Stockholm, SwedenSolna
Stallmästaregården
Pastoral lakeside inn
Pastoral lakeside inn
This former stablemaster's farm runs as a waterside inn, trading city pavement for quiet parkland paths along Brunnsviken Bay.
What it’s good at
Remarkable
Stockholm's oldest active inn, hosting travellers beside Brunnsviken Bay continuously since 1645.
Notable
Eighteenth-century Gustavian decor surrounds contemporary Scandinavian furniture and handcrafted Hästens beds.
Listed
Spruce shoots, blueberries, and traditional Swedish husmanskost served on the waterfront terrace.
What they say
Michelin Selected
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Also in AFAR.
It takes a deft hand — perhaps, more specifically, a Scandinavian one — to create such unfussy rooms from a palette of pastel-colored walls and flower-print curtains.
Somewhere quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Royal Haga Park stretches along the water outside, and Vasastan's restaurants and art galleries are a short walk south.
The rooms
Shiny wood floors and antique-style writing desks fill the bedrooms. Bathrooms come stocked with Stockholm-made Byredo toiletries.
Restaurant
Restaurang Stallmästaregården
Dark wood ceiling beams cross the dining room, and morning buffets give way to refined Swedish home-style dinners.
A painstaking restoration and redesign has left the onetime farm still rustic and homey, true to its 17th-century inn background, while simultaneously infusing it with healthy doses of both midcentury and contemporary Scandinavian design.
At the table
Private dinners take over Queen Christina's wooden lakeside pavilion, and banquets unfold beneath the crystal chandeliers of the 1815 courthouse.
How it began
Queen Kristina celebrated Midsummer here in 1645, prompting the palace stablemaster to turn his farm into an inn.
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The medals
Gold
Extremely rare. Sets the global standard.
Silver
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed
A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
The eight vibes
Design
Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe
Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local
It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Social
Where the city goes out. The bar is full and the night is young.
Heritage
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic
The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort
A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.
The scene
Lively
Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.
Central
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Secluded
A place apart: the property is the destination.