Prince Carl Philip designs for Svenskt Tenn
The swedish Prince Carl-Philip, brother of Crownprincess Victoria, have designed a fire screen in cast iron depicting The castle Tre Kronor with a decorative steeple in brass for Svenskt Tenn. The Tre Kronor was the old royal castle, which was tragically almost destroyed by a violent fire in 1697. The screen is made by Lyrestads gjuteri and is named "The Castle is on Fire" CPB 2101 and costs 13500 SEK.
The Prince designed silver cutlery "CPB 2091" for Mema GAB last year.
Environment focus at Stockholm-Arlanda
On March 23, 2010, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport will implement changes in its system for calling taxis in order to give priority to ecotaxis and reduce the number of taxis that arrive at the airport with no fares. The new rules are expected to gradually increase the number of ecotaxis at the airport and make it easier for travellers to select a taxi company.
Stockholm-Arlanda is engaged in intensive efforts to minimise the environmental impact of airport operations, which also include traffic to and from the airport. One step in this work is to have 100 per cent of all taxis at the airport be ecotaxis by July 1, 2011.
Routes increases by 5 pct at Arlanda
Route expansion, low-fare airlines
Route expansion, intercontinental
Route expansion, Europe
Read all about it here
Biblioteksgatan turns into Biblioteksstaden
New vintage market opens on Östermalm
Stockholm - one of the worlds sexiest cities
"Know the moment you realise you’ve got the hots for someone you’ve just been friends with for a while? Well, that’s Stockholm: ordered on the surface, a bit of a goer underneath. Under the arches of City Hall, there’s a fine wide angle of Södermalm island, the Soho quarter: spiny church towers, facades in spice-jar shades – all textbook Stockholm", says Sunday Times Travel Magazine.
Frantzén-Lindeberg a new two star restaurant
Only four resturants in the nordic countries have two stars in Guide Michelin. Stockholm have two restaurants with two stars.
Restaurants with Two stars
- Mathias Dahlgren Matsalen
- Frantzén/Lindeberg
Restaurants with One star
- Mathias Dahlgren Matbaren
- Esperanto
- Fredsgatan 12
- Lux Stockholm
- Leijontornet and Operakällaren lost their stars.
Read also about the White Guide restaurants here.
Best hotel prices in Scandinavia
Stockholm has the lowest hotel prices in the Nordic Countries. A hotel room costs about 1 100 SEK according to hotels.com
Largest Facebook-add launched on the Globe
"Do you want to see your face here?" askes the add on Ericsson Globe Arena Sunday evening. The add is the start of a campaign on the Danish and Norwegian market to attract visitors to Stockholm.
The general idea is that swedes to flatter their danish and norwegian friends to make them want to go to Stockholm. You can be a member of the Kom til stockholm group on facebook. The person who attracts most friends to the fan-group will have their picture on the Ericsson Globe.
The campaign takes place on facebook:
New design shops on Östermalm
Three new interior design shops and one new building conservation shop have opened just recently.
Garbo interiors (image above), who did the interior at Hotel Stureplan, have opened a new interior design shop at Brahegatan 21 on Östermalm. With the Gustavian Style as foundation their new shop displays a modern and shabby chic style suited for the city.
Gertrude, former owners of NK bed and bath, have moved to new premisses on Smålandsgatan 2, Norrmalmstorg in the city selling exclusive bed and bathroom linnen from Ralph Lauren, Kenzo and Designers Guild etcetera.
La Murrina, Birger Jarlsgatan 2, is their first shop in Sweden. Among other things Murina sells Murano glass.
Gysinge is a well renowned building conservation store, south of Gävle, have now opened a shop in Stockholm, Storgatan 31 Östermalm. The conservation shop is situated in the city manor Oxenstiernska Malmgården. (image below)
Best view of the city from SkyView
Stockholms new attraction, SkyView, opened on February 5th 2010, and has become a great success. The SkyView consists of two glass gondolas, which can each carry 16 people. The gondolas travel up two sets of rails on the outside of the Event arena Ericsson Globe, the worlds largest spherical building, all the way to the top, 130 metres above sea level.
We picked a stormy winter day and tried it all out. Despite the weather, and vertigo, i survived. It was fun too.
Waiting to get on board
The view over Götgatan, Södermalm
Philippa and Ylva on their way up.
Radisson Blue Strand Hotel
As pr-manager Im always looking for news, but sometimes its great to re-visit old friends as well. Radisson Blue Strand Hotel, invited us to a hotel tour and lunch. Strand is one of the five star hotels in Stockholm. The hotel is situated superbly close to everything in Stockholm! The archipelago boats are virtually by the front doors, the best city shopping just a two minute walk, Old town just 5 minutes away and the island of Djurgården with many of the main attractions a nice walk along the Strandvägen boulevard.
The restaurant is really great with one of the best views in the city and they are also well known for their fantastic brunch.
Their Tower suite has its own terrace with a view of the Royal Palace and is really one of a kind.
Tower Suite with view of the Nordic Museum, Vasamuseum and Skansen, all on Djurgården
Picture this terrace with a view of the Royal Palace in the summer...
Tower Suite
Best restaurants according to White Guide
White Guide have announced their list of the best swedish restaurants. Of the thirteen restaurants in the category international Masterclass 8 are found in Stockholm.
Mathias Dahlgren - Matsalen, Stockholm
Oaxen Krog, Hölö
Esperanto, Stockholm
Operakällaren, Stockholm
F12 Restaurant, Stockholm
Lux Stockholm, Stockholm
Frantzén / Lindeberg, Stockholm
Mistral, Stockholm
White Guide awarded Mathias Dahlgren Matsalen the gastronomy award, Operakällaren was awarded the best total experience and Oaxen Krog was awarded the best service award. All three restaurants are situated in Stockholm.
In addition Pontus!, Divino, Leijontornet, Mathias Dahlgren Matbaren, GQ, Rolfs Kök and Råkultur is found in the masterclass category and several others in the following categories
See pdf
Stockholm - a top investment destination
Stockholm takes 4th place after London, Paris and Moscow. That means climbing 21 positions since last ranking 2008/2009. The evaluation is based in a number of criteria within areas Quality of life, Infrastructure, Business friendliness and FDI promotion strategy.
2. Paris
3. Moskva
4. Stockholm
5. Barcelona
6. Dublin
7. Vienna
8. Frankfurt
9. Bryssel
10. Edinburgh
A pearl in the maritime Stockholm
You know the feeling of a pleasant surprize? Last week I visited SS Orion a ship in the maritime environment on the Skeppsholmen island. I wasn't really expecting anything. But the ship and the people behind made a real impact. The ship has been restored to its former glory with mahogany - even on the toilet.
Though its an old steam ship the owners have modernised it so its now environmental friendly. "We replaced the ship’s oil-fired boiler with an environmental friendly heat pump. Our energy source to the heat pump is the water in Stockholms Ström (Actual water in the harbour) through a heat exchanger located below the water. The system is complemented with effective solar collectors on the top deck", says Bo Thorstenson the owner of the ship.
They are now hoping to host smaller executive meetings etcetera on the boat.
Tuff Tuff a new Gröna Lund attraction
With a goal of a roller-coaster attraction for all age-groups Gröna Lund amusement park will open a rollercoaster ride for the youngest visitors. With the new Tuff-Tuff-Train Gröna Lund has six roller coasterrides - one for each age group and grade of bravery.
The new attraction and the park opens on April 24 2010.
