If you’re able to bike, you won’t find a better way to see the Danish capital, but for now, you’re going to rely on your peds. 
After breakfast, exit D’Angleterre and head to your right, at, oh, about 2 o’clock, where your first stop is the historic Royal Theatre. … One popular detour is to slip down the small alley, Pistolstraede, past small boutiques, interesting architecture and good restaurants, then along Ny Østergade and to the pastry shop, Kransekagehuset Summerbird, and Cafe Victor, both worthy of a few minutes inside. 
Kransekagehuset serves up some of Denmark’s most popular pastries and chocolates, including the traditional Danish kransekage, the “almond ring cake,” a tradition during weddings and other celebrations.
Throw back the sheets, slide into your bathrobe and slippers, and pull back the curtains. From your suite, you see that the sun is shining on Kongens Nytorv and colorful Nyhavn. You can’t wait to get outside.
Now go back to bed: It’s 4 a.m.
What were you thinking? How could you have known? During the summer, it gets bright early here in Copenhagen, which is situated at the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska.
At 7 a.m., you give up the struggle to sleep. Outside, summer is full on. Head downstairs for a hearty breakfast at D’Angelterre’s Restaurant. Be sure to ask for a table by the window, so that you can admire bustling Kongens Nytorv across the street.
Don’t cruise from Stockholm without taking some time to shop. Local blogger Ann-Charlotte Jönsson informs us that Sweden’s capital city boasts the best design stores in the world, according to the October 2008 issue of Elle Decorations magazine. The store Modernity, which ranked sixth in the world, features top-of-the-line vintage Scandinavian design while Svenskt Tenn, [...]
Don’t cruise from Stockholm without taking some time to shop. Local blogger Ann-Charlotte Jönsson informs us that Sweden’s capital city boasts the best design stores in the world, according to the October 2008 issue of Elle Decorations magazine.
The store Modernity, which ranked sixth in the world, features top-of-the-line vintage Scandinavian design while Svenskt Tenn, which ranked 12th, offers fabrics and furniture by Josef Frank.
No other Nordic companies ranked in the article. In fact, New York, Paris and Stockholm were the only cities that could claim more than one design store on the list.
Svenskt Tenn is also found on Monocles top 20 retailers and is the only Nordic shop found on the list.
Time, unfortunately, is not standing still as it is on the clock above in Gamla Stan, so get ready for a full day of touring at a respectable pace. You’ll see a lot, but you’ll only skim Stockholm’s surface if you’re visiting for the day on a cruise that calls on the Swedish capital. You’ll [...]
Time, unfortunately, is not standing still as it is on the clock above in Gamla Stan, so get ready for a full day of touring at a respectable pace.
You’ll see a lot, but you’ll only skim Stockholm’s surface if you’re visiting for the day on a cruise that calls on the Swedish capital.
You’ll leave wanting more. So while you’re touring, know that you can’t see it all on this trip and plan to come back to cruise from Stockholm, arriving a few days before your cruise so that you can experience all that this wonderful city has to offer.
For now, however, here’s how to spend one perfect day in port, without overwhelming yourself.
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You’d be hard-pressed to find a visitor to Stockholm who would tell you that it is an inexpensive destination to visit, but savvy travelers will tell you that the Swedish capital provides relatively good value.
You’d be hard-pressed to find a visitor to Stockholm who would tell you that it is an inexpensive destination to visit, but savvy travelers will tell you that the Swedish capital provides relatively good value.
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From the lofty heights of City Hall’s “Large Tower,” Stockholm’s Old Town appears in the shape of a heart. The symbolism is ?tting in more than one way.
From the lofty heights of City Hall’s “Large Tower,” Stockholm’s Old Town appears in the shape of a heart. The symbolism is ?tting in more than one way.
