Consistently rated Europe's most attractive capital city, Stockholm manages to be relaxed, charming and impeccably civilised. Capital cities are seldom representative of their countries, but Stockholm is a manifestly Swedish city, exhibiting the national love of open spaces and intelligence in urban planning that together make this a wonderful place to visit. Celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2002, Stockholm is richly decorated with magnificent buildings from its past. The ochre-red City Hall is the imposing building where the Nobel Banquet is held; the Royal Palace is unapologetically grand, and the city is dotted with extraordinary museums. Stockholm is a city for all seasons: on long summer days, it's harbour cruises and buskers in the park; winter brings tranquillity and buildings elegantly frosted with snow. The Gamla Stan, the old town centred on Stadsholmen, contains the Royal Palace, and Stockholm's oldest preserved building, the magnificent 13th-century Riddarholmen church. The cheapest hotels in Stockholm just a click away. Best last minute availability.