At the Bank Hotel, a boutique hotel near the city's famous quay, sustainability was built into the hotel from the very beginning.

Bank Hotel is one of only 540 hotels on the globe that meets the highest standards for independent boutique hotels, which translates to an experience feels exclusive and super personal.

The staff here are totally warm and conversational, and will go out of their way to ensure your first visit to Bank Hotel certainly won’t be your last.

Of course, you could venture outside — you’re just steps from the harbor, in Stockholm’s glittering Östermalm district — but at a place like Bank Hotel, there’s little need.

Expect impeccable service and immaculate rooms too.

Unlike many of its peers—who lean heavily into Scandinavian design’s minimalist mandate — Bank Hotel instead embraces a bolder, more colorful aesthetic.

Located inside a former bank building, the property has a landmarked lobby and jewel-tone rooms

Stockholm’s new Bank Hotel is anything but boring

We love Stockholm’s Nordic-cool aesthetic, don’t get us wrong — but after a while, the city’s boutique properties can start to look the same. Not so with newcomer Bank Hotel, whose moody Art Deco façade signals a stylish departure from the capital’s trademark minimalism before you even walk in.

A place with a special Orientation for Art and Design

The Hotel has 115 hotel rooms with many offering terraces as well as a collection of bespoke restaurants and bars

We followed dinner with a drink in Le Hibou roof terrace bar, which has superb views over the Östermalm district. The elegant interior - think white sofas, expressive art and brass ceiling - gives the feeling of an exclusive Parisian apartment.

And, when in Stockholm, why not stay in an early 20th-century building that was once a financial institution?

Its in-house restaurant Bonnie’s is in a luxury league of its own and Sophie’s, Bank Hotel’s bar and lounge is known to bring out the city’s high society partygoers.

Old money meets new luxury at Stockholm’s Bank Hotel

With Butler Service, Tartar Trolleys and a Two-Tiered Rooftop Bar

With its black and white marble floors, stuccoed columns and sparkling chandeliers, the Bank Hall restaurant conjures up the glamour of days gone by

This same fun-luxe spirit is embodied at Bonnie’s restaurant, whose Instafamous “Piggy Bank” dessert (a treasure-filled chocolate pig you smash open with a mallet) might seem like a gimmick, but only until you taste it.

Scandinavian has emerged as a destination-of-the-moment for yet another very good reason