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District Stockholm, Sweden
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Östermalm [østərˈmalm] is a borough in north-eastern Stockholm, bordering Norrmalm and Vasastan at Birger Jarlsgatan, one of Stockholm's longest streets. The core of Östermalm consists of 19th century city-blocks, combined with vibrant tree-lined boulevards and upmarket shopping. The outer part of Östermalm contains several universities and colleges, as well as the harbour area with two cruise ship terminals, and Djurgården (with a separate article), a park island with many popular museums.
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Historiska Museet
The history of Sweden from the Ice Age (10,000 BC) to present day, with emphasis on the Middle Ages (11th to 16th centuries). The exhibition on the Viking Age was expanded in 2021. In the Gold Room, you'll find gold treasures from the Bronze Age to the 16th century.
Ekonomiska museet – Kungliga myntkabinettet
Based on a Royal coin collection, this museum tells the story of money, wealth and financial management.
Displays the history of war, focused on the rise and fall of the Swedish Empire during the 16th to 18th centuries, followed by Sweden's role in the shade of World War I, World War II in Europe and Cold War Europe. The museum makes a great effort of putting warfare into a broader social context.
Dramaten
Sweden's national stage for spoken-word drama. The building is impressive in its own right. Guided tours in English.
[ˈbærvaldˈhalən]
The official concert hall for the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Scenkonstmuseet
A museum which displays dance, theatre and music from Sweden and other countries. Since 2018, it has an exhibition for Swedish pop music.
Guided tours and group visits only.
A small art gallery.
A gallery that displays fashion, arts and crafts.
Popular for recreation and sunbathing during the short summer.
Kungliga Biblioteket
The library is a national archive and does not lend books. However, the equally beautiful Stockholm Public Library, Stockholms stadsbibliotek (Vasastan), does. The treasure room in the basement contains the Codex Gigas and massive medieval bible taken as a spoil of war with a unique depiction of the devil.
Miljöobelisker
Since 1994, these obelisks provide a live bar chart of pollution and other parameters for air and water in Stockholm.
Tekniska Museet
This large museum tells the tale of Sweden's rich tradition of engineering, with objects from past centuries, and one of the server racks from a 2008 police raid against the Pirate Bay. It is also suitable for small children, with the possibility to carry out your own experiments in the Teknorama section. Admission 160 kr - children 7-18, students 19+ 95 kr. Rebates for families and when using the Stockholm card.
Riksidrottsmuseet
A small free-entrance museum in the same building.
Polismuseet
History of crime and law enforcement in Sweden.
Etnografiska museet, with artifacts from all around the world, mostly from indigenous people. Outside the museum stands a totem pole, crafted in the 2000s by the Haisla tribe in British Columbia, in exchange for a 19th-century pole previously held in the museum, now repossessed to the Haisla.
Sjöhistoriska museet
Exhibits Sweden's long history as a seafaring nation. Remnants of the Amphion, an 18th-century Royal yacht, and a broad collection of scale models.
Founded in 1987 in a former warehouse in the old Freeport district, the large exhibition space of Magasin 3 houses major exhibitions by international artists, often presenting new works.
A ceremony is held here on the Swedish Veteran Day. While Sweden evaded the World Wars and the wars of the Swedish Empire are long past, many Swedish soldiers have served in international missions. The monument was erected in 2013 to commemorate those veterans.
Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
The museum displays animals, plants, fungi, minerals and fossils from all continents, some acquired during the voyages of James Cook. Features exhibits of evolution, the polar areas, and Scandinavian nature.
A scale model where the Globe Arena (Söderort) represents the Sun. The Earth and Moon are at Naturhistoriska. The Globe is visible from the museum's dome, with the same apparent size as the Sun.
Bergianska trädgården
Open-air gardens open to the public, as well as a greenhouse, popular during the cold season. The Victoria House is a preserved Victorian greenhouse.
A 4-H farm with a restaurant.
Stockholm Royal Seaport
During the 19th and 20th centuries, the Stockholm Gasworks was here. The contaminated ground has been sanitized. As of the 2010s, a new neighbourhood is under construction, with sustainable waste management, and acclaimed post-modern architecture. The brick buildings remain.
Stockholms spårvägsmuseum
The regeneration building of the gas works is used as a museum of Stockholm's public transportation system, with an emphasis on trams.
The costliest, and possibly the most beautiful, spa in central Stockholm. For those who can afford it, this place offers luxury in a listed 1880s building (faithfully reconstructed after a fire in 1985). Entrance costs 495 kr (F-Su 595 kr). It includes rented towel, robe and slippers, and entrance to pool, spa-section, gym and saunas. Most spa treatments 540 kr and upwards.
