I lived at Sodermalm in a visitors' exchange apartment for a month and found it convenient, a good place to get to by the underground from Gamla Stan, the main historic center, and with many good places to dine from bars to an excellent Chinese restaurant. There are historic parks and buildings and interesting shops. A safe neighborhood for an... More

Step out of the busy lanes, head south on the seaside of the island and soak into the flowering small gardens with its small day houses, rest on benches or nearby cafe nested on the sea front and enjoy a beer and a real shrimp smorgås.

Great suburb from which to base our trip. Found a tiny little apartment, spent our days wandering the streets, drinking excellent coffees from various cafes, exploring the shops and absorbing the general atmosphere. The place to be.

Fun, relaxed, full of nice bars and decent restaurants, and a little cheaper than central stockhom too.

South of Folkungagatan. Plenty of restaurants, try Sardin. Also Oxenbloom at Katarina Bangata is a very good place for swedish food.

An interesting neighborhood. This was an old workers' "district". Today it is a trendy neighborhood with a lot of small shops. If you don't want to shop you can just walk around.

Sodermalm is supposedly the "bohemian" quarter. It's more hip and marketing bohemian, but, if you get off the main streets and into the neighborhoods, you get a sense of being with real Swedes. Not the tourists, not the super wealthy or the posers, but real people with real jobs. I suggest going there for fika or happy hour. If you... More

If you have a lot of spare time you can walk around a little, specially to Katarina Kyrka. If not, don't be too worried about missing it. The best thing about this area are the views from Fjällgatan street. This street itself is nothing special although it looks older than others, with some nice little houses.

Love this street! Not as comercial as Drottninggatan downtown but a lot of small shops. Found a perfect antic lamp!