Cinema

This is my favorite cultural scene in Stockholm. Bio Rio is one of Stockholm’s oldest cinemas from the 1940′s and offers various entertainments such as a filmcafé, alternative films, film clubs, 3D films and live performances on stage.

Two years ago I spent most of my Tuesdays here watching films with my, then 6 months old, son. They offer Baby Bio where you are allowed to bring your child and even the stroller. The salon is packed with mums and dads on parental leave sipping a coffee and enjoying movies and each others’ company. It’s a great concept and I think unique to Sweden.

Bio Rio often hosts overseas film festivals and most films are in English, although the subtitles are in Swedish.

Next door to Bio Rio is Cafe Copacabana. They serve delicious sandwiches and snacks and offer free wi-fi, perfect when you are traveling overseas and need to catch up on plans or do some research. This is a great place to have a chat with a local in order to get tips on where to go around Stockholm.

You feel like doing something, seeing something, feel a bit cultural? Kulturhuset is the place to get inspired or just to wander around. There’s always something going on for everyone.

The bottom floor welcomes you with a café and nice library with lots of comfy sofas, here you can hang for hours.

This place really makes me happy, the exhibitions are cheap or for free and they always have interesting activities going on. They have several exhibitions, theatres, a cinema, cafés, music performances, an impressive library with lots of art-books and newspapers from all over the world, an unique library for comics, a large imaginative place for children, a creative place for teenagers called LAVA, they arrange meetings with writers and much more…

This is a big bubbling place that wants everyone to get inspired, to think for themselves and to share their big and small thoughts with each other; or just to sit down, play some chess and drink coffee.

This is one of my favorite places to dance for sure! They have many different clubs and they’re usually for free if you come before 22:00. They also have lots of concerts, check their homepage for dates! Some of them here at Medis and some of them at Debaser Slussen.

The first floor has two rooms. The larger room gives me a feeling of prom-night or something. The ceiling is really high, the stage is large and the floor spacious. There’s lots of room to dance, though it does get pretty packed during the night. Losing your friends in the crowd is not unusual, which is okay, you always find someone else to chat or dance with.

The smaller room is more chilled out with a bar, seats and you can order food. They also have a nice bar and a small cinema on the second floor.

Bring earplugs!