgården Island.
Essentials
Very close by our home (2 minutes) you'll find ICA. A supermarket where you can buy breakfast, food..well all daily items needed. Across the road you'll find the local bakery, Bonne Femme.
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ICA Nära Aspudden
4 Erik Segersälls VägVery close by our home (2 minutes) you'll find ICA. A supermarket where you can buy breakfast, food..well all daily items needed. Across the road you'll find the local bakery, Bonne Femme.