Shopping

Stockholm's department stores and shopping arcades stay open seven days a week. The longest shopping zones reach from Hötorget to Gamla Stan via Drottnigatan, and from Hamngatan, Kungsgatan and Biblioteksgatan to Stureplan.

NK, Nordiska Kompaniet

This superb department store made the headlines in the autumn of 2003 for unsettling reasons. The Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh and her friends were exactly the kind of elegant ladies for whom NK offers the creations by international and Swedish designers alike.
Hamngatan 18-20

Åhléns
Main department store: Klarabergsgatan 50, T-Centralen

PUB
Hötorget

Sturegallerian
Grev Turegatan 9, Stureplan

Gallerian
Hamngatan 37

DesignTorget

Located on the first floor of Kulturhuset, DesignTorget keeps you up to date with current trends by presenting the work of new, promising talent beside famous Scandinavian designers. Pick up a CD rack, TV cabinet, coat rack or some other useful item for the home or office. Pots and pans for the kitchen, shower curtains and soap dishes for the bathroom, pillowcases, lamps, toys and brightly coloured pottery, candleholders and flowerpots.

Also on sale is a comprehensive selection of books on interior decoration, cooking and gardening. Prices are moderate, with the exception of the work of a few top designers. The staff even wrap inexpensive souvenirs in DesignTorget's own wrapping paper.

Located in Kulturhuset. Entrance from Sergelstorget. Closest underground station: T-centralen.