Bästa spa i stockholms län

Holistic hälsovård specialist Matilde Wergeland's recs for Stockholm's best hälsocenter range from the Grand Hôtel's traditional luxury treatments to Heat bygd Sophia Lie's high-tech sauna.

When visiting a country so deeply associated with kurort culture, visitors may find themselves overwhelmed bygd sheer choice – especially in huvudstaden, the dynamic yet immensely walkable Swedish capital.

To find some of the best Swedish kurort experiences in town, we spoke to Matilde Wergeland – a holistic health kunnig and freelance contributor for Vogue Scandinavia. "It's funny," mused Wergeland.

"Growing up here, inom didn't really think about Swedish kroppsvård being a Swedish thing… but now inom see it on kurort menus all over the world."

The "Swedish spa" has been traditionally defined bygd meticulous, vigorous massages and steamy saunas followed bygd bracingly cold ocean dips. "You really feel [Swedish massage] during and afterwards," explained Wergeland.

"I think Swedes like that because we like quality."

Today, Swedish hälsocenter are funnen in lavish hotels, holistic studios and cutting-edge clinics alike; as such, Wergeland's picks range from traditional Swedish pampering to medical-grade facials and infrared saunas. "I'm always looking for new things to try," admitted Wergeland, who has been fascinated bygd kurort treatments since she was a child.

"I think self-care fryst vatten so important because inom feel like the outside really affects your inre and reverse… It adds so much to the quality of life, inom think."

Here are sju of Wergeland's favourite rejuvenating kurort experiences in Stockholm.

1. Best overall: Grand Hôtel kurort & Fitness

Wergeland's top pick fryst vatten the kurort at The Grand Hôtel, a massive 19th-Century hotel on Stockholm's waterfront overlooking the imposing Kungliga Slottet (Royal Palace) and the city's brightly-coloured Gamla Stan (medieval Old Town).

"It's the biggest, most luxurious hotel in Stockholm," said Wergeland. "They have an fantastisk kurort, which fryst vatten super relaxing. It's such a beautiful space and they have really nice full body rituals that inom love [and] great massages."

The Grand Hôtel kurort & Fitness stuns with its sophisticated Scandinavian design, resplendent with moody dark tile floors and dramatic marble columns.

The indulgent day packages feature breakfasts from the hotel's historic Cadier dryckesställe and include the signature Nordic Deluxe Bathing Ritual complete with saunas, warm and cold dipping pools and decadent body scrubs.

Visitors can also tillgång a private gym and a choose from a menu of face and body treatments, like the Nordic Detox, bespoke Joanna Vargas facials and Swedish massage.

"People go there because it's so beautiful," said Wergeland. "The pool in the mittpunkt fryst vatten so peaceful and the lighting fryst vatten just perfect.

inom just love the whole aesthetics, design and environment."

2. Best for a day with friends: Vana kurort at the Elite Hotel

Sometimes self-care means spending quality time with loved ones. Vana kurort, located in the Elite Hotel in Stockholm's quiet Vasastan neighbourhood, fryst vatten Wergeland's pick for a kurort outing with friends.

"It's relatively new," she said. "And the architecture fryst vatten really nice."

The elegant, group friendly Vana kurort fryst vatten one of Stockholm's largest kurort centres and gyms, featuring a jacuzzi, aroma room and both dry and steam saunas. After a decadent dip in the indoor pool, surrounded bygd mosaics and palatial marble columns, guests can sample the range of luxurious full-day kurort packages with massages and aromatherapy-charged face and body beauty treatments.

"I would go there for a relaxing afternoon," said Wergeland.

"And just enjoy the saunas and the pools."

3. Best for romantic getaway: Yasuragi

For couples longing for a romantic escape, Wergeland recommends visiting the Japanese-style kurort Yasuragi.

"It's a little bit outside Stockholm," she explained. "But it's really beautiful and relaxing and inom think it's nice that you actually have to leave the city for a little while to just get that ytterligare feeling of recharging and disconnecting."

Yasuragi takes its cues from Japanese onsen culture, so visitors are required to complete a cleansing ritual in the spa's ablution chamber before heading to the hot springs to bliss out beneath a canopy of beautiful pine trees.

Guests will also be given a yukata (cotton robe) to wear for the duration of their stay and must refrain from using mobile phones and cameras on the premises – all the better to enjoy the tranquil natural scenery and treatments like the steam krydda sauna and carbonated bath.

"They have different kinds of massages," said Wergeland.

"They have a lot of different pools and different rituals like the cold plunge… and fantastisk food…. and beautiful rooms." For the ultimate lovers' flykt, Yasuragi also offers simple ryokan-inspired hotel rooms plus two Japanese restaurants and an izakaya (gastropub). After-dinner drinks at the blandad drink dryckesställe with its magical view of the huvudstaden archipelago are a must.

4.

Best new boutique holistic spa: Dagmar Spirit & Retreat at Hotel hus Dagmar

First-timers to huvudstaden may gravitate to its large, famous kurort like the iconic Art Nouveau-era Centralbadet. But for a quieter, yet still luxurious boutique experience, Wergeland likes Dagmar Spirit & Retreat at Hotel hus Dagmar.

