Detailed Review
As soon as you step in through the main entrance, you will see that Birger Jarl is a hotel that is full of surprises. Seen from the street, its facade is uniform and unassuming. Inside, it's a place for people who appreciate a diversity of excellent design.
Our name is borrowed from the founder of Stockholm and our feet are firmly planted in our national heritage. When you visit us, however, you will notice at once that we combine these traditions with innovative thinking and considerate service, as well as the best that modern Swedish design has to offer.
Independent Reviews
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"Pick one of the rooms by the renowned Swedish designers - north of modern city centre"
Nordic cool, crisply comfortable rather than sumptuous; some small rooms. To the north of the city centre, in a mainly residential area, though with bars and restaurants around.
Hotel Birger Jarl
By Matthew Barker
The cream of Swedish interior designers were recently let loose on the 10 top-floor suites with inspired results. Elsewhere the last word in cosy minimalism with blond wood trimmings, bar the resolutely groovy room 247, overlooked by builders during a late-90s revamp and subsequently left in all its Crossroadsesque glory (rather worrying to think all the rooms looked like this as late as 1993). 230 rooms. They say: "Now style Vikings can not only gawp at the work of Sweden's top designers, they can sleep in it too" (London Evening Standard)
Facilities:There’s a new gym up on the seventh floor, complete with sauna and solarium. Breakfasts have a reassuring comfort edge: boiled eggs, waffles, cold meats, seasonal fruits.
Location:Those after a bit of culture will find The Museum of Modern Art and the Royal Opera House both within easy reach; anyone up for a spot of retail therapy will enjoy Mathilde and the Designtorget Mode. Drinks may cost an arm and a leg but eating out is cheaper than London, with plenty of chichi pit stops where you can tuck into some husmanskost.
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