Nordic Hotel

Frommer's Review

Madonna might find the Diplomat staid, but she could check in here bare-breasted and no one would raise an eyebrow. There's nothing in Scandinavia quite like this hotel, which was voted "The World's Sexiest Hotel" by Elle magazine. It definitely has a split personality -- its astrological sign is Gemini. Lying on either side of a new square, Vasaplan, the hotel stands adjacent to the express rail link with the airport, or the central rail station. You're given a choice of a room of "watery calm" in the 367-room Nordic Sea or "post-minimalist luminescence" in the 175-room Nordic Light.

Nordic Sea, which tends to welcome members of large groups and bus tours, turns to the ocean for its inspiration and features a 2,400-gallon aquarium and steel walls constructed from ship hulls. The comfortable rooms have a certain elegant simplicity, along with beautiful bathrooms. These accommodations range in size from extra small to extra large. Nordic Light, equally modern, equally angular, and positioned just across the boulevard from its more conservative twin, is the more intriguing of the two hotels, and the one that tends to be filled with individual clients, often from the media industry. The suggestive light patterns projected onto the bleach-walls of both the bedrooms and the public areas of the Nordic Light re-create the ever-changing patterns of the lights of the north.

Facilities:
Restaurant; 2 bars; minigym; some spa treatments; steam bath; sauna; room service; laundry service; dry cleaning; nonsmoking rooms; rooms for those w/limited mobility

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

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