Stockholm
Arlanda (ARN) is structurally one of the best-designed airports in Europe — clean, quiet, almost Lutheran in its restraint. The drinking story revolves around two operators. Pontus, the Stockholm-restaurant chain run by Pontus Frithiof, has a serious airside outpost in Terminal 5 with full Champagne service, a respectable Swedish wine list, and a real cocktail programme. Bishops Arms — the Swedish gastropub chain — runs a more casual spirits-and-craft-beer counter alongside.
Gamla Stan · $$$
Aifur Krog & Bar draws a steady local crowd in Gamla Stan. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Sodermalm · $$
Akkurat draws a steady local crowd in Sodermalm. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Södermalm. The room holds around 600 Belgian and Scandinavian beers — the deepest selection in Stockholm — and the bartenders are encyclopedic about each.</p> <p>The drinks lean Belgian Trappist and Lambic. Westvleteren · $$
Akkurat is a heritage Belgian beer specialist bar in Södermalm. The room holds around 600 Belgian and Scandinavian beers — the deepest selection in Stockholm —
mid-October than it would have in early June · $$$
Bar Agrikultur applies the New Nordic culinary philosophy to drinking with the same rigour that Stockholm's most celebrated restaurants apply it to food. The ba
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