Metropolitan Stockholm

5 Oct 2007

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16 Apr 2006

The house-proud can binge on Ikea when visiting Sweden, but there is the risk of never re-emerging if they enter its flagship store, in Kungens Kurva, outside Stockholm. The chain's largest...

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Nordic whimsy

17 Mar 2006

THE CHAIR IS often the holy grail for furniture designers out to unseat the competition. Which is why Peter Andersson created an instant buzz at last month's Stockholm Furniture Fair, when his...

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Stockholm glassware

13 Mar 2005

Stockholm interior design amounts to much more than Ikea. Sweden's capital is renowned for stores that will make any homemaker's heart sing - and credit card twitch. Forget quick-assembly pine...

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Yuletide yearnings

19 Dec 2004

In this age of incremental global-warming, most northern European capitals get nothing more spectacular than grey and drizzly conditions as autumn gives way to winter. Not so Stockholm, where...

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Express service

6 Jun 1999

STOCKHOLM is following a trend set by Hong Kong's Airport Express and London's Heathrow Express with this year's opening of the Arlanda Express, which will soon be speeding passengers from the...

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