Fans of contemporary Nordic housewares will want to make a beeline for this industrial-style space filled with portable goods, from candlesticks to alpaca throws.
This soaring contemporary cultural venue on Värmdö island has hosted performances by Sweden’s Royal Opera and rotating art exhibitions, among them a Candida Höfer retrospective.
The Rafael Moneo–designed art museum on Skeppsholmen Island has a permanent collection with blue-chip works by Francis Bacon, Matisse, and more, as well as many of their Swedish contemporaries.
Locals come to run, row on the lake, or sunbathe on the great lawns at this 288-acre nature playground in Solna.
A public experiment in organic food- and flora-growing, Rosendals is also a nice place to spend an afternoon—the rose garden holds nearly a hundred varieties, while the boutique sells artisanal jams.
Jacob Holmström and Anton Bjuhr are the brains behind this New Nordic gem, where minimalist décor sets the stage for specialties such as foraged lichen and pine-scented sorbet.
At this Grand Hôtel food bar, the changing selections may include smoked-pork buns with spicy apple and pickled cucumber and seared king crab. On warm days, sit on the terrace overlooking the harbor.
In Djurgården, Magnus Ek and Agneta Green opened Oaxen Krog, their high-end dining room, and Slip, a neighboring bistro. Dishes spotlight local ingredients (reindeer tartare with char roe).
Sweden’s foremost purveyor of antique and Midcentury Scandinavian design carries ceramics by Danish designer Axel Salto and rare pieces by Poul Kjærholm.
Sweden’s stately 17th-century royal residence, on the shore of Lake Mälaren a few miles west of the city, is surrounded by acres of parks and has gilded halls and Versailles-inspired Baroque gardens.
