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Visiting the Archipelago (part 2)

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The Archipelago Travel Agency!Click here for part 1. While I am a pretty fabulous concierge and can give you a lot of information about Stockholm, the archipelago is another matter. I know of the mai

Restaurant Piren

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Piren- "the pier"While this restaurant is on the other side of Stockholm from the Rival Hotel (it is located on the newly opened waterfront promenade on the island of Kungsholmen), if you are vi

A Rerun of Summer 2013 Stockholm Tips

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View of City Hall from the Western Bridge (Västerbron).(EDIT- this was written for 2013, so some exhibitions are different this year!) We are in the second half of the summer season and I thought I w

Stockholm by "Gummibåt"

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Photo by: Privat, sbgb.You lucky visitors coming to Stockholm on the first weekend of August... you have so many fun things happening on Saturday, August 3rd! Not only is the huge Gay Pride Parade go

Festivals in August

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Photo by Yanan Li, Stockholms Visitors BoardJuly is the month when most Swedes have their summer vacation and, therefore, most Stockholmers leave the city for their summer homes or trips abroad. Beca

Jean Paul Gaultier Exhibition: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk!

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I finally made it! I had been looking forward to this exhibition since it was first announced but have had trouble working it into my busy summer schedule.Talking & singing mannequinsThe Architec

Getting to Skeppsholmen with the Djurgårds Ferry (Change!)

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Yesterday I went to the Architecture & Design Center on the island of Skeppsholmen to see the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit (more on that in my next entry). As usual, the easiest way to get there fr

New Waterfront Promenade on Kungsholmen

Posted by zlatin

Now for something a little different...New waterfront promenade!Kungsholmen is one of the main islands that make up Stockholm (and the island I call home!). In the past few years they have been doing

Restaurant Tradition

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(Edit- closed for business, but they have still have their sister restaurant open in gamla Stan)Last week I was invited to the premiere of a new restaurant on Södermalm called Tradition. This is thei

Visiting the Archipelago- What to Consider!

Posted by zlatin

Photo by Henrik Trygg, Stockholm Visitors BoardThis article is a bit of a repeat from an earlier one... but it is because I run into the same problem every summer with visitors. Visiting the stunning

Restaurant Den Gyldene Freden

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Entrance on ÖsterlånggatanDen Gyldene Freden means "the golden peace" and refers to the Peace of Nystad, signed by Sweden and Russia (ending the Great Northern War) in 1721. Why name a restaurant aft

The Nobel Museum

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The man...Were you aware that the Nobel Prize is Swedish (though the Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo)? Were you aware that this is because the prizes were stipulated in the last will & testam

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