[ˈbrɵnsˈviːkən]
A brackish bay, adjacent to the National City Park. There are several fine beaches, particularly on the eastern side (T Universitetet). Popular with students as it is less than a kilometre from the university's main campus.
Stockholms Stadion
A red brick stadium with just above 14,000 seats, built for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. For decades the home of Djurgårdens IF men's soccer team, but in 2013, the women's team of the same club. Also hosts track and field, the Stockholm Marathon, concerts and other events.
The leading track and field event in Sweden, and a part of the IAAF World Athletic Tour, held annually in July in the beautiful Stockholm Olympic Stadium.
A tennis event on the ATP Tour, held in the Royal Tennis Hall in Östermalm in October, attracting many of the world's finest tennis players.
An outdoor swimming pool with a gym, open during summers.
An open-air sport park, usually open for the public. Ice skating at winter. In July-August, it hosts the Stockholm Pride festival.
Although the deli market Östermalmshallen is rather upmarket and its restaurants generally on the expensive side, Planet Food is an exception, offering a decent selection of excellent and very fresh wraps for 55 kr. Salads and juices are also on the menu.
In an area where sit-down lunches are expensive, Sumlen, catering to poor PhD students, offer simple but decent meals for 58 kr.
A stylish and spacious French cuisine restaurant in Östermalm.
A waterfront restaurant with a bar, on the walk between Norrmalm and Djurgården. Less of a tourist trap than one could expect from the location.
[ˈɶʈaˈgoːɖən]
On the top floor of the Östermalmshallen food market, Örtagården serves a sumptuous vegetarian buffet with hot and cold vegetarian dishes at a decent price. There is also a "back pocket" serving meat dishes. Vegetarian weekday buffet lunch 85 kr, vegetarian weekday dinner and weekend buffet 135 kr.
A gourmet grill, recognized by Zagat and Guide Michelin.
Just a notch below F12 on the White Guide ranking, Esperanto offers innovative tasting menus featuring many examples of advanced cooking. Some of the best value for money in the top class niche.
While lunches are 135 kr, dining menus are costly. One Guide Michelin star.
A French-style diner and bar.
A classical luxury diner.
Östermalmshallen
A legacy market hall in a beautiful 1880s redbrick building, with all kinds of expensive food, especially seafood, meat and cheese, as well as a food court. Re-opened in 2020 after a renovation.
KTH Student Union
A student union with regular pubs.
Close to Riche, with the same owners and much the same well-to-do clientele, Sturehof's location right on Stureplan draws a slightly more mixed and relaxed crowd than many of its neighbours. The restaurant has good quality food, albeit on the expensive side. The music bar O-baren is well known for its DJ sets.
If you fancy long drinks with a cool crowd this is the place for you. Ask for an Old-Fashioned, Godot Crush or a Bloody Mary.
Branding itself a "cosmopolitan bar", Riche is one of the most popular places with the media crowd. Two large bars, often with DJs.
Could be described as a hotel bar without a hotel. Free entrance, dancefloor at weekends, and a mixed crowd.
A nightclub with a rather young crowd, and an inner courtyard. The Living Room is a more intimate and funky club on the ground floor; no cover charge during weekends.
Stockholm Brewery is one of the larger microbreweries in Stockholm, and they have their own tap room at Frihamnen. Collaborations with different chefs are quite common, meaning that food offerings on site differs from time to time.
A hostel just at the grassy field at Gärdet, with a beach-volleyball court.
A stylish hotel in Östermalm with a conference room and a hotel bar.
Trendy boutique hotel encased in a glass exterior. In good location, combining the peace of the park with the entertainment of the city centre. Rooms are small but functional, and the hotel contains one of the most hip bars in Stockholm, always popular and only steps away from your room. The breakfast buffet lasts until 14:00. Guests are able to rent bikes from reception. The hotel has a rooftop bar with a great view, open during summer.
At the northern cruiseferry terminal in Värtahamnen. Unusually tall for a Stockholm building.
Just outside the built-up area in Östermalm.
Sauna, gym and two restaurants in-house.
In a calm area.
Opened in 1989, Sturegallerian is an upmarket shopping mall in central Stockholm, with stores carrying several brands, such as Björn Borg, Marimekko and Bang & Olufsen. Also the home of the upmarket restaurants Sturehof and Tures, and the nightclub Sturecompagniet.
Straightforward, casual men's wear.
A sophisticated bookstore with books in Swedish, English and other languages. They focus more on cultural books than best-sellers.
A well known store for high-quality Swedish design.
Kosherian is Stockholm's only Kosher food store. There are no kosher restaurants in Stockholm, but Kosherian offers catering and can prepare light meals.
A shopping mall with mainstream stores and diners, as well as Östermalms konfektyr, with craft chocolate.
Östermalm is easily accessed by different forms of transport, as described in Stockholm#Public transport and on the public transport authority SL's website.
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