Nicole Kavander is a Stockholm-based travel and design writer, hotel specialist and author of Nordic Boutique Hotels.

Besides Time Out she writes for titles including ELLE Sweden, ELLE Decoration, Cabana Magazine, Travel + Leisure and Falstaff Nordics, with a focus on design-led hotels, destination restaurants, interiors, slow travel and places genuinely worth travelling for.
Before turning her hotel obsession into a full-time job, Nicole spent 15 years in advertising, which may explain her weakness for a strong concept, a beautiful lobby and a breakfast that takes scrambled eggs seriously.

She now spends much of her life on the road, checking into everything from Nordic countryside retreats and coastal spa hotels to destination restaurants, grand old classics and quietly spectacular boutique stays. Her standards are high, her suitcase is usually small, and she believes a great hotel should be judged by the details you still talk about after check-out.

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Nicole Kavander

Nicole Kavander

Hotel & travel writer, Sweden

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Stockholms 5 mest spektakulÀra hotellsviter

Stockholms 5 mest spektakulÀra hotellsviter

Letar du efter en romantisk weekend i Stockholm, en svit för bröllopsnatten eller ett hotellrum som Ă€r vĂ€rt att fira nĂ„got stort i? PĂ„ adresserna i den hĂ€r guiden checkar du inte in bara för att ha nĂ„gonstans att sova. HĂ€r Ă€r sviten anledningen till vistelsen. Stockholms bĂ€sta hotellsviter rymmer betydligt mer Ă€n stora sĂ€ngar och marmorbadrum. De bĂ€sta tar vara pĂ„ byggnaden, adressen och de urbana miljöerna utanför. I vĂ„r guide fĂ„r en historisk vindsvĂ„ning i ett gammalt klocktorn sĂ€llskap bland annat ett townhouse med ett hemtrevligt vardagsrum utöver det vanliga och en svit dĂ€r handmĂ„lade tapeter omsluter middagsbordet med utsikt över det Kungliga slottet.  Checka in tidigt, boka afternoon tea, bestĂ€ll middagen till rummet eller lĂ„t frukosten serveras pĂ„ terrassen morgonen efter. En suitcation krĂ€ver inte heller ett fullspĂ€ckat schema. Ju mindre du planerar utanför hotellet, desto mer fĂ„r du ut av sviten. Vidare rymmer vĂ„rt urval olika stilar och hotellupplevelser, men varje svit har nĂ„got som inte gĂ„r att ersĂ€tta med ett vanligt rum: en utsikt, en terrass, en historisk miljö eller en detalj som stannar kvar efter utcheckningen. Och som vanligt Ă€r listan inte komplett utan fylls pĂ„ efterhand i takt med att Time Outs redaktion utvĂ€rderar Stockholms mest exklusiva boenden. LĂ€s Ă€ven:  Stockholms bĂ€sta takbarer Stockholms bĂ€sta teaterscener och förestĂ€llningarna du inte fĂ„r missa just nu Stockholms bĂ€sta restauranger – din ultimata krogguide 2026
Stockholm’s 5 most spectacular hotel suites

Stockholm’s 5 most spectacular hotel suites

Looking for a romantic weekend in Stockholm, a suite for your wedding night or a hotel room worthy of a major celebration? At the addresses in this guide, you don’t check in just to have somewhere to sleep. Here, the suite is the reason for the stay. Stockholm’s best hotel suites offer considerably more than big beds and marble bathrooms. The best make the most of the building, the address and the urban surroundings outside. In our guide, a historic attic suite in an old clock tower sits alongside a townhouse with an exceptionally homely living room and a suite where hand-painted wallpaper surrounds the dining table, with views of the Royal Palace. Check in early, book afternoon tea, order dinner to your room or have breakfast served on the terrace the next morning. A suitcation doesn’t require a packed itinerary either. The less you plan outside the hotel, the more you’ll get out of the suite. Our selection spans different styles and hotel experiences, but every suite has something you simply can’t get from a standard room: a view, a terrace, a historic setting or a detail that stays with you after check-out. And as usual, the list isn’t complete. We’ll keep adding to it as Time Out’s editors review Stockholm’s most exclusive places to stay. Also recommended:  Cocktails with a view: Stockholm’s best rooftop bars Stockholm’s best shopping: 15 boutiques for Nordic fashion and design Forget the tourist traps – here are where Stockholm locals go for meatballs
Sweden’s best destination hotels – 8 places worth the journey

