Sweden travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

Subway stations are usually designed in a clean and modernistic style in order to make people forget they are traveling deep underground. It is different in the subway system in Stockholm, Sweden though. It features art installations in almost every station. The city’s 100 stations feature art by almost 140 artists and it is often called the world’s longest art gallery. Several of the stations (especially on the Blue Line) are left with the bedrock exposed, crude and unfinished, or as part of the decorations. At Rissne, an informative wall fresco about the history of Earth’s civilizations runs along both sides of the platform. The station features a massive mural painted on the cavern like ceiling that exposes the rocky core of the city.

Continue reading Subway Art

Designed and built between 1918 and 1928, Stockholm Public Library is a rotunda library building, designed by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund who spent a few years researching in Europe and US. Its stark Nordic Classicist composition uses the simple geometry of a cylinder intersecting a cubic base. Built from investigation project with a budget of two million SEK, Stockholm City library became the major work for Gunnar Asplund.

Continue reading A symbol of the human mind

Grand Hotel Stockholm is a five-star hotel located on the waterfront opposite the Royal Palace and the Old Town and next to the Nationalmuseum. Founded by Frenchman Jean-François Régis Cadier in 1872, this is one of Scandinavia’s leading luxury hotels. Rich in history and tradition, the more than 130 year old Grand Hotel Stockholm occupies prime position and offers high-classes services to its guests. It is an excellent starting point to those who want to discover this magnificent city.

Continue reading You’ll feel like royalty

Situated in Orust Kommun, Goteborgs och Bohus Lan, Gullholmen is one of the many pretty and picturesque islands on Sweden’s west coast. It isn’t a particularly popular destination within Sweden, but it does receive a few travellers, most of whom make a brief stop to see the Island Called Gullholmen. Generally, travellers visiting the area stick to the more well-known places such as Goteborg. The village Gullholmen is situated on two main islands; the relatively huge Horman and the tiny Gullholmen.

Continue reading Have you been to Gullholmen?

The Albert Kokl & Konferens Hotel is utterly set for both job and leisure guests to Trollhattan. The Albert Kokl & Konferens Hotel boasts a favourable emplacement with recent livelihood in every guestroom and superb mating.

Continue reading Lovely view

Recognized as tallest hotel in Northern Europe, the Radisson Blu Plaza is located in Oslo city centre within one kilometer of Oslo Cathedral, Oslo Royal Palace, Oslo Opera House and the bustling Karl Johan Street. Soaring 34 stories into the skyline above Oslo, this modern hotel offers magnificent views of the city centre and provides grand services. This is a truly international hotel, combining high standard with traditional Scandinavian hospitality.

Continue reading The tallest hotel in Northern Europe

Opening for the 1912 Olympics, the Radisson Blu Strand Hotel is located in the heart of Stockholm’s theater district. There are many great attractions nearby, such as National Museum, Royal Swedish Opera, Museum of Medieval Stockholm and Stockholm Palace. Offering stunning views of the bay of Nybroviken, this city centre hotel is a perfect base from which to explore the Old Town and modern shopping districts.

Continue reading Trying to find a luxury hotel in the centre of Stockholm?

Situated in cit’s picturesque Old Town and approximately 25 miles from the Stockholm airport, Victory hotel is a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Dates from the mid-17th century, The Victory Hotel is a moderately priced lodging option for travelers to the city. With a selection of high quality amenities and first-class services, this is arguably Stockholm’s most comprehensive boutique hotel.

Continue reading An exclusive hotel with a welcoming atmosphere

In the forest in the tiny village of Harads, in municipality of Boden, far north of Sweden, one stunning tree hotel is located. Designed by Inredningsgruppen it resembles – what else – a bird’s nest. The hotel combine innovative modern design with ecological thinking in order to find new ways of valuing the vast Swedish forest. Opened in July, 2010, the Bird’s Nest consists of only six “rooms” each designed by a different architect to be completely unique. Each independent of the others, six different nests, each with its distinctive feature and its architecture.

Continue reading The hotel in the woods (or better: “on” them)

Kungliga Djurgarden (Royal Djurgarden) is an island consisting mainly of parkland and forest, with enough to see to keep visitors busy for several days. A wonderful walk along Djurgardskanalen during the summer will get you to Skansen, for instance, an open-air museum presenting historical Sweden, and Vasamuseet(the Vasa Museum), featuring the warship Vasa, which sank in Stockholm on her maiden voyage in 1628. Younger visitors will love Junibacken with its storybook worlds of iconic Swedish children’s author, Astrid Lindgren. Thielska Galleriet (the Thielska Gallery) and Prince Eugen’s Prince Eugen’s Waldermarsudde are two outstanding art museums, housed in former private palaces and famous for their collections of Scandinavian paintings and sculptures from the period around 1900.

Continue reading Royal Djurgarden Park, Stockholm