Luckycharm
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Compared to Dublin Stockholm is actually cheaper. Alcohol/beer is about Dublin prices ( slightly higher) but spirits can be expensive. Eating out is cheaper but goto trendy/arty areas like Sodermalm & eat a full dinner before 6pm for the best deals. Wine ordered with food can be outrageous so beware. If you do your homework you can easily get a 4 star centrally located hotel for 120 Euros a night. Try www.birgerjarl.se ,fantastic hotel.
Clothing is much cheaper than here with great deals especially in sports shops as sport is seasonal in Sweden & they'll want to get rid of all the winter stock for summer. Make sure you visit Gamla Stan ( Old Town ) in which the Royal Palace resides. I'm no Royalist but for pure beauty this has to be seen. Drinks/Bars best in Sodermalm ( arty / studenty district ). Sturaplan is trendy district with drinks prices to match but thats where Stockholms rich & famous go. ( Very near to BirgerJarl hotel above).
Enjoy!
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There is a train from the airport to the citycentre. Very handy, takes 20 minutes. http://www.arlandaexpress.com
There is also a bus service from the airport. http://www.flygbussarna.com/en/default.asp
We visited Stockholm in August and stayed this hotel. http://www.eng.stallmastaregarden.se/
It was really nice, just outside the main hustle and bustle, beside an inlet from the sea. The above mentioned bus service stops outside the hotel. We booked with hotel.com or one of those websites, which gave us a good deal.
It will be dark and cold in the end of November, but with hat, gloves and good shoes you will be OK. As they say in Sweden "There are no bad weather, only bad clothes".
Will you be there for Sunday 2 December? First of Advent is a big thing in Sweden. Almost everyone, even those who dont normally, go to chuch to sing the traditional carols. There will also be Christmas markets around. You definately have to visit Gamla Stan, the old town, they would have Christmas markets on around that time.
The transport system is handy and easy. There is also a Stockholm card which includes travel and entrance to museums etc.
Skansen is a nice place to visit. It's an open air museum, with buildings from different areas of Sweden, and also animals. [broken link removed]
Have fun!
PS. Dont worry too much about the prices, it's not hugely different to Dublin.
If you are flying Ryanair you will probably flying to Skavsta, which is not the main airport. On their website it says
"Stockholm (Skavsta) Airport is situated 100 KM south of Stockholm and 7 KM northwest from Nyköping. Airport coaches operates to and from Stockholm/Södertälje and Norrköping/Linköping. The local bus (No. 715) to Nyköping and Oxelösund operates from 04.00 am until midnight. The local train station in Nyköping is 7 km away. A taxi to Nyköping from costs SEK 175 and should take approximately 10 minutes, while a taxi to the centre Stockholm costs approximately SEK 1,300 and should take approximately 60 minutes."
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