Stockholm Shopping Tips by jacob_m

Drottninggatan is probably the most important shopping street in Stockholm where most locals end up when going shopping in the city centre.

Where it is
Drottninggatan starts next to the parliament building and goes straight north.
It passes Sergels Torg, department store Ahlens and department store PUB.

Where to shop
Ahlens: One of the largest department stores in Stockholm located next to Sergels torg.
Most things can be found here and prices are reasonable. See my Ahlens-tip.
PUB: This used to be a department store but is now more of a shopping centre with several indivdiual shops. The name still remains though.
PUB consists of two buildings, located on each side of Drottninggatan.
Debenhams: This department store is well-known to British people and they have now opened a store in Stockholm.
Other shops: Handskmakar'n is a nice shop selling gloves and bags. Some shops at Drottninggatan selling clothes are MQ, H&M, Stadium and Brothers.

Street vendors
There are many street vendors at Drottninggatan. It is safe to buy from them but it is actually illegal for them to be there.

If you go to Drottninggatan on a Friday afternoons or during a weekend, expect a lot of people.



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Address: Drottninggatan
Directions: Underground: T-centralen or Hotorget

Name of Shop: Ahlens City

Ahlens is another department store in Stockholm.
In fact it is a chain with at least one store in every large Swedish city.
In Stockholm and it's surburbs there are about 10 I think.

Ahlens City
The largest of them is Ahlens City, located very close to Sergels Torg and the underground station "T-centralen" in the heart of Stockholm.
Six floors packed with goods, I especially recommend tourists to visit the second floor where they have a large glassware-department.
Sweden is well-known for its glass-products.
The most famous brands are "Orrefors" and "Kosta Boda"

Other Ahlens in Stockholm
Ahlens department stores can also be found in, for example Skanstull, Fridhemsplan, Taby Centrum, Vallingby and Sundbyberg.
Check their webpage for more locations.


What To Pay: Average Swedish prices

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Theme: Department Store
Address: Klarabergsgatan, central Stockholm.
Directions: Underground: T-centralen (all lines pass here). Close to the main railway station.
Website: www.ahlens.se

Nordiska Kompaniet (or better known as just NK) is a large department store in central Stockholm just opposite the parc Kungsträdgården. All the famous designers have shops here and there is absolutely no lack of luxurious goods.
Prices are high and the general clientele is persons with higher incomes.
Despite the prices it's still nice to visit. If visiting Stockholm in the late autumn/winter don't miss the christmas decorations.
Web: www.nk.se



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Theme: Department Store
Address: Hamngatan

PUB (stands for Paul U Bergström, the founder) is a department store in central Stockholm next to the square Hötorget (with the food market) and Drottninggatan (one of the main shopping streets).
PUB is actually not a department store as it contains many individual shops but most areas of shopping are covered and some years ago it used to be a real department store.
However still worth a visit.


What To Pay: Average prices.

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Theme: Department Store
Address: Drottninggatan, Kungagatan, Hötorget
Directions: Underground: Hötorget (closest station) or T-centralen (just 5 mins walk)

If looking for luxury goods you should absolutely go to the area around Stureplan (a large square with the famous "mushroom"). Here you'll also find a small shopping centre called "Sturegallerian" with some nice shops, a delicious bakery (Gateau) and an exclusive public bath (Sturebadet).
Also take a walk along the street "Biblioteksgatan" which goes between the squares of "Stureplan" and "Norrmalmstorg". Many designers have their own shops here and prices are as expected high. Many nice (but expensive) cafés and restaurants here.



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Address: Stureplan, Biblioteksgatan and Norrmalmstorg
Directions: In NE-part of central Stockholm. 10 mins walk from Sergels Torg and underground-station T-centralen.

Name of Shop: Taby Centrum

Taby Centrum is my favourite Shopping centre in Stockholm.
It is located north of the city centre and it takes about 40 mins to get there.
There are about 100 shops here and it is supposed to be the largest shopping centre in Sweden.
There are also many nice cafes and restaurants for hungry shoppers.

How to get there
Take the underground (the red line, direction: Morby Centrum) to Tekniska Hogskolan, change to the Surburban train called "Roslagsbanan".
Take a train bound for Osterskar and the journey to Taby Centrum takes about 15-20 mins. There is normally a train every 20 mins.
The stations is called, just like the shopping centre, Taby Centrum.

What To Buy: With 100 shops most things can be found here.


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Address: Marknadsvagen, Taby
Website: www.tabycentrum.se

Most people know what IKEA is, a department store selling furniture, now with stores in most countries in the world, however I don't think many people know IKEA is Swedish.
IK are the initials of the founder, Ingvar Kamprad and EA is the house and village where he lived, Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd (in southern Sweden), so now you know that.
If visiting Sweden it could be fun to visit IKEA in its homecountry, in Stockholm there are two IKEA.
IKEA Kungens kurva, in southern Stockholm, was the third IKEA to open and was inaugurated in 1965. The architecture is really fun and was inspired by the Guggenheim-museum in New York.
There is also a new IKEA in northern Stockholm, in Barkarby, which opened in 1993.
If anybody wonders where the first IKEA opened I can tell you it was in the small town of Älmhult (a small town in southern Sweden in the middle of nowhere). This is the town close to where Ingvar Kamprad lived, the department store is still in use and this is also where the headquarter is located.

What To Buy: Furniture of course, to low prices.
Have lunch in the restaurant and try the Swedish national dish (at least the unofficial), "Köttbullar" (meaning meatballs).


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Address: Kungens Kurva and Barkarby
Directions: Barkarby: Surburban train to Jakobsberg, then bus 567.
Kungens kurva: Free bus M-F fr central Stockholm (Regeringsgatan 13), bus 173, 707, 710, 748 also pass here.
Website: www.ikea.se

Stockholm Quality Outlet is an outlet north of Stockholm in the surburb Barkarbny. There are about 60 shops selling clothes, books, shoes, CDs etc to prices about 30-60% lower than the normal high-street prices in Stockholm.
These are some of the shops to be found: Björn Borg, Filippa K, Diesel, Polo Sport, Tommy Hilfiger and Levi's.


What To Pay: 30-60% lower prices than central Stockholm..

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Address: Barkarby (along motorway E18)
Directions: Surburban train (Pendeltåg) to Jakobsberg and then bus 567 to Stockholm Quality Outlet/IKEA.
Website: www.qualityoutlet.com