Spring is a wonderful time to visit Stockhom, Sweden. After a cruel winter, the city is just beginning to come back to life, and the culinary scene feels invigorated as well. Reinvention has hit the best restaurant in Stockholm, the Restaurant Riche, as well as Frantzen/Lindeberg and chef hangout Rolfs Kok.
While cured salmon, pickled herring, blood pudding and meatballs remain local staples, the greenmarket movement is having a big impact in this city. No area of Stockholm is more abuzz in the spring then Sodermalm. This used to be a decrepit district in the south, but now the streets are alive with fashion boutiques, art spaces, restored architectural gems, and glam boutique hotels. Craft cocktail bars and trendy restaurants abound, like the Sodra Bar and Kitchen and the industrial-chic Gondolen.