The
Victory Hotel is located in a
building that was once the home of the Lohe noble family. It was then turned into Andersson’s potato shop, where workers uncovered a treasure of more than 18,000 coins buried by the Lohe family. It remains the largest (over $14,500,000 USD) such cache ever found in Sweden. (You can learn all about it at the coin museum a short distance away). This charming boutique hotel is not named after the Lohe treasure, but rather English naval hero Lord Nelson’s flagship, the HMS Victory. The
hotel has a maritime theme and could be regarded as a small
museum itself, with all its nautical and Swedish folk-art memorabilia. Every room door includes a
portrait of the
famous sea captain; double room doors have a portrait of his wife. I agree with the hotel owner’s philosophy that hotel hallways don’t have to be boring. Inside each room is an antique portrait of the captain’s ship. When I first walked into my
5th floor (top)
room, I thought it was a joke. It was so
small, I felt like I was on a
ship or in an
attic. But it grew on me, and I quickly came to appreciate the hotel’s
coziness, friendly staff, reasonably priced high-speed internet access (124 SEK = [$17] for 24 hours) and perfect location. A Scandinavian breakfast is included in the daily rate. You gotta love the
caviar spread in a toothpaste-like tube near the breakfast breads. The hotel, with 48 guest rooms and suites, is rated 5 stars -- and priced accordingly. The average room is 1,867 SEK ($266) – and the only reason that’s so "low" is because they factor in the lower weekend rates. Weekday rates start at 2,050 SEK ($292) for a single room (I stayed in one of the 18 single rooms).
Victory Hotel, Lilla Nygatan 5, Old Town, 11128 Stockholm, Sweden; Tel: 46-(8)-50640000.
The Victory Hotel is located in a building that was once the home of the Lohe noble family. It was then turned into Andersson’s potato shop, where workers uncovered a treasure of more than 18,000 coins buried by the Lohe family. It remains the largest (over $14,500,000 USD) such cache ever found in Sweden. (You can learn all about it at the coin museum a short distance away). This charming boutique hotel is not named after the Lohe treasure, but rather English naval hero Lord Nelson’s flagship, the HMS Victory. The hotel has a maritime theme and could be regarded as a small museum itself, with all its nautical and Swedish folk-art memorabilia. Every room door includes a portrait of the famous sea captain; double room doors have a portrait of his wife. I agree with the hotel owner’s philosophy that hotel hallways don’t have to be boring. Inside each room is an antique portrait of the captain’s ship. When I first walked into my 5th floor (top) room, I thought it was a joke. It was so small, I felt like I was on a ship or in an attic. But it grew on me, and I quickly came to appreciate the hotel’s coziness, friendly staff, reasonably priced high-speed internet access (124 SEK = [$17] for 24 hours) and perfect location. A Scandinavian breakfast is included in the daily rate. You gotta love the caviar spread in a toothpaste-like tube near the breakfast breads. The hotel, with 48 guest rooms and suites, is rated 5 stars -- and priced accordingly. The average room is 1,867 SEK ($266) – and the only reason that’s so "low" is because they factor in the lower weekend rates. Weekday rates start at 2,050 SEK ($292) for a single room (I stayed in one of the 18 single rooms). Victory Hotel, Lilla Nygatan 5, Old Town, 11128 Stockholm, Sweden; Tel: 46-(8)-50640000.
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