Swedish Design Tour: An Immersive Journey into Sustainability, Minimalism, and Innovation
4.3
8 Ratings
Östermalm
Embark on an immersive journey into sustainability, minimalism, and innovation with our Swedish Design Tour. Discover the brands and designers that have put Sweden on the international map, from IKEA to Svenskt Tenn. Experience the timeless elegance of Swedish design in Stockholm's finest stores.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Stockholm - In Sweden, design is synonymous with ‘lifestyle’ and there are certain characteristics that set Swedish design apart. One is environmentally friendly production, which has a long tradition in Sweden. Transparency is another (for products as well as production) and we constantly pride ourselves in being open about how we go about producing world-class products. This tour gives you an insight into all of that!
What's Included
  • Private Tour Guide
Additional Information

Swedish design, apart from holding aesthetic appeal and intricacy, is notably utilitarian. The crafted pieces are often integrated parts that can be interchanged with other components, enabling the growth of collections. This approach from the outset encourages another crucial aspect of our design philosophy – sustainability! Through this tour, we delve into these facets while offering you up-close insights into the brands and creators behind Sweden’s global recognition. Ranging from the popular and widespread IKEA, Volvo, H&M, and Fjällräven all the way to the elegance of Svenskt Tenn, Bruno Mathsson, Carl Malmsten, Kosta Boda and Orrefors, we guide you on an immersive journey into the heart of Swedish design. Our designs, characteristically minimalist and practical but also fashionable and inventive, regularly mark their presence worldwide as ever-fashionable under the “less is more” belief. This tour will introduce you to the crème de la crème of Stockholm’s most quintessentially Swedish design shops!

Location
Hotel Diplomat
Strandvägen
You will meet your guide outside of the entrance to Hotel Diplomat
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(8 Ratings)
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Li_g
Feb 6, 2024
Deep culture exploration trip - The organizer are super nice and have love & knowledge in the Swedish design industry. We visit some signature shop and deep learning the histroy and design philosophy behind. Very interesting trip and highly recommend.
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Dennis_f
Aug 3, 2022
Easygoing and entertaining - Very warm and friendly guide. Made accommodations for what we were interested in. Great to hear a bit about the history of buildings.
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Harsh_g
Jun 23, 2022
Swedish design elements at its best - For a city modelled on Paris, there’s not enough information other than doing this tour. Great way to expose oneself to Swedish design & architecture
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Ajeremic13
May 8, 2022
Excellent tour on Stockholm design - I had so much fun on this tour! The guide was really knowledgable about Stockholm's architecture, design and fashion history and we explored so many parts of the city I didn't have time to explore myself. I highly recommend this tour for someone hoping to learn about design in this beautiful city.
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Franziska_k
Apr 24, 2022
You don‘t have to miss it! - Full of interesting Informations! Top Tour! Great Guide! After the Tour we still need a Espresso to think about all the Details from the last 2 Hours.
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Benchomino1
Jul 24, 2020
Swedish Design Tour - I really enjoyed the pilot design tour with Victoria! We made several shop visits to get a good overview of iconic Swedish product design elements, as well as took in the city's awesome landmark buildings and architecture. I recommend suggesting your personal interests at the outset to maximize the tour schedule!
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Edia_s
Jun 20, 2023
Non-Designed tour - That was the very first guided tour of Dimitri. To begin we headed to the Modern museum (closed) and to the Architecture Center (closed as well). We walked back to our initial meeting point, listening to the guide reading from wikipedia from his phone screen. AlthoughDimitri was niceand showed good will, he wasn’t ’ professional and did not prepare his homework, big disappointment as it was an expensive tour, and we had little time in Stockholm.
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Tucsont2014
Aug 20, 2023
Not really a tour - Total loss. I arrive early to the specified meeting spot. 40 minutes prior to the start of the tour, I received a call, telling me to meet at a different location about a mile away. I walked to the art new location, an art museum and met the guide. I was the only member of the tour. He told me that the museum really didn’t have very much of interest regarding Swedish design. He then walked us back to what was the original meeting location. On the way, we encountered his mother. She joined us. The guy told me that he had some notes prepared but if I just wanted to go shopping, I could do that. We walked into a museum/store to review some examples of an early design group. The guide repeated that we could just go shopping. I decided to leave. I think I paid over $100, to waste my time. I’m not sure what the intention was, but the end result was definitely not anything like a tour.
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