Shopping in Stockholm means finding a wide selection of goods, both locally produced and imported from the world over. Here is a short guide on where to go and what to buy.
SHOPPING HOURS
Weekdays: Shops are generally open 10am-6pm. Department stores and malls usually keep open till 7pm.
Saturdays: Shops are generally open 10am-4pm. Most department stores and malls keep open till 5pm.
Sundays: Some shops in the city centre (malls and big chainstores mainly) and department stores are open from noon-4pm. On public holidays most shops are closed.
WHERE TO GO
Most of the shopping is situated in the area around the streets of Hamngatan, Drottninggatan, Kungsgatan, Hötorget and the area around Stureplan.
The Old Town is the best place to find locally produced crafts. The main shopping street in Old Town is Västerlånggatan.
DEPARTMENT STORES AND MALLS
Åhléns City, Klarabergsgatan 50. Phone: 08-676 60 00.
The biggest department store in Sweden with reasonable prices. Here you find everything you expect to find in a department store.
NK, Hamngatan 18-20. Phone: 08-762 80 00.
Stockholm's oldest and most well known department store. They have several coffeeshops and places to have lunch. So take your time...
Sturegallerian, Stureplan.
At Stureplan you will find the rather exclusive mall Sturegallerian with for example fashion boutiques and a bookstore with a good selection of English books.
PUB, Hötorget. Phone: 08-23 99 15.
This used to be a regular department store and is now more like a shopping mall, with many shops in one building.
Gallerian, Hamngatan/Regeringsgatan.
This is the biggest shopping mall in the city center. Here you´ll find some of the Swedish chain stores and a great toy store (Stor & Liten).
PK-Huset, Hamngatan 10.
Connected to the department store NK, PK-Huset is a smaller shopping mall between NK and Smålandsgatan. Visit KSSS Sjöbod, a stylish sailors store with much more than sailor clothes.
Stockholm Quality Outlet
Swedens first factory outlet - a small village built only for the purpose of selling quality clothes, accessories, shoes, sporting goods and household utensils at rock bottom prices. Whatever you buy it's certain to be a bargain (30-50% lower prices). Take the train from Central Station to Jakobsberg. From there take the bus.
SOUVENIERS
In Old Town you´ll find small shops with locally produced crafts. Two of the most Swedish souveniers are the wooden painted ”dalahorse” and a pair of clogs. Great gifts!
Visit the department stores for glass and crystal which has been the local specialty for centuries.
If you visit any of the museums, make sure to take a look in the museum shop where you can find many nice souveniers to bring back home.
And why not buy something eatable as a souvenier; smoked salmon, Kalles Kaviar (roe, loved by almost every Swede, try it!), Swedish chocolate or ”knackebrod”, the flat hard bread that you might find on your breakfast buffe. The eatable things can be bought at the airport on your way home.
For modern Swedish design visit Designtorget at Sergels Torg. This is the store where young Swedish designers sell their work.
FASHION
Basically all international boutiques and brands for men and women can be found in Stockholm. There are also many Swedish brands such as Peak Performance (outdoor and leisure) and Filippa K (young popular Swedish designer).
The fashionable area around Östermalmstorg and the mall Sturegallerian (at Stureplan) offer high quality brands and exclusive boutiques. The street Biblioteksgatan and the departmentstore NK are other spots to look in.
INTERIOR DESIGN AND HOME FURNISHINGS
Swedish interior design is famous worldwide.
The very Swedish IKEA have two stores in the Stockholm area; Barkaby and Kungens Kurva. Free shuttlebus to IKEA in Kungens Kurva departs from Regeringsgatan 13 Mon-Fri 11am-5pm, every hour on the hour.
Department stores in the city offer a good selection of designed houseware and kitchenware. R.O.O.M at Alströmergatan 20 is a place to look in if you like the latest design in furniture. For high quality international design, visit Nordiska Galleriet at Nybrogatan 11.
Svenskt Tenn is another exclusive shop at Strandvägen 5.
FOR THE KIDS
Stor&Liten is the big toystore in the Gallerian mall. If you want to buy clothes, visit the department stores and chain stores (NK and H&M for example) and look for bargains. Polarn & Pyret in the Gallerian mall have nice Swedish cotton clothes.
