Stockholm makes Lonely Planet 'top ten' cities list
Published: 8 Nov 11 08:52 CET | Print version
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Stockholm has placed among the ten best cities to visit in 2012 in a recent ranking published by the Lonely Planet travel guides, which referred to the Swedish capital as “cozy yet cosmopolitan”.
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According to Lonely Planet “Stockholm looks as perfect as it’s ever been” despite the attention given to its “grimy” side by the popularity of Stieg Larsson's Millennium crime trilogy.
“This is as seductive a capital city as can be imagined – cozy yet cosmopolitan, willfully alternative and effortlessly picturesque,” the Lonely Planet said in its description of Stockholm.
The guide singles out the island of Södermalm as “one of the coolest kids on the block” due to its eclectic mix of bars and and design boutiques, while also citing the “stately parks” of Djurgården as another worthy attraction.
News of Stockholm's inclusion on the prestigious Lonely Planet list was cheered by Peter Lindqvist, head of the Stockholm Visitors Board.
“I'm thrilled,” he told the Dagens Nyheter (DN) newspaper.
“We've worked hard for many years to promote Stockholm and there is a huge interest in Scandinavia”
However, Lindqvist gave most of the credit for Stockholm's ranking to the city itself and “everything it has to offer”.
He expects that Stockholm's inclusion in the Lonely Planet rankings will likely have an effect on tourism in Stockholm next year.
“Travel guides are important when people decide their destinations and Lonely Planet is an important actor,” he told DN.
Following Stockholm, the Lonely Planet's top ten cities list is rounded out by Guimarães, Portugal; Santiago, Chile: Hong Kong; Orlando in the United States, and Darwin, Australia.
External link: Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel: top 10 cities for 2012 »
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Even better, Stockholm is beautiful because people care. They even put their most famous mistake on display in the Vasa Museum where visitors are taught that the Swedes once had to learn an extremely important and painful lesson—there is a HUGE difference between good design and decoration.
Seriously, compared to beauty, do you really think a visitor is terribly worried whether an "alternative" nightclub is authentic enough?
it still the same as described by global tracker series in Discovery Channel, a ''good village where to make a city''..
London goes from being the hippest, edgiest city in the world one year, to a violent, overpriced, filthy hole the next.
I personally found Santiago, Chile, to be an ok, fairly Americanised city, but with little to distinguish it as a 'top 10' city, but then appreciate that this may be seen differently through a different pair of eyes.
Not worth taking too seriously or getting too upset about. The vast majority of people will have a great time if they're with people they love in Boras or Doncaster, yet a thoroughly miserable time if they're unhappy and alone in Rio/Stockholm whatever.
The streets are lined with palm trees, the weather can't be beat (82F yesterday and it's November), and it's completely normal for people to have their own swimming pool in their backyard.
If any of you feel like taking the time to google, look at towns (in Orlando) like Winter Park, FL, Thornton Park, FL, Doctor Phillips, FL, and you'll see what I see on a daily basis when I'm here.
The article is right, we do have tattoo parlors in abundance...I have a couple now because usually the locations of tattoo parlors and bars go hand in hand...LOL.
I feel the need to defend Los Angeles a tad to the above poster because the place is a necessary evil for me because of my job, and will be my permanent "homebase" come January. Similar to Orlando it depends on where you are in LA. There is also a mixed bag of people...the chill, laid back set that I tend to hang out with, and the always plastic "look at me" crowd that wears a full coat of face paint to the gym. When there, I avoid these Frakenstein style creatures at all costs. Once you sift through all the BS it's not a bad place to live.
I do agree...Stockholm is a beautiful place...one of my favorites to visit in Europe.
Orlando's weather can't be beat? Are we delusional? A 1000% humidity and heat for five months of the year. This would make any Swede drop dead.
LA has good weather. That's all it's got. Stockholm is great town and deserves to be up there.
Wow, I don't really find that to be the acceptable term for varying opinions, but whatever floats your boat.
My impression is that Stockholm seems much dirtier and scruffier now, than when I first began visiting in the 90s. In terms of attractions, museums and galleries are not in the same 'class' as elsewhere - and getting 'around town' can be enormously stressful, given the appalling street manners of some people.
Proximity to water is fine - but I don't think Stockholm is really worth a return trip if you're a tourist or holiday maker, when there are better alternative places to visit
Give me Bangkok, Seoul, Riga, Krakow, Luang Prabang,Memphis, and Fukuoka for cities that won't completly break your budget and just drip with culture.