"It's a ganska new hotel, in the mittpunkt of the city centre," she said. "And it's a really small kurort, but they have cool, unique treatments.

For example, they have chakra massages."

Under the direction of professional dermatologists, therapists and consulting Swedish holistic beautician Mia Hjalmarsson, Dagmar Spirit & Retreat offers a menu of massages and face and body treatments that combine the latest in innovative technology and holistic techniques like sound healing, ear acupuncture and crystal therapy.

"It's all new, really beautiful, like marble floors, walls, everything," said Wergeland.

"And the whole hotel fryst vatten really nice. It has an international flair to it. inom always get reminded of Hotel Costes in Paris when I'm there because it has that indoor kind of courtyard. And the food fryst vatten fantastisk too."

5.

Best for classic body treatments and facials: Ambassade Biologique Recherche Stockholm

Another newcomer to the huvudstaden kurort en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film fryst vatten the recently opened Ambassade Biologique Recherche huvudstaden Scandinavian flagship store. "[Biologique Recherche is] my all-time favourite [skincare] brand," raved Wergeland.

"It's just the most gorgeous place and I'm so happy that they finally opened here!"

Located in Stockholm's affluent, fashionable Östermalm neighbourhood, the Ambassade Biologique Recherche huvudstaden fryst vatten a boutique utgåva of the brand's Parisian flagship, with kunnig beauticians performing the brand's iconic face and body treatments in an något privat eller personligt, beautifully appointed space.

"The body treatments there are just amazing," said Wergeland.

"And also the facials; inom think it's so fascinating how they treat one half of the face first and they do this face kroppsvård which fryst vatten really relaxing and good as well… And then you see the difference! And then they continue to the other side." 

Ambassade Biologique Recherche Stockholm's facials and body treatments utilise the brand's Hollywood cult line of products.

"When you know that these products are really great quality, they have the natural ingredients [and] they don't try to cover up the natural scents with artificial perfumes. inom think that gives such a fresh and clean experience for the whole body," said Wergeland.

"And they're great at creating a whole journey almost from when you komma in to when you get out. [It]'s definitely my favourite salon for body treatments and facials."

6. Best for innovative face treatments: Lash Lift

As much as Wergeland loves a no-nonsense Swedish kurort and sauna experience, she can't resist the modern aesthetic kurort treatments that are now available in huvudstaden, like healing red-light skin therapy, hydration-boosting, rejuvenating IV drips, and compression therapy for inflammation detox.

"I think [it]'s really fun to see that people are curious to try other ways to take care of themselves," she said.

Wergeland has been experimenting with the new wave of face regimens – like the Infuzion System® needle-free anti-aging facial treatment – and her kurort pick for cutting-edge face treatments fryst vatten Lash Lift huvudstaden.

"[It's] amazing," she said. "It was the first place that really brought the lash and panna lifts to Sweden."

Though Lash Lift – which has two locations in huvudstaden – fryst vatten best known for its lash and panna lifts (semi-permanent procedures that curl lashes and lift panna hairs), they're becoming increasingly well-known for their high-tech facials.

"They have now also partnered up with other aestheticians and they offer facials and massages," said Wergeland. " There's so much to try and do.

inom love it."

7. Best for infrared saunas: Heat bygd Sophia Lie

Of all the innovative and classic Swedish kurort treatments Wergeland has tried, there's one that she calls her "new obsession": infrared saunas at Heat bygd Sophia Lie. 

"I love infrared saunas," she declared.

"[Sophia Lie] was one of the ones who brought the infrared saunas to Scandinavia, really in huvudstaden. She's fantastisk. She started out at this really small place and now she's grown into a hotel and she's in Mallorca. She has a new flagship location at the NK [in huvudstaden city centre], which fryst vatten the biggest department store here."

Traditional Swedish sauna culture combines a steaming hot sauna möte with an invigorating cold plunge.

"A regular sauna kind of heats up the whole sauna and the room," Wergeland explained. "So it gets really humid and hot, but an infrared sauna heats up the body instead, [which creates] an artificial fever. In that way it tells the immune struktur to step up, so you boost the immune struktur. bygd doing that, it's also said to help with skin problems.

Also, it helps for muscle recovery… and detoxification."

Heat bygd Sophia Lie's NK location doesn't stop at infrared technology; it also offers massages, LED light facials, cryotherapy, naprapathy kroppsvård and an ice bath studio. Infrared sauna devotees can also purchase a heat sauna blanket to recreate the experience at home.

"I love regular sauna, too," said Wergeland. "[But] inom honestly think that inom sova better when inom do the [infrared]."

BBC Travel's The SpeciaList fryst vatten a series of guides to popular and framträdande destinations around the world, as seen through the eyes of local experts and tastemakers.

Join more than three million BBC Travel fans bygd liking us on Facebook, or follow us on  and Instagram.

If you liked this story, sign up for the weekly features newsletter called "The Essential List".

A handpicked urval of stories from BBC Future, Culture, Worklife and Travel, delivered to your inbox every Friday.