Hotel C Stockholm Preferred Connect CollectionvsSTF af Chapman & Skeppsholmen Hostel
Both hotels are rated very highly by those who travel for a living. Overall, Hotel C Stockholm ranks slightly higher than Hostel af Chapman. Hotel C Stockholm comes in at #22 in Stockholm with accolades from 6 reviews including DK Eyewitness, Travel + Leisure and Time Out.
Hotel C Stockholm Preferred Connect Collection
Vasaplan 4, Stockholm 101 37, Sweden
From $100/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Travel + Leisure
"The Icebar Nordic Sea Hotel is centrally located; it's within walking distance to the Arlanda Express train and Central Station and a short drive to the airport." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"The staff at the Nordic Sea Hotel are attentive and happy to provide information on the best places to visit. All rooms are decorated individually in Scandinavian style."
Rough Guide
"The focus here is on bold designs and colours – maritime blues and greens predominate."
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Be sure to ask to see your room on check-in since some are tiny and only have views of the train station.
Time Out
"A vast aquarium dominates the lobby and a window opens on to the ultra-chilly Icebar, where the drinks are served up in sub-zero conditions." Full review
Star Service
"Across the street from its well-illuminated sibling Nordic Light, this property sits next to the central train station...and the World Trade Center." Full review
Frommer's
"There's nothing in Scandinavia quite like this hotel, which was voted "The World's Sexiest Hotel" by Elle magazine." Full review
Lonely Planet
"This sister hotel to the Nordic Light has small but well-designed rooms, great service and an enormous breakfast buffet." Full review
STF af Chapman & Skeppsholmen Hostel
Flaggmansvagen 8, Stockholm 111 49, Sweden
From $25/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Restaurant
- Multilingual
DK Eyewitness
"One of the most beautiful youth hostels anywhere in the world offering beds on board a classic ship permanently moored across from the Royal Palace or in Hantverkshuset."
Rough Guide
"Right in the centre and immensely popular, this former craftsman’s workshop is of a similar standard to Af Chapman, at the foot of whose gangplank it lies."
EuroCheapo
Editor's Pick
"The af Chapman boat hostel, centrally located near Stockholm's Old Town, is run by the owners of the Skeppsholmen hostel, located just in front of the Chapman." Full review
Time Out
"The Swedish word for a hostel, ‘vandrarhem’ (literally, a wanderer’s home), evokes images of coming home from a country walk to a warm fire." Full review
Afar Magazine
"Built in 1888 as a trading ship, the visually impressive af Chapman, with its tall flagged masts, was re-purposed into a hostel that is centrally located on the island of Skeppsholmen." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"The af Chapman is a storied vessel that has done plenty of travelling of its own." Full review