Marco Polo - Stockholm: Travel with Insider Tips

An island kingdom: 30,000 islands clustered together just outside the gates of Stockholm

Narrow lanes, old churches, terracotta-coloured houses in the heart of the city

More than enough room for the King & Co: one of the worlds largest palaces with more than 600 rooms

Old farmhouses, cottages and grander buildings, together with elks and other animals in an open-air museum

The mightiest warship of the 17th century couldnt stay afloat. Now it is high and dry in its own museum

This outstanding collection of modern art has more than 5000 paintings, sculptures and installations

The symbol of Stockholm bears three golden crowns

Swedish Versailles: the royal family has lived in this palace just outside Stockholm since 1981

Food, service, location: everything about Stockholms best restaurant is absolutely perfect

Exclusive delicacies from Swedens forests, meadows and waters under a market roof

Off-beat and functional creations by young, as well as established, designers

Cocktails served in glasses of ice at a frosty temperature of minus 5 degrees

Tradition, noblesse, luxury with a view of the Royal Palace: the five-star hotel is the best in town and thats why the Nobel Prize Laureates stay here every year

With its exciting attractions ranging from a roller coaster to a Spkhuset, Swedens oldest amusement park on the green island of Djurgrden attracts thousands of visitors every year

The Stockholmers celebrate the longest day of the year with flowers, dancing and schnapps

Fjllgatan on Sdermalms rocky shore offers a magnificent view of Swedens capital and Saltsjn Bay from a height of 28 m (92 ft)

Everybodys darlings: a new generation is born in May and June in the zoo at Skansen open-air museum come and see the baby elk, reindeer and bear cubs

Contemporary modern art in Magasin 3, Stockholms art space in the Free Port in the north-east of the city. Internationally renowned artists exhibit their latest works here over an area of 16,000 ft

They are eaten all over Sweden: the Kanelbulle, a bun with lots of cinnamon. Caf Saturnus in stermalm serves them deliciously oversized

You can hike across the old Parliament Building wearing a helmet and safety belt . The view is breathtaking, but only for those with a head for heights

Not only a feast for the palate but also the eyes: Rkultur serves delicious sushi at reasonable prices

It is hopeless trying to resist: not only chocolate freaks will succumb to temptation in the Chokladfabriken. The chocolates, petits fours and sumptuous cakes are all lovingly made by hand

Sivlettos cellar shop is a place of pilgrimage for rockabillies

You will enjoy the tasty drinks in the former printers at Allmnna Galleriet 925 if you can find the entrance! Its hidden away the best bars are usually those that are hardly recognisable from outside. But well-worth finding especially if youre interested in art and music

Just as you dreamed a balmy summer evening in Stockholm should be: let the day draw to a close, laid back on Mlarpaviljongens pontoon with a cocktail in your hand and water all around you

Every Sunday, the classical Etablissemanget Club, which was once known as Mosebacke, in Sdermalm, serves a delicious buffet brunch -accompanied by four hours of live jazz. A real institution in Stockholm!

Creaking wooden floors, narrow staircases, skew-whiff walls: you will sleep the way people did 400 years ago in the rooms of the cosy cosy Hotel Sven Vintappare