Newly reborn Hornstull has much in common with other now hip, revitalizing European warehouse districts, but with a unique Swedish twist. Here you can graze all day, then relax on the sunny hillsides of nearby Tantolunden Park, the perfect place to build an appetite for another round of culinary exploration.
Meander slowly down the Bergsunds Strand, the waterfront street with many of the area’s new restaurants. It’s the perfect place for people-watching. In summertime, arrive on weekends for the flea market and food trucks of the Hornstulls Marknad. Stop for a bit of fika (coffee and cake) at Friends of Adam, a bakery that has become enough of a sensation to be the gluten-free provider for the Nobel Prize Award banquet.
Find more than food and shopping in Hornstull. Stop at the Liljeholmsbadet, a picturesque 1929 bathhouse that remains one of the city’s most popular summer swimming spots. Watch a movie or stop for a drink at the beloved Bio Rio, a single-screen cinema from the 1940s that was restored with help from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. Get a sense of local culture at the Tanto Graffiti Wall in Tantolunden Park, which anyone is allowed to paint and repaint, with alternately humorous and beautiful results.
Hornstull forms the western end of Södermalm Island, south of central Stockhom and near the trendy SoFo district. Several subway lines connect the district to the rest of the city, making it a 15-minute ride from Stockholm’s Central Station. Get here from downtown Stockholm in 10 minutes by car or 40 minutes on foot. Hornstull is a bit more car-friendly than much of the city, but is still easiest explored on foot. Like most of Stockholm, Hornstull is very safe, but is still definitely up-and-coming.
After visiting Hornstull, walk 15 minutes northeast toSkinnarvik Park, where you can end the day surveying the city from the highest natural point in Stockholm, Skinnarviksberget.
