SCANDINAVIA STOCKHOLM DESTINATIONS


12.00: Abba The Museum


13.00: Oaxen Slip


10.00: Vasa Museum


and the herb-grilled Swedish char is a particular highlight. Price-wise, main courses start at around £12. oaxen.com/en/bistro-slip


ASK THE EXPERT


Suzel Taber-Shaw, managing director, Scandinavia Only “Stockholm is a fantastic place for a short break. I recommend a stroll around the cobbled streets of Gamla Stan, steeped in history. In contrast, the new part of town offers huge department stores, boutiques and a great choice of bars and restaurants.”


14.00: Walk off your indulgences with a stroll through nearby Royal National City Park, the world’s first national urban park – deer, hares, foxes and moose can all be spotted. Notable buildings include the Fiskartorpet. This tiny wooden hut was once King Carl XI’s fishing cabin. The building was first referred to on a map drawn in 1696.


15.00: Head to the Allmänna Gränd ferry stop near Gröna Lund theme park for the short journey to Slussen, Gamla Stan – the city’s old town. Stockholm is built on a series of islands, so these small ferries are often the easiest way to get around. But they don’t automatically stop at every pick-up point. At the Skeppsholmen stop, for example, you have to press a button to switch on a light so the captain knows there are passengers waiting.


16.30: Time to get lost in Gamla Stan. It’s one of Europe’s largest and best- preserved medieval city centres, and dates back to 1252. Breathe in if you wander down Mårten Trotzigs Gränd, one of the narrowest streets – you’ll


16.30: Royal Palace


Breathe in if you go down Mårten Trotzigs Gränd – it’s so narrow you’ll easily be able to touch the buildings on either side


easily be able to touch the buildings on either side. After picking up some souvenirs, head to Gamla Stan’s Royal Palace to wander around the treasury and visit Gustav III’s Museum of Antiquities.


19.00: Finish the day with some fine dining, Swedish style, at The Flying Elk. Björn Frantzén is one of Sweden’s top chefs (you can buy his bestselling cookbook there) and he’s famous for giving local produce a spectacular twist. Try the baked skrei with Avruga caviar or the guinea fowl with toasted hazelnuts, before raising a toast to Stockholm with a locally-brewed beer.


w DAY TWO 09.00: More than 90 of the city’s 100 metro stations have been given spectacular makeovers by artists. To find out more about this subterranean


art gallery, book a metro tour with Konstvandringar Stockholm (from £213 per group of up to 25). The most breathtaking examples include T-centralen, which has beautiful, painted blue silhouettes of the construction workers who built the station, and Solna centrum, where huge murals depict fiery red skies above bright green Scandinavian forests. konstvandringar.se


12.00: Head to the laidback Södermalm neighbourhood for a mid- afternoon snack. Racamaca is a tiny, cosy restaurant next to the Mariatorget metro station. In Stockholm, these places are known as ‘ett hål I väggen’ (holes in the wall). At Racamaca, the food is served by the owners, and the pimentos parmesan comes highly recommended. racamaca.se


13.00: Sign up for Stromma’s 50-minute Royal Canal Tour (£17 per adult), which starts in the city centre, before passing through the Djurgården canal and looping back. It’s an audio tour and a great way to learn about Stockholm’s history. Highlights include the lighthouse built by Gustav Dahlén and the Rosendal Palace. stromma.se


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PICTURE: ANNA BERGKVIST; HELÉN PE AND YANAN LI/VISIT STOCKHOLM


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