Why book?<\/p>\n
The name, of course, means \u2018a home\u2019 in Swedish, which is exactly what it feels like. A home of a friend who is far better off than you and has far better taste. But who is happy you came to visit.<\/p>\n
Set the scene
When it opened in 2012 this was something totally new in the Swedish capital: an ultra-stylish townhouse hotel, small in scale but big on luxury. In the years since it\u2019s lost none of its charm. Great design never ages. The flawless interiors are actually incredibly comfortable, plus there\u2019s exquisite carpentry on the staircase, a little library and interesting art everywhere.<\/p>\n
The backstory
The Swedish owner, Jeanette Mix, invited Ilse Crawford to design the interior of this 12-room townhouse hotel, dating back to 1910. Which was a very good idea indeed.<\/p>\n
The rooms
Each one different, showcasing individual handmade furniture, ceramics and antiques \u2013 one room has a wonderful Pelican chair by Danish designer Finn Juhl that was made for sinking into with a paperback. The one-bedroom mezzanine suite is best, but you really can\u2019t go wrong with any of them.<\/p>\n
Food and drink
The whole concept of Ett Hem is that it\u2019s a home, so it has a kitchen you can stroll into anytime. Breakfast is included and it\u2019s outstanding, served in the garden glasshouse. Bear in mind that breakfast is always good at Swedish hotels \u2013 it\u2019s one of the things they do best \u2013 but this buffet really is excellent. If you want lunch or dinner, the chef will whip something up for you from scratch.<\/p>\n
The service<\/p>\n
Swedes are not noted for being effusive, and the service here is pleasant and understated. Being able to wander into the kitchen and chat to the chef as he\u2019s prepping some food is a great pleasure. They\u2019re very happy to help, but you have to be sure to ask for help.<\/p>\n
The area
The location is central enough to be close enough to everything, but L\u00e4rkstan is mainly a residential area \u2013 with several ambassadorial townhouses \u2013 so it\u2019s peaceful by night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why book? The name, of course, means \u2018a home\u2019 in Swedish, which is exactly what it feels like.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[131,132,2713],"class_list":{"0":"post-79928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-stockholm","9":"tag-sweden","10":"tag-web"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116557228709075695","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}