Stockholm Part 3: Let's Eat!

Meticulous traveller that I am, I had painstakingly trawled through every Stockholm city guide, restaurant review site and design blog for inspiration on what to eat in the city and where to eat it. Sometimes eating is  the highlight for me on these trips. I know it sounds awful (and extremely little Britain of me), but I could happily go abroad and just hole myself up in nice hotel, emerging only to eat. Fortunately for me (and you), I have a little more oompf than that, which led me to my ultimate favourite travel activity: supermarket browsing! Shut up, it's not sad! What better way...

Read the rest of this article...

Stockholm Part 2

First came the pilgrimage to the mecca that is Byredo... I'm sure you know the story. Byredo was founded by superman aka Swede Ben Gorham, a half Indian, half Canadian, former basketball player trained in fine arts. Gorham started the brand in 2006, focusing first on a series of unisex scents containing minimal ingredients, but using the best raw materials and wholly manufactured in Sweden. The brand has since expanded to candles, bath and body products and, on my visit, limited edition room sprays (we snapped up the last two bottles. Mwhahahahahaha!) Looking good Ben There have been...

Read the rest of this article...

Stockholm Part 1

March saw a long-awaited trip to Sweden, Stockholm, a city I had been yearning to visit, having already been to Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki in the past year. Being a huge fan of Scandi design, I envisaged the city break as being a kind of design pilgrimage, and I was not disappointed. This was not least made possible by the Nobis Hotel, our temporary home for the weekend. Located in the centre of the city in a building dating to the late 1800s, the hotel underwent a careful redesign by local studio Claesson Koivisto Rune in 2010. There was even an Acne flagship store at ground level! But...

Read the rest of this article...