Stockholm, Sweden

Backstage Hotel

Price per night from$170.51

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If you haven’t entered any dates, the rate shown is provided directly by the hotel and represents the cheapest double room (inclusive of taxes and fees) available in the next 60 days.

Prices have been converted from the hotel’s local currency (SEK1,615.95), via openexchangerates.org, using today’s exchange rate.

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Style

Well-cast crashpad

Setting

Dynamic Djurgården

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Lift the curtain on Swedish culture with a stay at Backstage Hotel — a boutique spot in the centre of Stockholm’s Djurgården. The staff here are all locals, waiting in the wings with insider recommendations to this leafy district’s many museums, venues and fika-friendly hangouts. There’s a revered restaurant back at base for post-show suppers, and your colourfully dressed rooms steal the scene with one-off artwork, striking sculptures and water-watching vantage points.  

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

57, including five suites.

Check–Out

11am, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates include breakfast (with lactose- and gluten-free options available), served daily at the Backstage Brasserie. 

Also

The hotel has five wheelchair-adapted rooms (four Superior, one Deluxe) with adjustable beds, alarms and accessible bathrooms. There are spacious lifts to all floors, and all the hotel’s restaurants and communal areas are easily accessed for guests with limited mobility.

At the hotel

Concierge, living areas, bikes to borrow and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV with Chromecast, Bluetooth speakers, minibar, tea- and coffee-making kit (Nespresso coffee machines in suites), bathrobes and Meraki bath products.

Our favourite rooms

The Loft Rooms may be small, but their exposed beams and historic in-the-eaves setting make for a cosy choice. Alfresco space comes as standard in most picks here, but we’re laying all our love on the Roof Suite for its all-angle views and sprawling living space.

Packing tips

All your energy for arena gigs and city roaming.

Also

Museum meandering is your classic workout, Stockholm style, but to boost the calorie-burn, there’s a small gym at the hotel, equipped with weights and a treadmill.

Pet‐friendly

Pups are welcome in most room types and all the hotel’s communal areas, including dining spaces, for a one-off charge of SEK300.  See more pet-friendly hotels in Stockholm.

Children

Welcome; the Veranda Suite sleeps four; there are connecting Loft Rooms (subject to availability) and highchairs are available at the restaurant for tots. Cots, too, can be provided for free, on request and subject to availability.

Sustainability efforts

Backstage Hotel has been awarded a platinum certification from Green Destinations for its environmental efforts and community commitment. The hotel’s construction was completed by local builders. It sources all restaurant supplies from local farmers and growers, limits food waste, uses organic and Earth-kind bath products, has banned single-use plastic, and repurposes all recycling into fuel for the city’s buses. Backstage also works closely with Swedish charity My Special Day, which supports children with cancer.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

In a wine-red banquette to admire the Brasserie’s walls of one-off, vintage curios.

Dress Code

Silk headscarves and timeless silhouettes to fit in with these swish Swedes.

Hotel restaurant

Backstage Brasserie is the hotel’s all-day diner, where candlelit interiors and moody hues may feel more Marais than Djurgården, but menus have an assuredly Swedish spin. There’s shrimp-topped toast skagen, tiered smörgåstårta and meatballs with lingonberries, of course. If you’d rather stick to the classics, melt-in-the-mouth cheeseburgers, garlic butter-dosed steaks and lemony grilled chicken are also on offer. For a caffeine boost between museum visits, or a mindful moment for fika, the laidback Backstage Café has trad treats, salads, soups and all sorts of sandwiches available during the day. 

Hotel bar

Start your sipping at Backstage Bar, where a lengthy list of craft cocktails, on-tap ales and vintage bottles set the tone for your evening out. There’s a karaoke bar, too, for those inspired to sing after seeing Cirkus Arena’s talented line-up.

Last orders

Backstage Brasserie serves breakfast from 7am to 10am (10.30am at weekends); lunch between noon and 3pm, and dinner from 4pm till 8.30pm. The Café is open 9am to 8pm daily.

Room service

You can order dishes to your door from a dedicated menu around the clock.

