Information, Inspiration and Entertainment for the Post-backpacking Generation
Information, Inspiration and Entertainment for the Post-backpacking Generation
[UPDATE: I stayed at the Adina Apartment Hotel Berlin Hauptbahnhof in February 2012, this time in a studio apartment. Once again I had a wonderful experience and my top score of 6/6 remains in place – also for those travelling…
After covering Berlin in our first post and Paris in our second, we move on to Stockholm which also has plenty to offer in December; and winter is a great time to visit. The city is beautifully illuminated after the sun…
Summer in Stockholm is a pure delight – after the long, dark winter the city shines for its all too brief peak season. In fact we’d go as far as to say that the Swedish capital is the most beautiful…
You can’t visit Stockholm without enjoying a fika – a supposedly untranslatable word that is ‘back slang’ for the old Swedish word for coffee, kaffi. Back slang is when the syllables of a word are reversed, in case you were…
The Swedish capital is absolutely one of our favorite Grown-up destinations and we never tire of singing its praises. It is of course not cheap; and finding good mid-range accommodation can be a challenge. You’re not one to shirk from…
Image (c) hotelwithheart.com Having recently reviewed the new flagship Clarion hotel in our home town of Trondheim – and not being overly convinced it was a resounding success, at least yet – I decided it was time to include a review…
City Hall in Stockholm has a 106 metre high tower with great views (open summer only). Despite its appearance, Stadshuset is quite modern – it opened in 1923 – but it was based on the city hall of Siena in…
Recently I wrote a guest post for my buddy Justin at 48houradventure.com, a great website for those of you looking for guides to spending a weekend abroad on a city break. Here at Grown-up Travel Guide we don’t often publish…