The candle in the window of the restaurant Den Gyldene Freden (the “Golden Peace”), the 1722, the oldest restaurant in the Stockholm, the same building for the 300 years, the low ceiling, the wood, the candle that is the on every table, the menu that is the modern Swedish (the herring, the reindeer, the lingonberry), the table in the cellar that is the most romantic in the city (the vaulted brick, the candlelight, the silence), and the bill that is the €120 for the 2 for the 3-course, is the essential Stockholm romantic-weekend experience. The Stockholm is the most beautiful Scandinavian city (the Gamla Stan, the old town, the cobbled, the ochre, the terracotta, the best-preserved medieval centre in the northern Europe), the archipelago of the 30,000 islands (the ferry from the Strömkajen to the Vaxholm, the 1 hour, the €15 each way, and the essential Stockholm day: the island-hopping, the red wooden houses, the swimming from the rocks), the water that is the clean the enough to swim in the city centre (the Riddarfjärden, the bay, the midsummer swim, and the most surreal big-city swim in Europe). Here is the guide.

Stockholm, Romantic Weekend Destination

• The Gamla Stan and the Djurgården, the essential Stockholm weekend: The Gamla Stan (the Old Town, the essential Stockholm): the Stortorget (the main square, the 800-year-old, the Nobel Museum, the €14, the Bistro Nobel, the café, the chairs that are the signed by the Nobel laureates the underneath, the turn the chair over to the see the signature, and the most unusual café in Europe. The €4 for the coffee), the Royal Palace (the Kungliga Slottet, the 600 rooms, the changing of the guard at the 12.15pm, and the best palace in the Scandinavia. ~€16 for the Royal Apartments, the Treasury, the Museum of the Antiques), the Christmas market in the Stortorget (the November–December, the Julmarknad, the €5 for the glögg, the mulled wine, the gingerbread, and the best Christmas market in the Sweden), the narrowest street in the Stockholm: the Mårten Trotzigs gränd, the 90 cm at the narrowest, and the essential Gamla Stan photograph. The Djurgården (the museum island, the essential Stockholm Sunday): the Vasa Museum (the essential Stockholm museum: the Vasa, the 1628, the warship that the sank on the maiden voyage, the sailed the 1,300 metres and the sank in the 32 metres of the water, the salvaged in the 1961, the 95% original, the most intact 17th-century ship in the world, and the most visited museum in the Scandinavia. ~€17, and the essential: the 9am, the first entry and the ship alone for the 15 minutes), the Skansen (the 1891, the oldest open-air museum in the world, the Sweden in the miniature, the 150 buildings from the across the Sweden, the Nordic animals, the moose, the bear, the wolf, the lynx, and the best family museum in the Stockholm. ~€21 in the summer), the ABBA Museum (the €28, the interactive, the essential for the ABBA fan, and the karaoke the “Dancing Queen” is the obligatory). More Sweden →
• The Södermalm and the food, the essential romantic Stockholm: The Södermalm (the “Söder”, the bohemian, the trendy, and the essential Stockholm evening): the Monteliusvägen (the walking path, the cliff-top, the view of the Gamla Stan, the City Hall, the Riddarholmen, and the most beautiful sunset in the Stockholm. The free, and the essential: the June, the sunset at the 10pm, the light, the view, and the most romantic walk in the city), the Fotografiska (the photography museum, the €17, the café, the best view in the Södermalm, and the essential Stockholm evening: the museum, the café at the 9pm, the sunset, the Fika, the coffee and the cake, the €10). The essential Södermalm food: the Nytorget 6 (the Swedish bistro, the €15 for the main, and the best-value dinner in the Södermalm), the Pom och Flora (the breakfast, the avocado toast, the €12, and the best breakfast in the Stockholm). The Stockholm food, the essential romantic dinner: the Den Gyldene Freden (the cellar table), the Tradition (the Gamla Stan, the Swedish meatballs, the lingonberry, the €20, and the best meatballs in the Stockholm. The essential Stockholm lunch), the Östermalms Saluhall (the indoor food-market, the 1888, the seafood, the €15 for the toast the skagen, the shrimp, the mayo, the dill, and the best lunch in the Östermalm). The essential romantic Stockholm weekend itinerary: the Friday evening: the Gamla Stan, the dinner at the Den Gyldene Freden, the Saturday: the Vasa, the Skansen, the archipelago boat to the Vaxholm, the sunset at the Monteliusvägen, the Sunday: the Fotografiska, the Fika, the departure.