At the heart of Östermalm, the chic and central district of the Swedish capital, the Villa Dagmar, open for a year and a half, offers 70 rooms that compete in comfort and elegance.
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Owner for four generations of the famous Diplomat hotel in Östermalm for four generations, the Malmström family opened the Villa Dagmar a year and a half ago. At this address where Axel Munthe, doctor, writer and supposed lover of the Queen of Sweden lived, three buildings of different times and styles (judgendstil, industrial and contemporary) were brought together to accommodate 70 rooms and suites around a courtyard interior, in a Mediterranean patio spirit. The 320, under the roofs, is a double superior in neutral tones. Nothing is missing, neither the Marshall Bluetooth speaker nor the house cocktails in the minibar.
of reduced size, the room is advantageously extended by a large marble bathroom with hexagonal tiles. Extremely comfortable, the continental bed (spring base, mattress and topper) comes from the Elgen house, a reference to Stockholm. It can even be ordered online on the hotel concept store site, which also offers art books, cosmetics and scented candles. At nightfall, as is practiced in elegant establishments, the curtains are drawn, the blinds of the lowered velux, the lamps of moods on and the duvet slightly ajar …
The next morning, the breakfast card offers gravlax and egg raised to Kalles Kaviar, this condiment in tube based on fish eggs, typically Swedish. We can sit in the courtyard surmounted by a large glass roof. Inspired by that of Norman Foster at the British Museum, it offers the necessary light in a city which often lacks it, when the days shorte. H2>
Adjoining the hotel, the large covered market is a national institution. Founded in 1888, it welcomed eighteen mouth signs under its wrought iron frame. Scarlet lobsters, disproportionate salmon, geometric turbots and holes align like the parade. But the Salu Hall also offers meats, cheeses, pastries and primers that can be consumed on site, in various restaurants including that of Lisa Elmqvist, formerly fish of the market. For at home, we will bring back chocolates from Betsy Sandberg, which has been making them for a century.
at 400 meters: Take the sea
For two hours, the Strömma company takes tourists for a overall overview of the capital. The Royal Palace, the historic residences of Gamla Stan (the heart of the city), the classic buildings of the beautiful neighborhoods and the ultra -controller towers of the South Shore parade. Stockholmois do kayak or sailboat. Others walk their dog or run on the banks. Many bistros have almost their feet in the water.
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