30 min
25 min
17 · 18 · 19
12.4 / km²
3
4
380
−8% vs city
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Staying in Vasastan
Vasastan is the northern half of the Norrmalm borough: Odenplan, Sveavägen, Odengatan, the second-hand and record shops on Rörstrandsgatan, and the Stadsbiblioteket rotunda. Same grid as the centre, same architecture, a tenth of the tourists, because there is no single thing here anyone flies to Stockholm to see.
That is exactly why it is worth booking. Restaurants and bars around Odenplan and Rörstrandsgatan are priced for the 60,000 people who live here, the green line runs the length of Sveavägen, and Odenplan has its own commuter rail station, so the airport train connection is one change. For a stay of four nights or more the arithmetic beats Norrmalm comfortably.
What you give up is walking distance. Odenplan to Stortorget is about half an hour on foot, so you use the metro daily rather than occasionally. The northern edge at Hagastaden is a building site scheduled to run to about 2030, and the blocks along Sveavägen carry four lanes of traffic, so ask for a courtyard room.
What works
- Restaurants and bars priced for residents, not for visitors
- Green line the length of Sveavägen, plus commuter rail under Odenplan
- Same 1880s blocks as the city centre without the crowds on the pavement
- One of the safest inner districts, and quiet from about 23:00
What does not
- About 30 minutes on foot to Gamla stan, so you ride the metro every day
- No major sight in the district beyond the public library rotunda
- Hagastaden at the northern edge is a construction site into the 2030s
- Sveavägen is a four-lane road - ask for a room facing the courtyard
The population of Vasastan is around 60,000, and the area is around 3 km². It is less busy than Norrmalm, with the classical city plan mostly preserved.Vasastan is among Stockholm's safest districts, but not devoid of crime. As always in Stockholm, look out for speeding cars, pickpockets and drunk brawls.