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    Insight Guides Pocket Stockholm (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Stockholm (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Stockholm (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. Now with free eBook, and a pull-out map.
    Compact, concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring Stockholm
    Covers Top Ten Attractions, including Drottningholm Palace, Vasamuseet and Millesg rden and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
    Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
    Contains an invaluable pull-out map, and essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
    Includes an innovative extra that's unique in the market - all Insight Pocket Guides come with a free eBook
    Inspirational colour photography throughout
    Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience

    About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateFeb 1, 2018
    ISBN9781786718594
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      Insight Guides Pocket Stockholm (Travel Guide eBook) - Insight Guides

      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Stockholm, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Stockholm, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights in Stockholm are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Stockholm. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Insight Guides

      Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

      Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

      © 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Stockholm’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Day In Stockholm

      Introduction

      The making of a capital

      The city that floats on water

      The cultural scene

      Swedes and Stockholmers

      A Brief History

      The Vikings

      Early Christianity

      The Kalmar Union

      Sweden as a world power

      The golden age

      The 20th century

      Modern times

      Historical landmarks

      Where To Go

      Gamla Stan

      Kungliga Slottet

      Storkyrkan and Stortorget

      Exploring the Old Town

      Riddarholmen

      Norrmalm and Kungsholmen

      Sergels Torg

      North of Sergels Torg

      Kungsträdgården and environs

      Kungsholmen

      The museum islands

      Blasieholmen

      Skeppsholmen

      Museum of Modern Art

      Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design

      Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

      Djurgården

      Nordic Museum

      Vasa Museum and quayside attractions

      Skansen

      Eastern Djurgården

      Östermalm

      Hallwyl Museum and Environs

      Strandvägen

      Museum of National Antiquities

      National Maritime Museum

      National Museum of Science and Technology

      Södermalm

      Outlying attractions

      Millesgården

      Haga Park

      Museum of Natural History

      Excursions

      Stockholm Archipelago

      Vaxholm

      Sandhamn

      Fjäderholmarna

      Mariehamn

      Lake Mälaren

      Drottningholm Palace

      Birka

      Gripsholm Castle

      Sigtuna

      Skokloster Castle

      Uppsala

      What To Do

      Shopping

      Where to shop

      Best buys

      Entertainment

      Music and theatre

      Cinema

      Nightlife

      Parks

      Sports

      Stockholm for children

      Calendar of events

      Eating Out

      Where to eat

      Breakfast and bread

      Spring and summer fare

      Autumn and winter fare

      Alcoholic beverages

      Reading the Menu

      To help you order …

      menu reader

      Restaurants

      Modern Stockholm

      Gamla Stan (Old Town)

      Riddarholmen

      Skeppsholmen

      Södermalm

      Uppsala

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation (see also Camping, Youth hostels and the list of Recommended hotels, click here)

      Airports

      B

      Bicycle hire

      Budgeting for your trip

      C

      Camping

      Car hire (see also Budgeting for your trip)

      Climate and clothing

      Crime and safety (See also Emergencies and police)

      D

      Driving (See also Car hire)

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies

      Emergencies (See also Police and Health and medical care)

      G

      Gay and lesbian travellers

      Getting there

      Guides and tours

      H

      Health and medical care (See also Emergencies)

      L

      Language

      M

      Maps

      Media

      Money

      O

      Opening hours

      P

      Police

      Post offices

      Public holidays

      T

      Telephone

      Time zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist information

      Transport

      V

      Visas and entry requirements

      W

      Websites

      Y

      Youth hostels

      Recommended Hotels

      Modern Stockholm

      Gamla Stan (Old Town)

      Riddarholmen

      Södermalm

      Uppsala

      Stockholm’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Julian Love/Apa Publications

      Skansen

      Step into Sweden’s past at the open-air museum. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

      Julian Love/Apa Publications

      Drottningholm Palace

      Described as the Versailles of Sweden. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

      iStock

      Stadshuset

      The City Hall dominates Stockholm’s skyline. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

      Julian Love/Apa Publications

      Uppsala

      A rewarding excursion from Stockholm. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

      Erik Lernestål

      Hallwylska Museet

      A patrician mansion displaying over 70,000 objects. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

      Sofia Karin Persson/Nationalmuseum

      Nationalmuseum

      Sweden’s largest art collection. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

      Lars Ekdahl/Millesgården

      Millesgården

      The home and studio of artist Carl Milles is itself a work of art. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

      Julian Love/Apa Publications

      Vasamuseet

      The permanent home of the 17th-century Vasa warship. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      Anders Sune Berg

      Moderna Museet

      A stunning building housing one of the finest collections of modern art in the world. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

      Julian Love/Apa Publications

      Kungliga Slottet

      The Changing of the Guard at the Royal Palace should not be missed. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Day In Stockholm

      9.00am

      Breakfast

      Take advantage of the large spread of cooked meats, cheese, herring and smoked salmon that most hotels supply as a buffet breakfast.

      10.00am

      Gamla Stan gambol

      Walk over to Stockholm’s Old Town to soak up the historic atmosphere and architecture and meander along the alleyways, including Mårten Trotzigs Gränd, the city’s narrowest street. Browse in the shops on Västerlånggatan, then treat yourself to a coffee or an ice cream in Stortorget.

      11.30am

      Garden delight

      Head for Kungsträdgården, the former aristocratic gardens, to enjoy open-air concerts and street performances in summer and ice skating in winter.

      12 noon

      Retail therapy

      Pay a visit to one of Scandinavia’s finest department stores, Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) and you will soon understand why Sweden has such a high reputation for design.

      1.30pm

      Lunch

      At the northern end of Kungsträdgården is Victoria, a popular restaurant with outside tables facing on to the square where you can enjoy a plate of traditional Swedish meatballs.

      2.30pm

      Animal magic

      Back at the waterfront, take the short boat trip to Djurgården, remembering to admire the grand facades of Strandvägen to your left en route, and reach Skansen in time to watch the brown bears being fed in the zoo area and perhaps watch crafts such as glass-blowing or pottery, depending on the calendar.

      5.30pm

      Cocktail hour

      Enjoy a cocktail, or perhaps a glass of aquavit, at Josefina. If it’s a sunny day be sure to find a seat outside on one of the sofas to do full justice to the waterfront views.

      7.00pm

      Culture

      Take a boat back to the city centre and enjoy either an opera or ballet at Stockholm’s historic Opera House (Kungliga Operan).

      9.00pm

      Musical chairs

      Keeping with the operatic theme, have dinner at Operakälleran (book ahead) as much for the beautiful dining room as for the food. Or, for a slightly cheaper, less formal alternative, opt for the adjacent Operabaren, with its lovely Art Deco interior.

      10.30pm

      Nightcap

      Head north to Norrmalm, the main nightlife area of the city, for a shot or two of one of the 70 vodkas on offer at the Naglo Vodkabar. If you have more energy and fancy partying the night away, move on to nearby Spy Bar.

      Introduction

      Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, well deserves the honour of being considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Dramatically situated at a point where the Baltic Sea and the waters of Lake Mälaren collide and fight for supremacy, the city has been splendidly endowed by nature. In fact, only the city centre to the north is situated on the mainland, with the rest of it spread gracefully, if unevenly, over 14 islands that are connected by no fewer than 40 bridges. This impressive scenario inspired the Swedish novelist Selma Lagerlöf to describe Stockholm as ‘the city that floats on water’. Natural beauty, though, is just one part of

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