Stockholm Shopping

Stockholm is full of boutiques, department stores and shops of all types, but if you want to something a little more special it is necessary to find the right place. There are three major areas for those who are looking for the new, different or exclusive.

In the City towards Östermalm, and in particular the triangle Stureplan - Norrmalmstorg - Östermalmstorg, you will find Stockholm's most exclusive boutiques for furnishing, clothes and accessories.

Biblioteksgatan and the small streets surrounding it contain a series of famous boutiques. Here, for example, we find the shoe shops Rizzo and Don & Donna right opposite the ladies' boutique Mathilde. Nymans Ur is regarded as being one of Stockholm's best boutiques for exclusive clocks.

The Swedish designer brand Nygårds Anna which produces modern clothing deeply rooted in Swedish cultural tradition has a boutique on Mäster Samuelsgatan, and on the same street there is also Götrich which has everything a well-dressed man may be thought to need. On Jacobsbergsgatan lies the chic Fornarina.

Birger Jarlsgatan begins in style with Gucci and on the same street you will find the exclusive Nathalie Schuterman, the popular Swedish street market We and exclusive ABCD, and at the corner of the mini-shopping arcade Passagen lies J.Lindeberg's boutique.

By all means go into Passagen - Efva Attling has her jewellery shop here and the young ladies' favourite, Mrs H, lies a little further in, as does the young fashion boutique Le Shop.

Then walk up Grev Turegatan, where apart from a chain of other shops you willencounter the Swedish Filippa K, a boutique for girls and one for guys. Filippa Knutsson has successfully staked a claim in the "smart casual" territory.

Almost opposite lies Anna Holtblad, another Swedish designer who assiduously seeks out what is thought to be red hot. Turn onto Humlegårdsgatan and look into the chic Skin Deep. Further on, on the corner opposite Östermalmstorg lies the furniture shop Bruka.

You would do well here to turn into Östermalmshallen, a market hall full of delicatessen and also some cafeterias which offer an excellent lunch, try for example the fish expert Lisa Elmqvist. Down along Nybrogatan there is a series of shops where you should not miss the exclusive furniture showroom Nordiska Galleriet.

On Södermalm along Götgatsbacken and SoFo there are some small independent design- and fashion boutiques.

In the middle of Götgatsbacken lies the cosmetics palace C/O Stockholm which also stocks a whole lot of accessories. Swedish paper design can be found at Ordning & Reda and further down, southwards, lies Bruno, a shopping arcade with a selection of smart outlets such as David Design and the Swedish brand Whyred.

On the opposite side of the street from Bruno lies Designtorget which offers for sale gadgets of all types, often from small independent manufacturers, perfect for those looking for presents. If you then make your way a little further to the south and come down towards what is now called SoFo, that is to say "south of Folkungagatan", there is a wealth of the unusual, the small and the amusing. On Skånegatan there is for example the shop
Badlands, for all those looking for hard to find DVD films. Pet Sounds record shop on the same street is the best in Sweden for rock, country and indie.

Practically at Nytorget you will find Coctail, and on Södermannagatan Coctail Delux, two shops which have made kitsch their speciality. On Bondegatan lies Sweden's best second-hand book shop Lisa Larsson, and also the young ladies' favourite Tjallamalla.