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Stockholm has a reputation for being one of Europe’s most expensive cities. T+L hits the streets of the fashionable capital and proves otherwise. Summer weekends are ideal: the days are long, the weather is perfect, and hotel prices are at their annual low.
Read the articleDestinations: Stockholm
Themes: Affordable Vacations · Arts + Culture · Shopping
Inspired by: Stockholm on $250 a Day — by Jaime Gross, Published Mar. 2008
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Housed in a former tobacco and clothing factory in the hip island neighborhood of Södermalm, this small and peaceful hotel offers a complimentary b
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Historic hotel popular with celebrities (Greta Garbo, Justin Timberlake), opposite the Royal Palace and overlooking the harbor.
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Drink a hot chocolate in this candlelit cellar with tea-stained walls and low vaulted ceilings.
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Wrap yourself in one of the restaurant's green fleece blankets as you dine among fashion plates and artist types. Try the potatoes and röding, a lo
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This shop carries an eclectic range of accessories by Swedish designers, including hand-printed dish towels and colorful kids' toys.
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A store that specializes in handmade items by visually impaired artisans.
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The spare storefront and neon sign on Sveavagen don't hint at the gifts and pieces of art to be found in the Society for Swedish Handicrafts (Svens
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If you're lucky, you can catch a classical music concert at Stockholm's central cathedral. Take a seat on a wooden pew and enjoy the dusky evening
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The Vasamuseet, located on Djurgarden, is the most popular museum in Sweden. It houses the Vasa, the oldest known completed ship, built in 1628 dur
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The Moderna Museet, on the island of Skeppsholmen, is home to an extensive collection of modern and contemporary paintings, sketches, photography,
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