Shopping in Stockholm: A Quick Guide

Hello there. Looking for hot tips on shopping in Stockholm? Whether you are a fashionista, or just a person with a healthy interest in clothes and shopping, you will no doubt be happy to find yourself in the capital of Sweden. Stockholm is not only the economic and political capital of Sweden, it’s also the country’s fashion capital.

Is your hard-earned money burning a hole in your pocket and you need to find some place to spend it? Stockholm has plenty of places where they will happily let you part with your cash. The local Stockholmites are world known shoppers and fashionistas, and the Swedish capital is a shopping-Mecca that can compete with both London and Paris.

Here’s something that you may not already know about the Swedes: they are seriously stylish. So stylish, in fact, that you may well think that your aeroplane has inadvertently taken a wrong turn and flown you to Milano during the height of fashion week. Because image is so important to the Swedes, they have some really good shopping on offer, and while it isn’t exactly cheap, its a great way to pick up something a bit unusual and the student market in Stockholm is well-catered-for on the shopping front.

When it comes to brands, the Swedes have single handedly dressed up the world’s hipsters the last few years. Acne, Cheap Monday, Nudie Jeans and Filippa K are just a few of the world known brands that have came out of Sweden’s fashion industry.

Whatever it is that you are looking to buy, you will find it in Drottninggatan, a pedestrianised high street sandwiched in-between the Riksbron bridge and the Observatorielunden park. There are two Swedish shopping malls here that you should try out; one called ‘

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