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Mixed after dark
The T-Centralen exit onto Sergels torg, the sunken square known as Plattan, is a known dealing spot at night, and the Klara church blocks draw street drinking. It is uncomfortable rather than dangerous; walk on Vasagatan or Kungsgatan instead.
Staying in Norrmalm
Norrmalm is the part locals call City: Central Station and T-Centralen, Sergels torg, the department stores on Drottninggatan and Hamngatan, the concert halls, and the government blocks behind them. Every metro line, every commuter train and the Arlanda Express meet inside this one borough, and Gamla stan is twelve minutes away over a bridge.
Book here for logistics. If you arrive at 23:00, leave at 06:00, or are in Stockholm for two nights and want to spend none of them working out which tram is which, nothing else comes close. It also has the deepest hotel stock in the city, which is why it is usually the district with rooms left in July.
The cost is that almost nobody lives here. This is a central business district with 4- and 5-star hotels priced accordingly, the restaurants near the station are chains aimed at people catching a train, and on a Sunday evening the streets between Klara church and Vasagatan are as empty as an office car park. Walk ten minutes north into Vasastan and you are eating with residents at two-thirds of the price.
What works
- Every metro line, every commuter train and the Arlanda Express at one station
- Twelve minutes on foot to Gamla stan across any of four bridges
- The largest supply of hotel rooms in Stockholm, so late availability is best here
- Department stores, concert halls and the Skeppsholmen museums are all inside the borough
What does not
- Business-district pricing: 4- and 5-star hotels from around 1,000 kr a single
- Very few residents, so the streets are dead on Sunday and after the shops close
- Restaurants around the station are chains cooking for people with a train to catch
- Drottninggatan draws crowds, buskers and the illegal street-gambling scam all summer
As Norrmalm is Stockholm's central business district, most hotels are at 4- or 5-star level, and priced accordingly; 1000 kr or more for a single room. The bars of these establishments are lively during evenings.The T-Centralen subway entrance to Sergels Torg ("Plattan") is a well-known hangout for drug-dealers at night, however, this should not be an issue unless you are actively seeking trouble.