Sweden’s best destination hotels – 8 places worth the journey

Looking for unique design hotels or cosy overnight stays surrounded by nature? Or perhaps a luxurious romantic weekend closer to home, complete with a spa? At these hotels, you don’t stay because you were visiting the area and needed somewhere to sleep. The hotel itself is the reason for the trip. At a vineyard in Halland, you can step straight from your room’s sauna into a natural pool. On an island in SkĂ„ne, maximalist lounges filled with velvet and patterned wallpaper await, along with a bar worth lingering in. Outside Trosa, architect-designed cabins stand among the trees, with a wood-fired sauna in a private bay. Sweden’s hotel scene has become considerably more exciting. Manor houses and spa hotels are still going strong, but they now share the map with vineyards, design cabins, castles with contemporary interiors and hotels where the food is as compelling a reason to book as the room. The best hotel weekends rarely require an elaborate itinerary. At some of the places below, the spa, dinner and forest walks will fill your entire stay. At others, you cook for yourself, swim from your own jetty or make a pre-dinner drink in the lounge the first item on the evening’s agenda. Every hotel in this guide has been visited and tested in person. The selection covers different styles, price points and parts of the country, but each place has something that sets it apart from the next: an unusual room, surroundings that can’t be replicated, a meal worth booking in advance or a det
Sveriges bĂ€sta destinationshotell – 8 platser vĂ€rda en omvĂ€g

Sveriges bĂ€sta destinationshotell – 8 platser vĂ€rda en omvĂ€g

Letar du efter unika designhotell eller mysiga naturupplevelser med övernattning? Eller kanske efter en lyxig romantisk weekend pĂ„ hemmaplan med spa? PĂ„ dessa hotell bor du inte över för att du skulle besöka platsen och behövde ett rum att sova i – hĂ€r Ă€r sjĂ€lva hotellet anledningen till din resa.  PĂ„ en vingĂ„rd i Halland kan du gĂ„ frĂ„n rummets bastu till ett dopp i naturpoolen. PĂ„ en ö i SkĂ„ne vĂ€ntar maximalistiska salonger med sammet, mönstrade tapeter och en bar vĂ€rd att dröja kvar i. Utanför Trosa stĂ„r arkitektritade stugor bland trĂ€den, med en vedeldad bastu i den privata viken. Den svenska hotellkartan har blivit betydligt roligare. HerrgĂ„rdar och kurhotell finns kvar, men de delar numera plats med vingĂ„rdar, designstugor, slott med samtida interiörer och hotell dĂ€r maten Ă€r en lika stor anledning att boka som rummet. De bĂ€sta hotellhelgerna krĂ€ver sĂ€llan ett avancerat schema. PĂ„ nĂ„gra av adresserna nedan fyller spa, middag och skogspromenader hela vistelsen. PĂ„ andra lagar du maten sjĂ€lv, badar frĂ„n en egen brygga eller lĂ„ter fördrinken i salongen bli kvĂ€llens första programpunkt. Samtliga hotell i guiden har besökts och testats pĂ„ plats. Urvalet rymmer olika stilar, prisnivĂ„er och delar av landet, men varje adress har nĂ„got som skiljer den frĂ„n nĂ€sta: ett ovanligt rum, en miljö som inte gĂ„r att kopiera, en mĂ„ltid att boka i förvĂ€g eller en detalj du fortfarande pratar om efter hemresan. PĂ„ Time Out anvĂ€nder vi oss Ă€ven av affiliatelĂ€nkar dĂ€r det Ă€r relevant. Det pĂ„ver