Monthly Archives: April 2011

New York Times goes shopping in Stockholm

Photo: Dean Cox for New York Times at Jascha loves Designista in Stockholm Design shops of the beaten track was the theme of a New York Times article just recently. According to NY Times the best places for original swedish … Continue reading

F12 opens Asian restaurant at hotel

The F12 group, owns the Michelin Guide restaurant with the same name, is launching a new restaurant at the new Elite Eden Park Hotel. The F12 Group will host an Asian restaurant on the entire ground floor at the hotel. Elite Eden … Continue reading

Cherry blossom walk in Stockholm

Photo: Cilla Lundqvist This is one of my favorite times of the year. The Kungsträdgården park in the city centre is filled with cherry blossom! Spring is here and it is just so beautiful. So if you don’t have any … Continue reading

Arlanda Express wins red dot award

Photo: Niklas Alm/Arlanda Express Now its official that you travel in style in Stockholm. Congratulations. Arlanda Express’s “Trains of the Future” – Framtidståg – have won the red dot design award 2011. The interior of the high-speed trains has been … Continue reading

Shopping from a local perspective

Destinctive design and quality craftmanship captures the swedish culture. Vacation shopping in stockholm goes well beyond traditional souvenirs. Patrik Janson, a young swede and the son of our Project Manager at Stockholm Gay Lesbian Network, has done a beautiful guide to the shopping in … Continue reading

Stockholm Adventures

You don’t have to choose, you can have both in Stockholm. Im talking about bustling urban city and tranquil nature experience. We call it Urban Nature, just because it’s both. Stockholm Adventures are offering a wide range of shorter or longer … Continue reading

The salvage of Vasa 50th anniversary

The Vasa Museum at Djurgården has more than one million visitors each year and is Sweden’s largest tourist attraction. 50 years ago, the warship was salvaged after lying on the sea bed for 333 years. The ship was carefully restored … Continue reading

The Millennium Films bring significant economic value to Stockholm

The Millennium films have generated substantial aggregate economic effects in the Stockholm region in terms of marketing, jobs, trade and tourism. That is the outcome of a new report produced by Cloudberry in collaboration with Oxford Research, commissioned by Filmregion … Continue reading

Visit Stockholm this Easter!

Photo: Jan Tham/Swedish Institute The weather forecast promises 20 degrees celsius and sun next week in Stockholm. So if you don’t have any plans yet… Hotels usually have good availability over Easter and many of them offer special rates. Perfect … Continue reading

Wall Street Journal loves Stockholm

Photo: Lisa Haskel/The Wall Street Journal In Stockholm the old holds the new, according to The Wall Street Journal. They love Södermalm, nightclubs like Marie Laveau, Hornstullsstrand and Debaser Medis, the food and the atmosphere and were less impressed by the … Continue reading