The Swedish
of short winter days and long, light summer nights. It’s also a city for fashion, art and design – yes, Swedish design is not just that IKEA bookcase that arrives cunningly packed into a shoebox! And, pardon the pun, Stockholm is cool: Newsweek recently labelled it ‘Europe’s Internet Capital.’ The old town, Gamla Stan, is a compact little maze of cobblestone streets apparently built for small thin people with sturdy ankles.
On the other side of Gamla Stan is the main city centre, a buzzing metropolis whose boutiques and restaurants can hold their own against just about any big city on the continent. Welcome to the polite and friendly place they call ‘The Paris of the North.’
