Posted in Europe, Restaurant, Stockholm, Sweden on Jan 3rd, 2010
Visible through the entrance of Berns Asiatiska: Berzelii Park.
Berns opened its doors August 1, 1863, (big ups to architect Johan Fredrik Åbom).
If created today, those mega-sized chandeliers wouldn’t survive the focus groups.
The next time I’ll bring a food stylist. This mess is my first round at the Sunday
brunch at Berns Asiatiska. In the lower […]
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Posted in Europe, Hotel, Russia on Oct 7th, 2009
A journalist bought it as a ruin. It was originally built for a prosperous local
merchant at the beginning of the 19th century. Now it is a very nice Russian hotel.
Probably not a typical Russian hotel room. Well travelled
locals would say it’s not even typical for St. Petersburg.
The bathroom – way more spacious than it needed to […]
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Posted in Europe, Hotel, Spa, Stockholm, Sweden on May 24th, 2009
If you manage to avoid the conference guests, this lounge is a relaxing place
where there’s always a fruit buffet available in the daytime.
I’m surprised that not more places in Sweden are going for this concept: A very shallow
pool where the water is hotter than you’d expect. Perfect for cold winter days!
Hasseludden Yasuragi’s 25 meter […]
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Posted in Europe, Germany, Hotel on Feb 4th, 2009
The Eislebener Straße in Berlin is a tree-lined street in a resedential area not far from Kurfürstendamm. The location sure adds to the very private feeling of this hotel.
I don’t know what to make of this. The huge window gives it so much character, doesn’t it? And at the same time the rest of the […]
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It looks like a Schloss. It feels like a Schloss. I’d say it’s a Schloss!
It feels like a Schloss in the inside as well. Luckily for guests, the staff are friendly rather than formal.
You may book the Grand Kaiser Suite – which with 250 square meters is the largest hotel room in Berlin – or you […]
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