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This historical home for widows is a new Scandi hotspot

This historical home for widows is a new Scandi hotspot

Stockholm’s newest boutique hotel is attracting internationals and locals alike with its retro luxury and fine dining.

Stockholm Stadshotell is in the hip neighbourhood of Södermalm.  Christoph Kallweit

Hotels in historic buildings are less of a trend these days than a global occupying force.

On one side, you have cities guiltily examining their stock of grand but abandoned buildings, lacking the vision to return them from decrepitude to light-filled beacons on the skyline.

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