Rooms To Remember

The summer holiday season is set to begin shortly. Why not plan your vacation around these sleek, luxurious properties that easily put the ‘haute’ in hotel?

MIDNIGHT SUN

Stockholm is on my travel schedule this month and I have already planned out several restaurants to try, including Matthias Dahlgren’s fine cuisine at the Grand Hotel, Wedholms Fisk for fish dishes and the cult-like meatballs and herring at Ulla Winbladh.

For accommodation, however, few options are as appealing as the Nordic Light Hotel. With a minimalist elegance that would please any devotee of the John Pawson school of thought, it is a haven of calm right in the centre of Stockholm.

Constructed in the 1970s, the building’s ground floor was once a clothing shop and has since been transformed into the hotel’s sleek reception area by the talented architecture and design trio of Rolf Löfvenberg, Lars Pihl and Jan Söder. Living up to its name, lighting is elevated to an art form here.

Showcasing the talent of lighting architect Kai Piippo, there are stalactite lights hanging from a recessed circle in the ceiling while guests can play with the lighting in their rooms to match their moods.

So, rest assured, even if you choose to visit during the long, dark winter season, the mood-enhancing lighting is guaranteed to lift spirits. And that alone makes it a place worth checking into, wouldn’t you agree?

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