The Stockholmtown Blog

Lufthansa opens one new route and expand the number of flights to Stockholm. The new new route from Milano to Stockholm opens in March. Lufthansa will also add the number of flights from Münich and Hamburg this spring.

Readers of the prestigious Condé Nast Traveller have listed their favorite hotels in the World. Grand Hotel in Stockholm is listed on the top list from a design perspective.

"A Stockholm landmark since 1874, the Grand overlooks the harbour and Royal Palace. There are 368 rooms and suites, among them the 3,552sq ft Lilian Suite with its private screening room, kitchen and library. A new two-storey spa with eight treatment rooms and a gym recently opened in the Burmanska Palace wing. X-factor The only Swedish chef to have won the Bocuse d'Or, Mathias Dahlgren is in charge of the two-Michelin-starred dining room, Matsalen, and one-Michelin-starred food bar, Matbaren"

Read more here.

Fashionweek by Berns starts on Monday February 1. The best of the best swedish brands will show their Autumn Winter collection 2010-2011 at the legendary Berns venue and hotel. Some 50 journalists from Scandinavia, Europe, USA, China and Japan are in Stockholm to write about the event.


A selection of brands:
Acne
Camilla Norrback
Carin Wester
Cheap Monday
Dagmar
Diana Orving
Filippa K
Lovisa Burfitt (image above)
Minimarket
The Local Firm
Stylein
Whyred

More angles and fashionshopping ideas are found in the Pressroom

City, the local newspaper of Stockholm, have nominated the best bars, restaurants and cafés in Stockholm.

Best restaurants

• Djuret, Lilla Nygatan 5, Gamla stan (Se image above)
• La Neta, Barnhusgatan 2, Södermalm
• Brasserie Godot, Grev Turegatan 36, Östermalm
  
  Best bars
• KB, Smålandsgatan 7, Östermalm
• Högkvarteret, Närkesgatan, Vasastan
• Kåken at restaurant 1900, Regeringsgatan, Norrmalm
  
  Best cafees
• Kaffe, St Paulsgatan 17, Södermalm
• Färgfabriken, Lövholmsbrinken 1, Liljeholmen
• Bakverket, Bondegatan 59, Södermalm

Sheraton Stockholm is the most popular hotel in Stockholm according to the customers using the hotels.com site. Hotels.com have made a top list of the hotels with more than 100 guest rates.

Here is the entire list  

1. Sheraton Stockholm Hotel
2. Best Western Time Hotel
3. Hilton Stockholm Slussen
4. Clarion Hotel Stockholm
5. Adlon Hotel
6. Hotel Birger Jarl
7. Radisson SAS Royal Viking Hotel
8. Nordic Sea Hotel
9. Scandic Sergel Plaza 
10. Rica Hotel Stockholm

Stay in this an artists flat in the medieval Old Town or in a room with a terrace in the Vasastan district. Days in Sweden is a bed and breakfast agency with the ambition to offer its guests a genuine Swedish experience. You can go Swedish all the way and stay with a Swedish family, an experience that will introduce you to Swedish customs, food and living, making your stay as interesting as possible.

Photo: Medeltidsmuseum/Göran H. Fredriksson
The Museum of Medieval Stockholm will open with a totally new exhibiton on January 24th at 2 pm. The museum has been closed for two years due to renovations. The museum, which is a part of Old Town describes the emergence and medieval development of the town and is built up round some of the permanent heritage monuments which came to light during the archaeological excavations on Helgeandsholmen (The Island of the Holy Spirit) between 1978 and 1980.

The display area comprises 1,750 square metres and there are some 850 objects on display. The objects come from the whole of the town area.


Photo: medeltidsmuseum/Anders Hviid
The museum of Medieval Stockholm will feature an exhibition about Birger Jarl, the founder of Stockholm, in the spring of 2010. The exhibition is a part of the Birger Jarl 2010 celebration. Birger Jarl was born 800 years ago.

The Heavy Metal festival Sonisphere will take place at Stora Skuggan in the National City Park in Stockholm, saturday August 7th 2010.

Classic rock metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe and Alice Cooper and metal bands such as Heaven & Hell, Iggy & the Stooges, Slayer and Antrax and many more will perform.

Read more about sonispherefestivals

Bowling and dinner can be a great way to spend an afternoon or evening in Stockholm. Or combine your meeting with some fun incentive activity. Imperial Lanes is a new place in Nacka offering a sportsbar, bowling facilities, restaurant and conference facilities.



Imperial Lanes is situated in Sickla Köpkvarter, a popular shoppingcenter in Nacka, east of the city center.

Imperial Lanes website is swedish.

Photo: dress from Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair
New year and a new warderobe - maybee. I start this year by chosing some of the best stores for young swedish fashion. The Mäster Samuelsgatan-street and Jakobsgatan streets both connected have become the new place for small independent stores. . Here are a selection of eight fashion labels from DN På Stan:

1. Acne (men and women) Norrmalmstorg 2, City-district www.acnejeans.com
2. Carin Wester (men and women), Rörstrandsgatan 24, Vasastan district www.carinwester.com
3. Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair (women and men)  Bondegatan 46 Södermalm, Mäster Samuelsgatan, Citydistrict www.shoerepair.se  
4. Filippa K, (men and women) Grev Turegatan 18, city district www.filippa-k.com
5. Rodebjer (women) Jakobsbergsgatan 6, city district, www.rodebjer.com
6. Whyred (men and women), Mäster Samuels-gatan 5, city district www.whyred.se
7. Hope (women and men) Norrlandsgatan 12, Vasastan district www.hope-sthlm.com
8. Julian Red (women and men) Brännkyrkagatan 73, Södermalm. www.julianred.com