Stockholm Shopping

  1. Åhléns

    Looking better than ever after a revamp, this is the main branch of Sweden's best-known department store. It has all the standards, from books, electronics and homewares to cosmetics and fashion, including the store's own very wearable label. Basement supermarket Hemköp (; - Mon-Fri, - Sat & Sun) sells ready-made vegetarian foods, while the 4th floor is home to a dreamy day spa (676 64 50; www.stockholmdayspa.se in Swedish).

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  2. NK

    A Scandinavian Selfridges of sorts, this sleek retail palace boasts over 110 departments, amazing pastries in the basement food hall and a decent selection of English-language books. It's also infamous as the place where foreign minister Anna Lindh was murdered in 2003.

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