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STOCKHOLM
The City of Stockholm reveals a combination of landforms and water-bodies, chronicles of the past and oracles on innovations, and a lot other dazzling arrays of varying impressions, when you take a peek down from the window. The capital of Sweden and the largest among Sweden’s 290 municipalities, Stockholm is the largest city in both Sweden and Scandinavia and sits on the East coast at the entrance of Lake Mälaren. Extending into eleven different municipalities, the current population of Stockholm towers to 1,870,000 if not more. Residence to King Carl XVI Gustaf, the head of the State, the city of Stockholm is also the house of the Swedish Government and the Parliament of Sweden.
City Hall
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Stockholm had its first mention in 1252, when the iron trade initiated in Sweden; by 1289, Stockholm gained the rank of being the most populated city in the Sweden. By the middle of the 15th century, Stockholm nested about one thousand households and five to six thousand residents. Currently, the city that’s built on 14 islands and surrounded by an archipelago of 24,000 islands, is on its way to an ecologically sustainable society. And with the festive season ‘round-the-corner, be prepared to let Stockholm ‘enlighten’ you on a stroll to the Christmas Special shopping areas listening to the beautiful melodies of Saint Lucia. But going back almost a millennium in timeline is not an easy task; however, if you want to stay contended just by visiting the island of Södermalm, which is a hotbed of fashion, young culture and entertainment, still you would require a place to rest your weary feet. We can help with the accommodation.
The Royal Castle
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Economic arrangements being the trump card, the Clarion Hostel, the Best Western Wallin Hotel or the Rex Hotel would allow you to mingle with the connecting and curious atmosphere of international back-packers within a much-wanted atmosphere of quietude, though allowing you to be centrally located. Other forms of accommodation comprise of a number of apartment-on-rent and bed and breakfast; Apartment 68 and Room 69 being major crowd pullers and Atum being a visitor’s preference.
Drottningholm palace
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Narrow Street in Old City
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