Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Fasching
Kungsgatan 63, Norrmalm
T
08 534 829 64,
W
fasching.se; Hötorget T-bana; map p.47.
If you're after
local or foreign contemporary jazz, this is the place to
come. However, there's also a fair smattering of salsa and
soul on offer, too. Can get quite crowded.
Mon-Thurs &
Sun 6pm-midnight, Fri & Sat 7pm-4am.
Nalen Stacken
Regeringsgatan 74
T
08 505 292 00,
W
nalen.com; T-Centralen T-bana; map p.47.
Once
the
place to hear music in the city (even the Beatles were
booked to play here), now offering rock with a smattering
of jazz and swing.
Opening times vary according to
event.
Stampen
Stora Nygatan 5
T
08 20 57 93,
W
stampen
.se; Gamla Stan T-bana; map p.47.
Rowdy jazz club,
which is best known for swing, dixie and trad, though
there's also mainstream, blues and 1950s and 1960s rock,
too.
Stampen
has been cranking out live music virtually
every night for the past forty years and is still going strong.
Mon, Tues & Thurs 8pm-1am, Wed 5pm-1am, Fri & Sat
8pm-2am.
SÖDERMALM
Södra Teatern
Mosebacke torg 3
T
08 531 994 90,
W
mosebacke.se; Slussen T-bana; map p.62.
This is one
of the best places in the capital for world music, hip-hop,
rock and pop - if it's happening anywhere, it's happening
here.
Opening times vary according to event.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Classical music
is always easy to find in Stockholm. There's generally something on at one of the following venues:
Konserthuset in Hötorget, Norrmalm (
T
08 786 02 00,
W
konserthuset.se); Berwaldhallen, Strandvägen 69, Östermalm
(
T
08 784 18 00,
W
berwaldhallen.se); and Musikaliska Akademien, Blasieholmstorg 8, near the National Art Museum
(
T
08 407 18 00,
W
musakad.se).
Organ music
can be heard at Adolf Fredriks kyrka, Holländargatan 16, Norrmalm; St
Jakobs kyrka in Kungsträdgården, Norrmalm; Gustav Vasa kyrka in Odenplan; and Storkyrkan in Gamla Stan - consult
What's
On
(see p.65). Operan, on Gustav Adolfs torg, is Stockholm's main
opera
house (
T
08 791 44 00,
W
operan.se); for less
rarefied presentations, check out the programme at Dramaten, Nybroplan, Östermalm (
T
08 667 06 80,
W
dramaten.se).
THEATRE AND CINEMA
Stockholm has dozens of
theatres
, but naturally most productions are in Swedish. For
English-language
performances
check out Sweden's oldest English-language theatre company, Stockholm Players (
W
stockholmplayers
.se), established in the 1920s. If you want other tickets, it's worth waiting for reduced-price standby tickets, available from
the kiosk in Norrmalmstorg.
Kulturhuset
(
T
08 508 315 08,
W
kulturhuset.stockholm.se) in Sergels torg has a full range
of artistic and cultural events, most of them free; the information desk on the ground floor has free programmes.
Cinema-
going
is an incredibly popular pastime in Stockholm. The largest venue in the city centre is Filmstaden Sergel in Hötorget
(
T
08 562 600 00,
W
sf.se), but there are also a good number of cinemas the entire length of Kungsgatan between
Sveavägen and Birger Jarlsgatan, which are always very lively on Saturday night. Tickets cost around 150kr and films are
never dubbed into Swedish.
SWIMMING IN STOCKHOLM
The water in Stockholm is clean and perfect for swimming during the long days of summer.
The best
beaches
are all west of the city centre:
Långholmens strandbad
to the west of
Västerbron bridge on Långholmen, rocky
Klippbadet
to the east of the bridge and across on
Kungsholmen at
Smeddsudden
, with a large grassy area for sunbathing; take bus #4.
Alternatively, Södermalm is the place to go for
swimming pools;
there are three in fairly close
proximity: Forsgrénskabadet in Medborgarplatsen (
T
08 508 403 15; Medborgarplatsen
T-bana); Erikdalsbadet, Hammarby Slussväg 20, (
T
08 508 402 50; Skanstull T-bana), which has
an open-air pool; and the wonderful little Liljeholmsbadet, Bergsundsgatan 2, (
T
08 668 67 80;
Hornstull T-bana), a pool in a boat-like pontoon contraption that floats in Lake Mälaren and has
nude swimming for women on Mondays, for men on Fridays, though it is closed mid-June to
mid-August; the water here is always 30°C. For uno
cial
nude
bathing, head out to one of the
islands in the archipelago and find your own private spot.
The best
gay
beach is at Kärsön (Brommaplan T-bana then any bus towards
Drottningholm palace). Get off at the stop over the bridge, Brostugan, and walk to the right
along the water's edge.
