Stockholm Shopping Tips by Maline

Gallerian mall: it's all indoors! Gallerian Mall Review

Gallerian mall is just after Sergel square on your way to Kungsträdgården park. This is one of several malls in the area, I do think this one is the biggest. There are a great number of shops and restaurants inside. The interior is spacey and bright and the middle isle is filled with ice-cream parlours and other snack shops.
Go here to escape the bad weather in autumn/winter, or to visit for example Clas Ohlsson tool/gadget shop, H&M's lingerie and accessory boutique Beauty box, Benetton, Kick's, Vila and more.

What to buy: I especially recommend Beauty box, since you won't find it anywhere else...

Address: Hamngatan 37

Theme: Other

Website: http://www.gallerian.se

Din sko: Inexpensive footwear.

Din Sko means Your shoe in Swedish. This shop sells quite inexpensive and ofter ok stylish shoes. A pair of womens spring shoes balleria style (2005) cost from 250 SEK.

What to buy: No-brand shoes (some brans). Shoe care products.

What to pay: FRom 200 SEK.

Directions: Many places in Stockholm, for example in Drottninggatan.

Theme: Shoes

Website: http://www.dinsko.se

Indiska.: Oriental style clothes and furniture.

From being a clothes store Indiska has evolved to focusing mainly on home stuff like textilesl, hooks, furniture and tableware. It's style its "indian", native and "colonial" style.
Also great selection of inexpensive jewellry/accessiroes.

What to buy: Accessories, tableway, cloths, bedding.

What to pay: From 50 SEK.

Directions: Many places in Stockholm.

Theme: Other

Debenahms.: One of the newer department stores. Drottninggatan Review

Maybe you know of it already, but now it also has arrived in Stockholm. You can fins perfumes, clothes and jewellry and other department store stuff. They have quite a selection of Pilgrim jewellry if you like that style ( I do :-)

What to buy: Pilgrim jewellry?

What to pay: From 200 SEK and up.

Directions: Drottninggatan, Stockholm.

Theme: Department Store

Website: http://www.debenhams.com

Pressbyran: For the little things

Everything from water, soft drinks and snacks to nail clippers and magazines. Pressbyran will come in handy on your visit to Stockholm.

Chances are you can also buy your subway tickets here.

What to pay: 0,5 litre of sparkling water for 17 SEK. 1 fruit for 5 SEK.

Theme: Other

Website: http://www.pressbyran.se

Kicks: Make up and skincare plus perfumes and hair stuff

Kicks is a chain of perfumerie type stores found all over Sweden. These stores carry many brands of perfume, skincare and make up, both more expensive and cheaper.

There is also accessories and hair accessories for sale. You can find the following brands here for example:
Biotherm, Lancome, Revlon, Nivea, L'Oréal, Maybelline, MaxFactor, El'Vital hair produts, Lacoste, Armani, Nina Ricci, IsaDora.

What to buy: Make up, perfume, soaps and bath gels, shampoo and other hair products, hair styling products, skincare products, bath products, nail polish, make up brushes and other make up items, earrings, necklaces, hair pins ...

What to pay: From a euro and up. Look for bargains, there are always some campaign giong on.

Directions: In the Pub house, Gallerian Hamngatan, Gallerian Sergelgången, Fältöversten and other locations in Stockholm.

Theme: Bath and Beauty

Website: http://www.kicks.se

KappAhl: Clothes again

KappAhl is like Lindex a clothes store. In approach I would say it falls between the bolder styles of H&M and the more conservative style of Lindex. KappAhl is very popular with families with children, thay have lots of kids clothes. There is also a lingerie section, accessories and swimwear if the season is right. H&M. Lindex and KAppAhl are also typically found in every Swedish town, small or big.

What to buy: Basic fashion, sometimes a bit bolder clothes. Nothing cool for your teenager though...

Address: All over Stockholm.

Theme: Women's Clothes

Website: http://www.kappahl.se

Lindex: Womens clothes

Lindex is a chain of stores that sell clothes, mainly womens clothes I think. The style of the clothes is quite toned down, nothing too loud or strange is for sale here. Their range of lingerie is quite wide and very popular with Swedish women whereas their regular clothes are not as popular. If you are a plus size woman you may want to have a browse through their racks though, they have quite an extensive plus size collection.

What to buy: Most popular is their underwear and swimwear range. Apart from that and other clothes they also sell affordable accessories, sunglasses, belts and the likes. There is also kid's clothes.

What to pay: A pair of trousers from 30$ perhaps. A pair of sunglasses for 10$.

Address: Lindex stores are found all over town.

Theme: Women's Clothes

Website: http://www.lindex.se

Recordmania: One of the best record shops in the world Södermalm Shops Review

A few years ago the little shop Recordmania opened in Östgötagatan 2 on northeast Södermalm. It looks quite anonymous from the outside, but inside is one of the best selection of soul/funk-records in the world. People travel even from Japan only to shop here. If you are into "black music" and vinyl records this is the place to go. The staff is very helpful and really know their stuff. I have many friends who have shopped here and totally recommended it. So far I have only browsed through the stuff though.

What to buy: Second hand vinyl records. They also buy second hand records I think.

What to pay: From a few euro and up. It depends on the record and the quality.

Address: Östgötagatan 2, Stockholm Södermalm

Directions: Subway: SLUSSEN. Exit: Götgatan, walk up to Moseback torg and the right on Östgötagatan.

Theme: Music

Website: http://www.recordmania.com

Lush: You can smell it a few blocks away ...

The Lush stores are not unique to Sweden, rather they are orginally from Britain I think. But since they opened across the bigger cities in Sweden there has been a lush-mania creeping up.

What to buy: This is definitely the place to go for bubble bath, soads, shampoos and other bath items.
There is skincare also, but no make-up.
A personal favourite is the Celestial skin-creme and the Figues and Leaves soap bar...
Hmm, but then if you have a tub in your hotel room, get a bath bomb to wash away the city dust in the evening.

What to pay: From 2 US dollars/ 2 Euros and up...!

Directions: There are several stores in Stockholm, on in Södermalm, one at Stureplan and in at the Central Station. And possibliy more I havent seen.

Theme: Bath and Beauty

Website: http://www.lush.com