With Stockholm Design Week just around the corner, here's a travel guide featuring our pick of the city's top places to eat, drink, sleep and explore, including a pared-back bistro and a revamped brutalist hotel.

Bar: Portal
Described as the "mischievous younger sibling" to the already established Portal restaurant next door, this bar serves a wide variety of beverages and seasonal small plates.
Designed by well-known Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune, its interior finished with deep blue walls, oak tables and disc-like copper lamps. Other features include a playful illustration by Swedish artist Jesper Waldersten on the ceiling.
St Eriksplan 113 20

Photo is by Mikael Axelsson
Restaurant: Usine
After a somewhat unglamorous past as a sausage factory and tax agency, an industrial building in Stockholm's Södermalm neighbourhood is now home to minimalist bistro Usine. The menu brings together a mix of cuisines, under the steer of chefs Tim Karlsson, Michael Andreasson and Nicola Perrelli.
To accompany this, Swedish designer Richard Lindvall designed a "raw and fresh" interior for the all-day dining space, featuring metal stools, concrete counters and glossy black pendant lamps.
Södermalmsallén 36?38

Shop: Gina Tricot flagship
The Stockholm flagship of Swedish fashion chain Gina Tricot is designed by Note Design Studio and Open Studio to play on materiality and texture. Marble, glass, and terrazzo-like fixtures appear throughout the pink-hu...