Why Stockholm?
Stockholm, the city of history
Facts About Stockholm and Sweden
Stockholm is often known as the ‘World’s Smallest Big City’ or the ‘World’s
Biggest Small Town’. Find out what a walkable city Stockholm is on our Stockholm
Private Old Town Walking Tour & Vasa Museum.
Stockholm’s oldest surviving building is The Riddarholmen Church, a Franciscan
monastery built in 1270.
In 1710, a catastrophic plague obliterated about one third of Stockholm’s population.
The city became the venue for the award of the first Nobel Prizes, in the year 1901.
Stockholm Globe Arena is currently the largest hemispherical building in the world.
The city’s subway is also known as the world’s longest art gallery,
with the majority of its stations being adorned with paintings, sculptures and mosaics.
Stockholm is the second most visited city in the Nordic countries.
Book your tour to the best of Stockholm here: Best of Stockholm
Private Tour with Vasa Museum & City Hall Visit.
The city is sometimes referred to as ‘Venice of the North’,
thanks to its beautiful buildings and exquisite architecture,
abundant open water and numerous parks.
The total absence of heavy industry makes Stockholm one of the world’s cleanest metropolises.
The people of Stockholm are dependent on the service industry for their daily bread,
which accounts for 85% of the jobs in the city.
Stockholm houses two UNESCO World Heritage sites – the Royal Palace Drottningholm
and the The Woodland Cemetery. Book your Private Day Trip to Drottningholm Palace.
CAFÉS
My favourite cafés in Stockholm
Café Pascal
Café Pascal is bright and airy, with exposed brickwork adding to its industrial yet homely feel. One for the coffee enthusiast, the café team works exclusively with micro-roasters. Aside from excellent coffee, you can count on Café Pascal to deliver some of the best Swedish cinnamon buns in town. Award-winning Drop Coffee is also well worth a visit.
Address:
Norrtullsgatan 4
What I like about it
Café Pascal in Stockholm serves great coffee, sandwiches, buns and pastries.
Gildas Rum
With comfy velvet furniture, sconces, family photos and loads of homebaked goodies, Gildas Rum is decorated to resemble an old lady's living room. In summer, the sunny terrace is an appreciated spot among locals. Another quaint café, located in Stockholm's Old Town and on many visitors' bucket lists, is the LGBTQ-friendly Chokladkoppen.
Address:
Skånegatan 79
What I like about it
Gildas Rum is a traditional and quriky café in Stockholm, serving a wide selection of 'fika' and food in a relaxed atmosphere.
Rosendals Garden
Rosendals Garden (Rosendals Trädgård) is not only a cosy café in an old greenhouse on the island of Djurgården. It is also an organic and biodynamic bakery with traditional cookies, cakes, and bread and a good lunch spot. In the summertime, many friends and families bring blankets and have a fika underneath the apple trees.
Address:
Rosendalsterrassen 12
What I like about it
Rosendals Garden is a biodynamical garden in Stockholm, where you can learn more about sustainable farming and gardening. They also offer organic food in their café and farmshop.
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Photos from Stockholm
