Stockholm

Scandi minimalism this is not: The stylish new boutique hotel is located inside of a historic bank built to look like a Renaissance palace.

The Nordic countries’ best restaurants get their day in the sun.

Björn Frantzén shut down his eponymous, two-Michelin-starred restaurant and moved it to embrace a more primal form of cooking.

From Tokyo to D.C., these are the best places to see spring’s famous pink flowers in bloom…

Like the individuals who created it, New Nordic cuisine is almost always restrained, but at Oaxen Krog (+46.8.551.531.05, http://www.oaxen.com), chef Magnus Ek imbues that restraint with new levels of refinement. Reopened in Stockholm last year after moving from its former home on a remote island, Oaxen Krog provides a sleekly designed showcase for the chef’s […]

When Greta Garbo said, “I want to be alone,” she was in a Grand Hotel in a different city. But whenever the reclusive star visited her hometown in Sweden, she stayed at the Grand Hôtel Stockholm. During one visit, Garbo never left her suite, even hiding from the manager who delivered her meals. The Grand, […]