Stockholm
As much a museum of design as an actual shop, this iconic store is home to the signature fabrics and furniture of Josef Frank and his contemporaries…
Stockholm
As much a museum of design as an actual shop, this iconic store is home to the signature fabrics and furniture of Josef Frank and his contemporaries…
Stockholm
An ultraclassy department store founded in 1902, NK (Nordiska Kompaniet) is a city landmark – you can see its rotating neon sign from most parts of…
Stockholm
From vintage Astrid Lindgren books to dusty 19th-century travel guides, the 100,000-strong collection of books here, many in English, make this one of the…
Stockholm
For your all-in-one retail therapy, scour department-store giant Åhléns. It's especially good for housewares, bedding and Swedish-made items to bring home…
Södermalm
Concept store 6/5/4 puts the spotlight on Swedish wave-surfing culture, selling its own Portuguese-made surfboards, surf-culture tomes, beachwear, and a…
Stockholm
This sprawling showroom is a design freak’s El Dorado – think Hannes Wettstein chairs, Hella Jongerius sofas, Alvar Aalto vases and mini Verner Panton…
Södermalm
If you love good design but don’t own a Gold Amex, head to this chain, which sells the work of emerging designers alongside established denizens. There…
Stockholm
This huge, helpful store has all kinds of maps and guidebooks for Scandinavia and elsewhere, from urban centres to remote hiking areas, plus a variety of…
Gamla Stan
This tiny, dimly lit shop is chock full of adorable prints and products featuring the distinctive graphic design work of Lena M. It's a great place to…
Södermalm
This artfully curated shop sells books, magazines and DVDs with a high-end pop-culture focus. Pick up a new Field Notes journal and a decadent film…
Stockholm
Marimekko's bright, bold, retro patterns are the stuff of legend. The Finnish textile company has plastered almost everything with its iconic prints, from…
Södermalm
Excellent bookshop with secondhand and new titles, storytelling for kids, regular book signings (including Nell Zink of The Wallcreeper fame), writing…
Gamla Stan
This spacious design shop, run by the women of the Torndahl family since 1864, is a calm and civilised oasis on busy Västerlånggatan, offering jewellery,…
Stockholm
Opened in November 2015, this modern, spacious mall houses 224 stores and features some of the best-known Swedish and international brands including Björn…
Södermalm
For an edible souvenir, head to this chocolate shop, where seasonal Nordic ingredients are used to make heavenly treats. In addition to chocolate boxes…
Stockholm
Not quite shopping mall, not quite galleria, Mood Stockholm oozes cool. Straddling the shopping districts of Östermalm and Norrmalm, it's centrally…
Gamla Stan
This museum pays tribute to the Swedish Dalarna Horse (Dala Häst), one of Sweden's most iconic national symbols. Boasting hundreds of specimens, ranging…
Stockholm
This street-smart label got started by dressing up underground artists and muses. It has since become one of Swedish fashion's big guns, opening up stores…
Stockholm
One of the main shopping centres in Stockholm's central shopping district. Home to Swedish fashion brands and Swedish staples such as Systembolaget and…
Stockholm
A central branch of the state-run liquor store, this outlet of System Bolaget offers occasional tastings.
Stockholm
H&M spin-off Arket offers reasonably priced, quality threads and accessories for men, women and kids. Especially good for essentials – including tees,…
Gamla Stan
In some ways this seems an unlikely location for a science fiction–fantasy comic bookshop, but in other ways it makes perfect sense. Regardless, this is…
Kungsholmen
With a design inspired by the hotels of the French Riviera during the ’70s, Grandpa’s second Stockholm location is crammed with atmosphere, as well as…
Kungsholmen
This rack-packed nirvana of retro threads will have you playing dress-up for hours. Both girls and boys can expect high-quality gear from the 1950s to the…
Stockholm
Stockholm's first shopping mall, Gallerian is right in the middle of the city's shopping districts. It hosts some of Sweden's best-known brands as well as…
Kungsholmen
This busy mall right outside the Fridhemsplan tunnelbana stop is home to some noteworthy residents. Pick up Scandi-design wares at DesignTorget, sexy…
Södermalm
A highly curated and well-loved secondhand clothing store, Judits carries premier brands and organises them beautifully, creating the effect of a clothing…
Stockholm
Filippa K is the epitome of regulation Nordic style – think sleek looks, classic cuts and sensible sombre tones. The store, a minimalist masterpiece…
Stockholm
This cool cosmetics temple has no trouble pulling with its trend-setting range of perfumes, sticks and shades. Pick up rock-chic cosmetics from Urban…
Vasastan
A gourmet food store that focuses on sustainable products and a tranquil, pleasant shopping atmosphere, Cajsa Warg is fun to browse but also makes for a…
Stockholm
Fashion-literate Swedes can’t get enough of designer Roland Hjort’s understated clothes – think preppy-college meets street-smart. The guys’ sweaters are…
Stockholm
This is the flagship store for Stockholm's hottest label. Acne's threads, shoes and accessories for guys and girls cram the pages of American fashion…
Stockholm
Find everything you might need for an excursion into the Swedish wilderness here, from backpacks and sleeping bags to woolly socks, headlamps, cooking…
Södermalm
A cute shop specializing in frocks made of unique printed fabrics, in a brief range of flattering silhouettes. Have fun with a ’60s-style A-line dress…
Södermalm
A local fave among Södermalm’s stylish thrift shops, this small space is packed with treasures dating from the ’30s to the ’70s. Look for leather jackets,…
Stockholm
Inside Sturegallerian, the upmarket Östermalm shopping mall, is this great bookstore, with a huge selection of new fiction and nonfiction books in English.
Stockholm
Right on the corner of Biblioteksgatan is an outlet of the groundbreaking Swedish fashion designer. There are also several other locations around town.
Stockholm
Here you'll find skinny jeans, painfully hip leather jackets and other clothing worthy of strutting around Stockholm, by designer Johan Lindeberg.
Stockholm
This shop has impeccably made woodwork, linens, textiles, candlesticks, handmade soaps, glassware and crafting books.
Södermalm
This clever vintage shop remakes old clothes into new designs – no two items are alike.