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Sarah and the ESSENTIAL team
flew with SAS 
www.flysas.com		 SAS
and stayed at the
CLARION SIGN HOTEL
www.clarionsign.com		 CLARION SIGN HOTEL
For everything you want to know about
Stockholm visit
STOCKHOLM VISITORS BOARD www.stockholmtown.com		 STOCKHOLM VISITORS BOARD

ESSENTIAL STOCKHOLM

Sarah CawoodStockholm is Scandinavia’s chic capital of style and design. Just the place for Sarah Cawood to prove that there’s nothing dull about the Swedes. The Stockholm she explore proves  to be bursting with energy and hooked on ice hockey; home to the world’s most beautifully preserved shipwreck; a great place to search out the quaint at a folk museum as well as the cutting edge at the shops; and a civilised spot where it’s possible to breathe in an archipelago of a thousand islands.

If you’d like to find out more about the places Sarah visited in the programme, then check out the following links:

NATIONAL SPORTS MUSEUM – www.riksidrottsmuseet.se
The Swedes are crazy about sport – almost half the country is a member of a sports club! This museum is a fun insight into that world.

Or if you prefer to get stuck in, why not try out Swedish gymnastics-for-all called ‘gymping’, just like Sarah did in one of Stockholm’s parks… www.friskissvettis.se

VASA MUSUEM – www.vasamuseet.se
This museum houses the only complete 17th century wooden warship still in existence, and it’s stunning; literally awesome.

SKANSEN – www.skansen.se
The Village Museum; this was the world’s first open air museum. Examples of architecture from all over Sweden were dismantled and rebuilt on site, and the result is ‘Sweden in a Park’!

NATIONAL MUSEUM – www.nationalmuseum.se
There are all sorts on offer here but we went straight for their permanent exhibit showcasing Swedish Design through the ages.

IKEA – www.ikea.com
For Sweden’s most famous design export – flat pack, do-it-yourself furniture and home decorations.

DESIGNTORGET – www.designtorget.se
For a groovy chain of shops promoting new, innovative designers and their wild creations.

BAUER – www.bauer.gastrogate.com
The perfect designer bar to hang out in your designer gear.

NATIONAL CITY PARK
http://www.royalcourt.se

THE ARCHIPELAGO www.grindawardshus.se
Hundred of islands on Stockholm’s doorstep that make for an inspiring getaway. It was on one of these islands that Abba wrote some of their most famous songs.