Neighborhoods of Stockholm
Accommodation in Stockholm is the standard for most people quite expensive, but there are ways to find more affordable options. Many hotels offer discounted rates at different times of the year and the cost varies depending on location. Norrmalm and especially the area around Central Station is the best game for the budget to moderately priced housing, while the old city tend to be expensive.
Unlike other cities of Stockholm is divided into 14 islands, creating an effect of neighborhood and the city’s development was not seen anywhere else in the world.
The old town, Gamla Stan, or you’ll often called, is at the entrance of Mallare lake in the Baltic Sea and is the foundation of the city. Dating as a walled city in the thirteenth century, today the Old Town is the most popular attraction in the city, with restaurants, antique shops, craft galleries and ancient architecture. The main shopping street in the old city, Västerlånggatan, is an attraction in itself, as the main square, Stortorger.
Langholmen, which means “Long Island, won in 1647 Queen Christina of town and is now one of the largest green space in the city a wonderful evening stroll or afternoon picnic.
The area is known Norrmalm located north of Old Town and Old Town where it contains everything that is old, Norrmalm includes all young people. Here is the commercial and cultural center in Stockholm as the main train station, shops and most famous park in Stockholm, Kungsträdgården.
Vasastaden include “Off-Broadway in Stockholm and is located north of Norrmalm. Very nice plot of City Theatre, Vasastaden be the ideal destination for an evening together, as many bars and restaurants have opened there. Here, you will be able to rub shoulders with young urban professionals who have done much Vasastaden their homes.
Kungsholmen is where the town hall and continue to enjoy a taste of this historic town. And ‘where you can appreciate the artistic fusion of old and new as this former industrial and commercial center has received a facelift.
To the south of the old city is the most densely populated city Sudermalm. This is another place you should check out the options for cheap accommodation.
If you go east of the old town comes to Deer Park Djurgarden, this wonderful island sounds like it is, especially in summer. This wooded island in the middle of a lake was used as a recreation area, where the warrior Vasa, Nordic Museum, the amusement park, the Waldemarsudde estate with its beautiful gardens and the popular open-air museum.
