Even more than many destinations, Scandinavia blossoms in summer, its warm, lively days stretching into long, luminous evenings. And at the centre of its lovely archipelago, nowhere more so that Sweden's capital. A mix of traditional and modern, stately and avant garde, its streets and squares come alive as Stockholmers enthusiastically grasp with both hands their chance to enjoy the relatively brief Scandinavian summer - and take advantage of the long summer " white nights", when it doesn't start to get dark til around midnight. And the city offers visitors as well the chance to make the most of this blossoming as locals do, beyond the usual museums, landmarks, and other tourist sights.

First of all, let's have a look at those sights, in this elegant, eminently liveable city made up of 14 islands (and gateway to a Baltic sea archipelago of 24,000 more), a masterful mix of the cutting edge and the traditional, and in recent years infused with new energy and a multicultural flavour which have brough some truly world-class features to town.

Read more in my post Sweet Summertime in Stockholm.

Benoit Derrier