Location

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Address
Backstage Hotel
Djurgårdsvägen 68
Stockholm
115 21
Sweden

Backstage Hotel is set just east of central Stockholm, in the island district of Djurgården, between Östermalm and Norrmalm.

Planes

Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport is your nearest international option and sits around 40 minutes away from the hotel by car. There are taxi ranks at the airport, and transfers typically cost around SEK795.

Trains

Liljevalchs/Gröna Lund station is right outside the hotel and operates on the Tram 7 line, which has frequent direct routes into the city centre.

Automobiles

You won’t need a car in this cycling city; but if you are bringing one, the hotel has a private carpark for SEK475 a day — please note that there are only five spaces available, so it’s first come, first served.

Other

Djurgården’s most-used port is Allmänna Gränd, where ferries run every 10 to 20 minutes to Slussen in Gamla Stan. During the summer, there are additional routes to different areas of the city.

Worth getting out of bed for

Backstage Hotel is your behind-the-scenes look at Stockholm’s water-fringed Djurgården district, long-loved for its swathes of green space, canal-side setting and cultural events. There are 22 museums within wandering distance — including fan favourites such as the Vasa Museum, Skansen and, of course, ABBA The Museum, which connects to the hotel via an internal corridor.  

For an inner-city sanctuary, walk over to the charity-owned Rosendals Trädgård, where over 100 species of roses grace the gardens and an on-site vineyard supplies the grapes for some of the city’s biodynamic bars. If your endorphins come courtesy of an adrenaline rush, rather than a bed of roses, Gröna Lund’s iconic rides could easily entertain for days. It’s worth checking their schedules, too, as live concerts and events are often held here throughout the year. And if their line-up doesn’t appeal to your taste, Cirkus Arena is just across the street. 

Pick up a free-to-borrow bike and make like a local to Östermalm, where streets are filled with Scandi clothing shops and renowned restaurants. Gamla Stan — the city’s Old Town — is also only a 15-minute cycle away if you’re looking to snap some shots of Stockholm’s storied, ochre-hued buildings. 

Local restaurants

Aira has become somewhat of a distinguished spot within Stockholm’s fine-dining scene, thanks to its lauded head chef Tommy Myllymäki. His elevated menus feature Nordic classics, bolstered with Japanese and French influences, and dished along Djurgården’s waterfront. Coco & Carmen is another refined pick, with multi-course tasting menus that are a closely guarded surprise, but typically bring together Scandinavian and European flavours. Local chatter is the soundtrack at Asian Post Office, where bao buns, dumplings and popcorn shrimp are shared at tables filled with friends. 

Local cafés

Take a break from envying the greenery with a fresh-from-the-oven bake and cup of coffee at Rosendal’s Garden Café, where all proceeds are invested back into the land’s protection. Brews and baked goods form the foundations of fika in Stockholm, and at Stora Bageriet it’s done with city-based suppliers and sustainability in mind. 

Local bars

Sitting in nearby Östermalm, Tyge & Sessil serves an enviable selection of natural wines, sourced from small-scale producers and poured alongside flavour-packed small plates. You can bank on fresh seasonal fare, punchy craft cocktails and verdant views at Strandvägen 1 — an all-day bar set in a former depository that overlooks Berzelii Park.  

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this in-the-action hotel in Djurgården and unpacked their pepparkakor and lingonberries, a full account of their Swedish break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Backstage Hotel in Stockholm… 

If you thought Björn Ulvaeus’s debut hotel would be on a remote Greek island — perhaps with a trio of men roaming the roost, too — then think again. Instead, the ABBA maestro was pulled to his homeland, and the result is set to be something of a star itself. 

Originally the Pop House Hotel, this boutique base — now by the name of Backstage Hotel — has undergone extensive renovations and a rebrand, with links to the pop legends spanning only as far as an award-storing suite and direct access to the ABBA museum. These days, the hotel’s emphasis focuses on more elevated offerings, with in-the-know staff on call to organise easy access to Djurgården’s clutch of museums, stadiums and smorgasbord of cultural happenings. It's tempting to stay out and about into the early hours in this happening ’hood, but with a bistro-inspired restaurant flaunting provenance-proud fare and cosseting, art-adorned rooms, how could you resist returning... 

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