| Clean-cut and cosmopolitan Stockholm is a great | | | | STF/HI Fridhemsplan on Eriksgaten, meanwhile, is just |
| European city destination for backpackers who like | | | | as stylish as Skanstulls, although it's a bigger place that |
| their cities slick and invigorating. Stockholm is the type | | | | caters more for small groups of backpackers and solo |
| of place that you can walk around for hours by day | | | | travelers than romantically inclined couples. |
| while marveling at its architecture and attractions, | | | | Stockholm also has a good line in novelty hostels: you |
| before spending further hours partying away by night. | | | | can sleep in a Jumbo Jet at Jumbo Hostel, or in an old |
| This is a 24/7 type of destination, and backpackers | | | | prison at Långholmen Hostel STF/HI. |
| should be prepared for an almightily fun and varied | | | | Explore Gamla Stan |
| experience when heading here. | | | | Gamla Stan is Stockholm's Old Town. Featuring grand |
| Stay in a Hostel | | | | and faintly baroque architecture (as opposed to the |
| It may sound a tad dull, but one of the very best things | | | | steel-happy monoliths that rule the roost over much of |
| you can do while staying in Sweden's capital is book | | | | the rest of town), it's a charming area that makes for |
| yourself into one of the many Stockholm hostels that | | | | great exploration on foot. |
| line its streets. There are two reasons for this: Firstly, | | | | The Old Town's two standout attractions are the |
| Stockholm is an expensive kind of place; hostels offer | | | | Royal Palace and the Rikstag (Parliament). The first |
| the best bang for your buck when it comes to | | | | does not quite live up to its name insofar that the King |
| accommodation. Secondly, travelers staying in a | | | | of Sweden no longer resides here (he does use it for |
| Stockholm hostel guarantee themselves a fun and | | | | ceremonial purposes however) - still, it lacks nothing by |
| friendly time, as these are eminently sociable places. | | | | way of splendor. Access for tourists is not always |
| For top-notch accommodation at a reasonable price, | | | | possible, but it's still worth going just to see the building |
| Skanstulls Vandrarhem on Ringvagen is almost | | | | from outside, and to watch the guards as they plod |
| unsurpassable. This is a hostel that has a cozy, | | | | around the exterior on horseback. |
| boutique feel, yet you'll find none of the snobbishness | | | | The Rikstag, on the other hand, is more tourist-friendly, |
| that may be associated with those terms; Skanstulls is | | | | and you'll be able to catch a glimpse of a surprising |
| an immensely welcoming and outgoing place to spend | | | | amount of the seat of Sweden's power. |
| your evenings and nights. | | | | |