The Local Sweden

Stockholm on a shoestring: Eight of the city’s best budget hotels

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:42:12 +0100

Sweden is recognised for many things – among them, Abba, Ikea, and – less auspiciously – high prices. But good value hotels in the country’s capital can be found. We’ve identified eight of Stockholm’s best, which will see your krona go further.

Private holiday rentals boom in Sweden

Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:26:59 +0200

The number of Swedes who are renting private holiday accommodation in Sweden from the likes of Airbnb has jumped dramatically this summer, according to a new survey.

Hotels fail to cash in on Swedish tourism boom

Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:30:30 +0200

Cheaper prices have made it harder for Swedish hotels to profit on a recent the tourism boom, with six percent more rooms sold in the first four months of the year compared to the same period in 2014.

Stockholm ranks fourth on 'club sandwich index'

Tue, 13 May 2014 16:11:00 +0200

The 2014 "Club Sandwich Index" has revealed that an average Stockholm hotel's club sandwiches are the fourth most expensive in the world, setting hungry guests back 157 kronor ($24) a pop.

Ikea cranks up speed on hotel development

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:18:00 +0100

The investment arm of Ikea, which in August unveiled plans for a budget hotel chain, has more than doubled its investment pace, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

Sweden's five weirdest hotels

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:54:00 +0200

The Tree Hotel, which opens in northern Sweden this week and gives tourists the chance to live in one of several ultra-modernist treehouses, is just the latest addition to and impressive line-up of eccentric Swedish hostelries. The Ice Hotel is perhaps the most famous, but here are some of the others:

Sweden's latest hotel experience - up a tree

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:53:00 +0200

Swedish hoteliers have already given tourists the chance to live in a hotel made of ice and a hotel under a lake, so it was only a matter of time before someone decided to put a hotel in a tree.

Record number of tourists flock to Sweden

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:14:00 +0100

The number of foreign tourists visiting Sweden climbed 3.3 percent in 2009, a new record high bucking the recession and a declining European trend, new statistics from the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket) show.

Stockholm hotel offers free haven for creative souls

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:30:00 +0200

Anyone planning a trip to the Swedish capital might be a bit aghast at cost of a place to lay their head at night, but Creators Inn by Elvine - the world’s first hotel-in-hotel - might just sport the most shocking price tag of all.

Finnish group buys Swedish hotels

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:02:00 +0100

British real estate group Northern European Properties (NEPR) said Friday it had sold 39 hotels in Finland and Sweden to the Finnish investment fund CapMan for 805 million euros ($1.12 billion).