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Beautiful old city with canals running through separating the new establishment from the old (Gamlastan). City Hall, Museums, Palace, walk by the harbour, walk through the old city and other islands, walk inlands, easily accessible public transport and great restaurants makes this a must visit Scandic city. Late night walks by the water from one island to the other or a late night coffee/dessert break in the Grand Hotel cafe after and before a long walk savouring the night view is a walk to remember. Things to be aware of.. - Bike friendly city... can rent bicycles and traverse the entire city but nust know the traffic rules which are not difficult to figure out.. - Always have multilayered clothing available as nights can get very chilly though the day maybe warm. - Always have good walking shoes on. - If staying in a big hotel ask for top floor quiet rooms with a view beforehand. The city maps given at the hotel are not accurate. - Always ask the local people. Local people are very helpful, friendly and speaks English. - Roads are multilayered. Always stay on the road that is being traversed by pedestrian.. there isa reason they are not on the other level... the underground level usually is used as a docking area and does not provide an entrance to the building even if you are standing right underneath it.. and it could be a long walk tot he entrance. - Best fish restaurant is Stockholm Fisk. We ordered from the menu different dishes with different fish rather than the popular seafood platter that most of the people were getting and this provided a unique opportunity to taste these rare delicacies not available elsewhere in the world.

Stockholm is a beautiful wide open city with a lot of green spaces and water all around you. We were able to walk from the Grand Hotel to many sights including the photography museum (a fantastic place with a great restaurant) and the modern art museum. The dock for boat tours around the city was right across the street from our hotel and we took a tour of the inner city called "Under the Bridges " on our first day there. There are a lot of interesting museums and plenty of sights to see. I never realized that Stockholm is really made up of many islands . The food in Stockholm was very good , especially the fish. There are a lot of top restaurants . One thing to note is that a lot of the dishes are prepared with cream based sauces . I'm not a fan of cream in my food so I had to order very carefully. The arctic char was on the menu in many restaurants and was delicious. A favorite place for foodies to visit is the Ostermalms Saluhall which is a fun place to go for lunch. Lots of seafood can be found there . I recommend Stockholm as a wonderful relaxing place to visit!

Stockholm is a gorgeous city; you should spend several days there to really get the full experience; be prepared to walk a lot- parking is extremely expensive and limited. It's so easy to get mostly anywhere you want by walking. Be sure to visit Gamla Stan, the old town. It is very historic. The boat tours under the bridges are so-so... they are very informative, though if you're looking to learn about the history of the city. Plan for an entire day at Skansen... not just a few hours. Be sure to visit the Vasa Museum, the Royal Palace and Djurgarden. The city is history-packed and there are endless places to dine. It is, simply put, breathtaking. You can expect, however, the hotels to be pretty small for what you're paying... it is very unlike America where, for a cheap price, you can get a spacious room. Everything is tightly packed and smaller, but that's Europe! Enjoy, and make sure you set aside a day to relax there-- have a leisure day where you can just enjoy the city and photograph it.

Stockholm is summer is great, the Djurgarden area and archipelago are very beautiful. Some areas don't live up to the Night City tag though, but the Sodermalm area has late bars and much better value eating. Just be aware your credit card will take a hit, and choose your Hotel carefully...its hugely expensive and many are poor value for money, with average hostels charging upwards of £50 single and window free basement rooms galore.

Go on the hop-on hop-off boats as you can enjoy the Vasa Museum and the ABBA museum and see parts of the city from the water. Then get off at the Grand Hotel and have lunch or walk the warf to old town for lunch or dinner. All of the Gov't buildings are between the hotel and old town. We were there for three nights.

Vasa Museum as well as the ABBA museum were two good contrasts. The trip to Birka helped to dismiss the 'Hollywood' Viking myths and Andreas our guide was very knowledgeable, friendly and made it fun. The 72 hour travel pass is useful as you can use it on the buses, trams, Tunnelbana Metro, trains within parts of Stockholm and the ferries (although, if I remember correctly, you could only use that on the 'green' hop-on hop-off sightseeing buses and ferries. For the 'red' versions I think you needed the Stockholm Pass, which I thought was good value for getting round the museums and on the ferries for particular sightseeing trips). It was easy to get around with both these and we even managed to walk into the City Centre one day from our hotel via a stop at the very pleasant Malarpaviljongen at NorrMalastrand 64). The Villa Rodan was another wonderful dining experience on the Fjarderholmarna island excursion; the island even had its own brewery - the stout being very tasty). In fact we didn't have a duff meal experience all trip. We had one of the best Italian meals near out hotel (City Connect on the Kungsholmen area) which I think was called Il Forno du Cucin - very friendly staff. Gamla Stan (the old town) was very good for ambling around and enjoying the good restaurants and the gift shops full of the usual tat. Close by to Gamla Stan Tunnelbana Metro station were the 2 gay bar/restaurants - The Secret Garden and Malatorget, which seemed very popular during our stay. Obviously with Eurovision in town they were packed to the gills and so we didn't get chance to pop in. Overall a fabulous place to stay with lots to do and see.