Stockholm

Pros: Fantastic city layout. A very friendly and clean city!
Cons: Can be expensive.

Before visiting Scandinavia, I had heard many wonderful things about Norway, Sweden, and Finland.  When we visited Sweden, it was in the very early spring, during the first week of May. We were incredibly lucky, however, as we had six days of ...

Pros: Beautiful, friendly, Old Town, the Vasa Museum, most people speak English
Cons: Expensive, dreary in winter

I am originally from Sweden but I am not from Stockholm. I am from Northern Sweden (Norrland). However, I worked in Stockholm for a couple of years (at Ericsson in Kista) and I lived in a city called Uppsala 43 miles north of Stockholm for several years. ...

Pros: Gorgeous city, the Vasa Museum.
Cons: Outrageous prices, many disappointing attractions.

My husband and I enjoyed four and a half days in Stockholm on our way back from Latvia this summer. This city, known for its "beauty on the water" truly dazzles the eye. It's fair to say that in all my travels, I've never seen a city so ...

Pros: An enchanting city offering a wide variety of attractions.
Cons: Showers can come up quickly - carry an umbrella.

Our odyssey continued as ms Noordam nosed into her berth at Masthamnen No. 167 in Stockholm, Sweden. [This is the fifteenth in a series of postings on our Scandinavian holiday and sequentially follows my March 1st posting, “Our 2001 Sea Odyssey –...

Pros: Clean, beautiful, friendly people, tons of museums and parks
Cons: none that I can think of

The first thing my Swedish friends asked me is what I knew about their country. One of my statements was you have Swedish Fish. They thought I was talking about seafood, but after some laughing we figured out that Swedish Fish candy is not Swedish. A...

Pros: Very kind people, ancient historical sites, never-ending days…
Cons: Winter: both for the rigid climate and for the minor offer of cultural events.

I visited Stockholm during three pleasant days at the end of June 1996: those were the longest days of my life, and I invite you to interpret it literally.
That was my first time in Scandinavian countries and, though I had already been in Northern...

Pros: This is a beautiful city in an equally beautiful country.
Cons: I was there in February so it was cold.

I have a few different groups of traveling friends. One particular group travels in the dead of winter to places where we can fly standby and not worry (too much) about not getting there. This means we travel to countries that are usually on the summer...

Pros: clean, much to see
Cons: cars, and the stress

As the capital of Sweden with just over 9 million people, Stockholm is a big city with its over 1 million citizens (including suburbs).

It’s a clean city and there are not many homeless. The only thing I dislike is the cars – if the cars...

Pros: One of the most beautiful of the Scandinavian capitals.
Cons: A bit pricey.

Last summer we took a short vacation to Sweden's capital of Stockholm and were enchanted with this archipelago made up of 14,000 islands. Stockholm is perhaps the most beautiful of the Scandinavian capitals because of its unique position and the...

Pros: Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful
Cons: TOOOOOOOO cold

When you think of Sweden you might conjure up images of gorgeous blond Valkyries with whom you just might get lucky if they find you appealing in an odd sort of way, having lived with similar beauty specimens their entire life and finding any non blond,...

Pros: cheap
Cons: food and drinks are pricey

Sweden is very expensive, so finding something cheap to do there is quite hard - with one exception - take a fancy boat cruise through the archipelago for just a few dollars. Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it?
For only about 10$ you can take a...

Pros: Clean streets, old buildings, and wonderful summers
Cons: Long dark cold winters

Driving down Stockholm’s famous "Svea" street for the first time, the thing that initially caught my eye was the cleanliness of the city. The next thing that caught my attention was the old buildings. They were hundreds of years old and still ...

Pros: a beautiful, surprisingly colorful city, heaven for shoppers
Cons: it can be on the expensive side (drinks, public transport,...)

General observations

I went to Stockholm in March, which is not the best time to go, if you're expecting nice weather. Although the weather was ok, it did snow occasionally and it was quite cold.

If you arrive at the Airport, you...

Pros: Beautiful, lots to do
Cons: Pricey, commercialized

Stockholm is a beautiful city - situated on a number of islands on the east coast of Sweden. The city is pretty large, but for a tourist, unless you are spending a long time there, there isn't much need for you to leave the central part of the city -...

Pros: beautiful landscape and old buildings
Cons: expensive

When going to Stockholm I think of all the stereotypical things, you know blonde haired, blue eyed girls that seem to resemble every woman star in the porn industry. Swedish Meatballs and always calling it Switzerland.

Stockholm however is the...