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How to Spend a Long Weekend in Stockholm, Sweden
Come for the style, but be won over by old world glamour, new world Nordic cuisine, and yes, ABBA.
Stockholm is Europe’s self-assured big sister. She’s not as big or flashy as Paris or Milan, but she doesn’t need to be. She knows exactly who she is—a city of stately architecture and heady institutions (hello, Karolinska Institute and Nobel Prize!) with a commanding sense of Swedish style, perpetually on trend yet never trendy. She thrives on her water-laced geography, her busy ferries connecting this Baltic port city to the archipelagic wonderland for which Stockholm is dubbed “Venice of the North.” Mostly, though, Stockholm possesses a graceful Nordic nonchalance that is warm and enchanting. She’s Ingrid Bergman—enigmatic, beguiling, gorgeous—but as a city.
For museum lovers, Stockholm is heaven, with more than 50 museums and cultural institutions for all tastes, from the Viking Museum to the Swedish Museum of Natural History, to the ABBA museum, or if you’re a shopper, well, make haste to Bibliotekstan, a pedestrian-friendly haven of haute couture. From the elevated hipster cocktail-and-cuisine scene in Sodermalm to Michelin-rated chefs in Ostermalm, the city is a sure palate pleaser, just save room for sweets—the licorice here is next level. To help you make the most of 72 hours in Scandinavia’s cultural capital, here’s our curated guide for where to stay, explore, shop, eat and indulge in Stockholm.
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