Nobis Hotel Stockholm

"Located in the building that formerly housed the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music, Nobis is the sister property of the luxurious Nobis Hotel Stockholm, marking the Swedish hospitality group’s first foray outside of Sweden. The interiors have been designed to respect the building’s heritage, blending original period details with modern Scandinavian minimalism. It has 75 rooms, including four suites, all of which contain high ceilings that provide the illusion of having even more space." - Travel + Leisure Editors

"Nobis From the outside, the two imposing and ornate 19th-century buildings on ritzy Norrmalmstorg that house the Nobis hotel look traditional and almost staid, promising classical opulence. They hardly seem the place that once housed the bank at the heart of the 1973 hostage crisis (from which the term “ Stockholm syndrome” originates) nor do they bring to mind sultry and avant-garde decor by the likes of renowned Swedish design firm Claesson Koivisto Rune. And yet, both of these inform the identity of the Nobis, one of Stockholm’s first luxury design hotels and a new icon of contemporary Scandinavian style and hospitality. From the lobby lounge, whose colorful ceiling is meant to evoke a pixelated vision of a treetop canopy from below, to the inlaid wood that somehow complements the clean-lined decor of rooms, the Nobis feels modern and yet out of another time. Both restaurants channel Italian influences and attract the city’s elite to acclaimed cuisine, inventive drinks, and a lively scene. At every turn, the Nobis defies expectations."

"In the Swedish version of Monopoly, Norrmalmstorg is the game’s most exclusive square. Now a real hotel has opened here, and it’s knocking the competitors off the board thanks to impeccable style and service, not to mention a dream location close to the city’s best stores, the opera house, and the Old Town. White-hot interior design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune preserved the two nineteenth-century buildings’ elegance but added a twenty-first-century sensibility to the 201-room hotel. The ceiling of the atrium lounge is painted to resemble a pixilated view of a forest canopy, and below it hangs a stunning 22-foot squid-shaped chandelier made from a thousand pieces of vintage Orrefors crystal. Large rooms have a beige-and-gray color scheme, inspired by the Nordic winter, that isn’t the least bit chilly, and white-marble bathrooms with cool Byredo products. For dining or drinks, there’s the superb Italian restaurant Caina; a neat little 24-hour bistro; and the Gold Bar, where the American manager mixes the cocktails. The hotel even has an odd place in history: Circular marks on the marble floor in the fitness center show where, in 1973, the police drilled into the bank vaults that stood beneath the hotel during the "Stockholm syndrome" hostage situation."

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