The Radisson SAS Royal Viking Hotel is a contemporary red brick building sited adjacent to Central Station, 400 metres from the old town.
Stockholm Arlanda Airport is 45 kilometres from the hotel.
Guests can top up their tans in the solarium or unwind with a massage in the health centre. The gift emporium, Galleries 2, is stocked with coloured glass, jewellery and other decorative souvenirs. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel.
There are 14 meeting rooms, the largest of which can hold up to 150 people, while the business centre offers three workstations with printers, a flatscreen television and a supply of fresh fruit.
An illuminated glass 'river' threads its way though the Royal Viking Hotel's restaurant, which specialises in locally caught fish and shellfish, while the SkyBar offers cocktails and top floor views of the islands of Gamla Stan and S÷dermalm.
The KungstrΣdgσrden park on Norrmalm, 400 metres away, offers opportunities for outdoor ice skating during the winter months. Cyclists will find an abundance of cycle paths threading through the city, and joggers can follow the canal side paths on the island of Kungsholmen.
The hotel features 459 air conditioned guestrooms spread over nine floors, all of which offer views of the city or of the inner mezzanine floor. All feature oak furniture, including corner units, bedside tables and desks; wardrobes and headboards are decorated with carved Viking motifs. Amenities include 21 inch TVs with satellite channels, complimentary wireless Internet, minibars, and tea and coffee making facilities. Bathrooms feature marble effect counter tops and chrome fittings, and come with bathrobes, hair dryers, and complimentary toiletries.
The hotel is situated within 200 metres of Stadshuset, Stockholm's town hall, at which dignitaries gather every year for the Nobel Prize giving ceremony. Passenger steam ships depart from here, taking sightseers on tours of Stockholm's city islands, and further afield to Lake MΣlaren, the Royal Palace at Drottningholm and the former Viking trading port of Birka.
