Just how good can a hot chocolate really be? To find out, skip Gamla Stan's tourist traps and head for this place on Stortorget, the charming square at the...

A gem of a lesbian café with a Brazilian air on a quiet side-street on Södermalm. Here you'll find the best mango lime smoothies in Stockholm, friendly...

This 17th-century former coffee house became a hotel in 1819. Now run by the First Hotel chain, it fully exploits its waterside location, with each of the...

The Freys Hotel is a likeable, idiosyncratic place, with 118 cheerfully decorated rooms and a lobby adorned with paintings of cats. The location, down a...

Owned by Benny from Abba, the Rival was created by combining the best parts of the 1930s hotel that once stood here with high-tech comforts: there are...

The Lady Hamilton is perhaps the nicest of the three small hotels owned by the Bengtsson family (the others are the Lord Nelson and the Victory). As the...

A trendy gay-friendly bar in the Victory Hotel, with a good cocktail list and DJs most nights of the week. The hotel's restaurant, Leijontornet, is ranked...

The smallest and cheapest option in the Bengtsson family's hotel group, the three-star Nelson must also be Sweden's narrowest hotel, only 5m (16ft) wide....

This open-air café, situated right on the shore of Lake Mälaren, is the most picturesque spot in Stockholm to enjoy a latte. There's an excellent lunch...

This tiny vodka bar is one of those places that falls into the blurry gay-straight category so common in Stockholm - the crowd tends to become gayer as the...

The Nordic Light is stylish in a very Scandinavian way: white walls, wooden floors, absurdly comfortable beds, hearty breakfasts and, the icing on the cake,...

The first thing you notice when you enter the Nordic Sea is water: a vast aquarium dominates the lobby and a window opens on to the ultra-chilly Icebar,...

Patricia, perhaps best known for its gay nights on Sundays, serves up a major party on summer nights and winter weekends. The boat was originally launched...

Just down the street from the Lord Nelson, this 51-room hotel in a 17th-century building is steps from the waterfront, but none of the rooms has a view. For...