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For contemporary art, check out Färgfabriken in
Liljeholmen, an old factory just outside the city. Further
away is Tensta Konsthall, on Taxinge square in Tensta, inter-
esting as it’s located in a very ethnically diverse suburb. For
hip galleries, visit Magasin 3 in Frihamnen or Index on St.
Paulsgatan. Kulturhuset on Sergels torg hosts a variety of
art, design and photography exhibitions, as well as dance,
music and theatre from around the world.
There are two night scenes in Stockholm. One is slick and
posh, the other arty and cool. The former, Stureplan, has a
variety of trendy restaurants such as Sture Hof bar and
restaurant. The venue offers three different restaurants
under one roof: a café with outside seating, a restaurant and
the O-Bar on the top floor. In the same area, look out for the
newly renovated Riche at Birger Jarlsgatan, Café Opera in
Kungsträdsgården and the Conran-designed Berns in
Berzeli Park, which hosts hip club nights downstairs.
The cultural scene at Södermalm, in the southern part of
town, offers great clubs such as Södra Teatern or
Mosebacke at Mosebacke square. Every other week there’s
an oriental night at Kägelbanan at Mosebacke, where peo-
ple of all ages meet and dance, dance, dance.
Two really popular, classic bars are Kvarnen at
Medborgarplatsen and Pelikan at Blekingegatan, where the
crowd is a mixture of old and young. At Kvarnen, they have
a recently redesigned interior, and at Pelikan, you’ll spot
poets and artists from the Stockholm art scene. For restau-
rant-cum-bars, try out Matkultur at Erstagatan, where you
might even spot some of Sweden’s younger royals. El
Mundo, which is right next to it, offers good food and a pop-
ular watering hole in the same venue.
Götgatsbacken in Södermalm is a street filled with designer
shops. Get textiles from 10-Gruppen, stationery from
Ordning & Reda and everything you might need for the
home or office at Granit. DesignTorget features lots of cloth-
ing by young designers, downstairs. For beautiful furnish-
ings, check out David Design in DesignTorget.
New restaurants open every week in Stockholm so there are
more than enough to choose from. For a gourmet experi-
ence, try Bon Lloc on Regeringsgatan. Selected as Sweden’s
best restaurant of 2002, you can’t go wrong. Fredsgatan 12,
of the same address, offers aesthetic design and sculptural
dishes. Try their ‘sampler’ menu of five or seven courses
accompanied by specially selected wines.
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capital has it all. Stockholm is breathtakingly beautiful,
with an enviable location on 14 islands at the edge of
the Baltic Sea. Everywhere you look there are signs of
Sweden’s glamorous past, from the grand old houses of
Gamla Stan (The Old Town), to the sleek creations of a
later generation of architectural maestros on Sergels
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