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Record Hunter
It's places like this that make St Eriksgatan one of Stockholm's best streets for... well, record-hunting. It has a heaving sale rack in the basement, a decent selection of dirt-cheap retro vinyl, secondhand DVDs and a kids' music section. Best of all, you can pick up tickets to major music gigs.
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Rönnells Antikvariat
From vintage Astrid Lindgren picture books to dusty 19th-century travel guides, the 100,000-strong collection of books here - many in English - make this one of the meatiest second-hand bookshops in town. Make sure to forage through the sales rack for a new dog-eared friend.
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Room
This huge interior-design store is a hit with cashed-up urbanites who seem to spend entire weekends here matching up fabrics and weighing the pros and cons of Nigella Lawson salad servers for the kitchen. Get in the vibe or simply opt for a Manolo Blahnik shoehorn and kick back in the buzzing café.
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Sibyllans Kaffe & Tehandel
Looking venerable with its sombre wooden interior and rows of giant tea tins, this tea and coffee peddler has been filling pots and plungers since WWI. Try the house blend of mixed green teas or go Latin with a Bialetti cafeteria and a block of Columbian-bean chocolate.
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Sivletto
Live out your Back to the Future fantasy at this super-secret ode to mid-century cool. Hidden away in a basement at the bottom of a claustrophobic staircase, behind an anonymous door, on an out-of-the-way street, this sprawling retro emporium boasts a diner-style café, a Jimmy Dean barber and enough 1950s fashion, furnishings and nostalgia to bring out the Sandra Dee or Fonze within.
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Själagårdsbodarna
The shop that time thankfully forgot, this lovingly cluttered burrow belongs in a bedtime book. Squeeze your way in for cute knick knacks like moose-shaped cookie cutters, pressed-tin trams and original 1920s bookmarks. Best of all, the affable owner will wrap it all up in Emily the Terrible gift wrap.
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Skansen Shop
A good bet for a complete Swedish makeover. Come here for handmade lambs wool mittens, glassware and pottery, adorable jars of cloudberry jam, Swedish art books, jewellery and garden tools for that archipelago summer cottage you're saving for.
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Sneakersnstuff
Funk-up your feet with exclusive and limited-edition sneakers from brands like And 1, Tretorn and US vintage brand PF Flyers. Look out for specially commissioned numbers, and match them up with DJ-designed threads from New York's Staple, Baltimore's Milkcrate and LA's Mixwell. DJs play the occasional Saturday set and there's an in-store café to boot.
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Soundkilla
This hole-in-the-wall record shop gets down to reggae, mon, from old-school dancehall to ska, roots, dub and revival. Weekly imports from Jamaica, the UK and the US keep the DJs rolling in, and owner Ashman is your man for the lowdown on Stockholm's reggae party scene.
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Sprall
Sprall spoils the little ones with super-cute designer clothes from Stockholm and across the world (the mini-kimono tops from New York designer Lucky Wang will leave you ga-ga). Mix and match with top-notch wooden toys, knitted teddies and Mr and Mrs Baker dolls. There's another branch inside NK .
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Street
Bag anything from a dog-eared novel to a Perry Como LP at this Nordic Camden Market. While the market stalls are up only between April and September, the hip on-site resto-bar (658 63 50) serves great grub made from local farmers' produce all year long.
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Svenskt Tenn
This legendary design store was once the stomping ground of Josef Frank, whose modernist furniture and floral-patterned fabrics are now the stuff of Swedish design legend. Nab some of his cult printed fabrics, or simply go for the top-notch lighting, homewares and furniture from Swedish design heavyweights.
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Sweden Bookshop
If you're after books on Sweden and Swedish culture, it's hard to beat this place. Part of the Swedish Institute, you'll find everything from luscious Bruno Mathsson design books to gripping crime fiction by Henning Mankell. Books come in all major languages.
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Tea Centre Of Stockholm
This dark, heavenly-scented tea shop is the place to buy Söderblandning, a hit in Japan and Söder's very own blend of tea. If sweet and fruity isn't your thing, there are another 200-odd blends to choose from, as well as jars of velvety lemon curd, marmalade and buttery Scottish shortbread for a perfect afternoon tea.
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Textilarna
Started by four designers back in 1971, this children's boutique sells criminally cute silk screen-printed threads for kids aged 0 to 10. Best of all, there are matching cushions, trays and journals so your little ones will never clash with the decor.
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Tjallamalla
If you don't know Tjallamalla in Stockholm, you're fashion-illiterate. This is the place for hot men's and women's rookie labels like Very Truly Yours, Whipping Floyd and JA! Graduates from the city's prestigious Beckmans College of Design School sometimes sell their collections here on commission.
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Tomtar & Troll
If you're looking for a cute little tomtar (elf) or troll to take home, this vintage studio is a good place to pick one up. Handmade on-site, they're perfect souvenirs without the tourist tack.
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Västermalmsgallerian
This busy mall is home to some note-worthy residents. Pick up Scandi-design at DesignTorget (33 11 53; www.designtorget.se), sexy Swedish briefs at Björn Borg (652 12 40; www.bjornborg.se), cult cosmetics at Face Stockholm (650 01 56; www.facestockholm.com) and democratically priced kids' and women's threads at H&M (54 57 22 90; www.hm.com).
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WESC
This street-smart label got started by dressing up underground artists and musos. In less than a decade, it's become one of Sweden's fashion big guns, opening up stores from Seoul to Beverly Hills (actor Jason Lee is a fan). The look is indie-meets-skater cool, with all bases covered, from lusty denim to pimp-a-licious silk hoods for trendy dudes and sistas.
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Whyred
Fashion-literate Swedes can't get enough of designer Roland Hjort's understated clothes - think preppy-college meets street-smart. The guys' sweaters are particularly fine and the women's shoes are irresistible.
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