If there is a single factor that most makes me want to move to Sweden, it's this playground…read more(followed closely by the country's largely non-xenophobic culture). The space is gorgeous, clean, happy, fun and free. Kids and be kids, run wild, climb on not-entirely-safe objects and structures, engage in not-entirely safe carpentry and the like, jump, yell, enjoy. There is a staffed indoor play area with foosball and other activities, there's hockey equipment... I bet in the winter, the sledding is amazing, here. We were floored. Please please please bring something like this to the US, my compatriots. I didn't check out the toilet situation, but there are numerous cute cafes and restaurants all around the park, a friendly, (I think) well-priced ICA grocery store, Espresso House (Starbucks- / Dunkin' Donuts-like in its ubiquity), and an excellent independent bakery just south of the park on the eastern side.

We visited the playground area with our 10 month old, our friend, and her 3 year old. It is unlike…read moreanything I have ever seen in the US! Rock climbing wall, swings, ropes course, sandboxes, trampolines, skating, fields, gardens, museum, cafe... I mean, you really have everything right here, for all ages. We came on a beautiful day, but there is apparently even an indoor play area for the winter. Very impressed, and bummed we found it on one of our last days of our visit.

This is a very traditional park, no suprises. A fountain, some strange sculptures, plenty pf places…read moreto picknick and a lot of beautiful chestnuts.

Wonderful, friendly staff that make this frigid hangout almost feel warm!read more

"Long Island" is a green park that is indeed an oasis in a busy and bustling city. A significant…read morechange from its original history when Långholmen was a prison island until 1974! The old prison (which I did not visit today) has been turned into a hostel. Lots of walking paths criss-crossing the park. Some paved. Some hard-packed dirt. A caravan park. Kayak and canoe rentals. Beaches and swimming. Or just enjoy the park itself that allows dogs. [Review 18747 overall - 80 in Sweden - 2270 of 2022.]

If you are visiting Stockholm this is a must-see, specially in the summer time! It's a small oasis…read morein the city, calm and green, perfect to relax after a busy day. And if you are feeling more adventurous, there are canoes and kayaks to rent, and perhaps why not take a swim in a nearby beach. Also don't forget to visit the old prison which is now a hotel, where the original architecture was preserved.

A big space, lot's of bouldering variety, quite a lot roped climbing, frequent route resets, and…read morefriendly staff are at the heart of this gyms success. There's a good sized changing room with lockers and showers, a cafe to sit and have a cup with a new or old friend, a climbing gear retail store and yes, shoe-horns for their "no shoes beyond this line" policy. They have done a lot of work this Summer on the gym and it is vastly improved by adding hard flooring for "clean and jerk" practitioners and anyone looking for more stabilized footing, olympic rings, a rope climb, mounted ab benches, new yoga mats, and more space by re-organizing a bunch of things. It is definitely a gym for those of us that prefer body-weight exercises. In a previous review, I knocked them for the stiffness of the mats upstairs. I can say that over time they have become less so. Unfortunately they have also taken away the buffet, which was a great deal but apparently was too difficult and costly to manage. At least TellUs Bar and Kök just outside the gym has some good deals. Another thing that is difficult about this gym, but doesn't apply to many is that the monthly rate is very expensive if you can't sign up for their automatic debit plan which requires a Swedish Bank Account (and personal number). They had a Summer deal where you could purchase access through the end of August, but they don't usually have anything like this at any other part of the year. It would be nice if they did something to address this: allowing people to purchase a certain number of months at a time at a discounted rate. It's perhaps too expensive in Sweden but it's a shame they don't have fitness classes or Yoga with your membership as is common in the States -- but probably in Sweden there is enough of that elsewhere. This is a great gym and lots of friendly Swedes and others are climbing here. Enjoy!

I like this place a lot. It's smaller than telefonplan, but…read moreat the same time the people working there are very friendly, and it feels more personal than other climbing centers. Showers, sauna, etc. are clean and always working. In a way it feels like this place is more for bouldering than lead or top roping, but you can do all three. They change routes and boulder problems with regularity, which is great

The smaller brother of the Telefonplan location. This is quite a bit smaller than the other…read morelocation. There is probably about 33% of the bouldering routes as in the Telefonplan location. Of course there is rope climbing: top-roping and lead climbing as well. Still, it's a nice gym with nice changing rooms with showers, a cafe, etc. One nice thing about this location is that the gym (ie where the weights and etc are located) is larger. It doesn't have a true water fountain, just a sink (if you can't tell, I'm grasping for informative information here). Its not the flagship location, but it's nice if you live closer to it and probably the community is a bit smaller so you might get to know everyone a little better. It's definitely a place I would recommend climbing. Get there before 17.00 on the weekdays for a cheaper day pass!

This is the largest location of Akademibokhandeln and we spent a few hours there today. The…read moreselection is *terrific* and the store is large. It also has a nice cafe, plus there's lots of seating near the cafe and that's a real "plus". The selection of photography & art books in particular (my book "passions") are really great and there's also a large children's book section. Lots of nice cards, too....two different sales clerks helped me find some books and they were both very nice. In particular, one of them (who also rang up my purchases) was exceptionally friendly and he also had a great sense of humor. Although we didn't get anything in the cafe, we briefly spoke to one of the women working there and she was very friendly.