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  1. Address
    Västergatan 6c, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–Midnight

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  2. Address
    Roslagsgatan 6, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  3. A converted red-brick factory beside the water, Lux Dag för Dag runs as a brasserie with a menu that leans hard on Swedish produce, Östergötland lamb and Ängsö pike-perch among them. Dishes are classically grounded and unfussy, letting the ingredients do the talking, and courses come in sizes from mini to large for those who prefer to graze rather than commit. A set kitchen menu handles the decisions for anyone who'd rather just eat.


    Address
    Primusgatan 116, Stockholm, Stockholm 112 67, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  4. Address
    Bergsgatan 33, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–3 AM

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  5. Address
    Torggatan 3, Västerbotten, Skellefteå, Sweden · Skellefteå
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 11 AM–1:30 PM, 4 PM–Midnight

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  6. Address
    Kyrkogatan 17, Skåne, Lund, Sweden · Lund
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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  7. Address
    Timmermansgatan 23, Gästrikland, Gävle, Sweden · Gävle
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  8. Rank 125. Minh Mat

    Vietnamese


  9. Rank 125. Miss Voon Uppsala

    Asian-inspired Nordic




  10. Address
    Birger Jarlspassagen, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday 11 AM–1 AM

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  11. Rank 125. Miyakodori

    Japanese


    Address
    Upplandsgatan 7, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–12:30 AM

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  12. The kitchen counter wraps around to become the bar, so wherever you park yourself, you're close to the action. This casual small-plates restaurant in Malmö has the semi-industrial look down, exposed brick, polished concrete, silver ducting, big windows, without feeling like it's trying too hard. Local ingredients drift toward unexpected company, Swedish and otherwise. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks with the generous, build-your-own-meal format.


    Address
    Erik Dahlbergsgatan 12-14, Malmo, Skåne 211 48, Sweden · Malmo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  13. Address
    Lodgatan 3b, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Mon 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1:30 PM

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  14. Address
    Västergatan 18B, Skåne, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7:30 PM

    Friday 7:30 PM–1:30 AM

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  15. Rank 125. NISCH

    Modern Nordic


    Address
    Dalagatan 42, Stockholm, Stockholm 113 24, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–11 PM

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  16. Address
    Kungsgatan 30, Södermanland, Nyköping, Sweden · Nyköping
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  17. Rank 125. Omaka

    Modern Beer Bar


    Address
    Uggelviksgatan 2, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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  18. Address
    Finngatan 2, Skåne, Lund, Sweden · Lund
    Hours

    Open now, until 5 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–5 PM, 5:30 PM–Midnight

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  19. Rank 125. PM Bar

    Wine Bar


  20. The wine selection lives on open shelves, prices chalked straight onto the bottles, which sets the tone for everything else at this 24-seat neighborhood bistro. It's a snug tasting-menu spot where groups squeeze around wooden tables close enough to overhear each other's orders. The five-course menu runs seasonal and precise, with a shorter midweek option for the less committed. Four seats look straight into the kitchen, which is either thrilling or anxiety-inducing depending on your disposition.



  21. Address
    St Eriksplan 3, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–11:59 PM

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  22. Your phone is confiscated at the door, and that's not the strangest thing that will happen to you. Punk Royale is an avant-garde tasting menu restaurant where a 20-course dinner might involve vodka poured from a petrol can, a palate cleanser shot directly into your mouth, or a chef hand-feeding you Norwegian lobster. No paper menus, no expectations. The kind of place where the rules exist to be broken, loudly and expensively.



  23. Address
    Storgatan 9, Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden · Luleå
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  24. Address
    Erik Dahlbergsgatan 5, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–11 PM

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  25. Address
    Drottninggatan 106, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4:30 PM

    Friday 4:30 PM–12:30 AM

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  26. The industrial bones here, by architect Thomas Sandell and designer Jonas Bohlin, set the tone before the food arrives: bold, a little theatrical, unapologetically generous. This neighborhood restaurant has been a Stockholm staple forever, and its classic Swedish cooking matches the room in scale and confidence. The Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps the regulars feeling smug, though they'd have come anyway. Tegnérlunden Park is right there for the aftermath.



  27. Rank 125. Ruths

    Mediterranean


    Address
    Mäster Johansgatan 11, Malmo, Skåne 21121, Sweden · Malmo
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 7:30 AM–Midnight

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  28. Address
    Wallingatan 40, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closes soon, 3 PM, in 31 min

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–1 AM

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  29. Address
    Slottet 14, Skåne, Landskrona, Sweden · Landskrona
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–10:30 PM

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  30. Address
    Sofierovägen 57, Skåne, Helsingborg, Sweden · Helsingborg
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM

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  31. Address
    Vare 47 Johnssons Gård, Halland, Varberg, Sweden · Varberg
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  32. Address
    Hantverkargatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  33. Address
    Norrlandsgatan 24, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  34. Address
    Tulegatan 24, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  35. Address
    Brunkebergstorg 2-4, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  36. Address
    Nybrogatan 3, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 AM

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  37. Address
    Nybrogatan 3, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Open now, until 1 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 AM

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  38. Rank 125. Trattoria La Strega

    Northern Trattoria



  39. Rank 125. Var Fru

    Cocktail Bar



  40. Address
    Strandgatan 26, Gotland, Visby, Sweden · Visby
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  41. A husband-and-wife bistro tucked into central Malmö, where he cooks and she runs the room, and both have been doing it long enough that the regulars don't bother reading the menu. The four-course set changes with the seasons, pulling from regional Swedish ingredients in combinations that manage to look as considered as they taste. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks for a place this unfussy about everything except the food.


    Address
    Västergatan 16, Malmo, Skåne 211 21, Sweden · Malmo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  42. Address
    Odinslund 3, Uppland, Uppsala, Sweden · Uppsala
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 7 AM–9:30 AM, 11:30 AM–1 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  43. Rank 125. Villa Dagmar

    Mediterranean






  44. Address
    Köpmansgatan 11, Småland, Nässjö, Sweden · Nässjö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  45. Rank 125. Voisine

    French




  46. Address
    Arsenalsgatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10:30 PM

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  47. A boutique hotel named for a flower-filled family cottage, Villa Dahlia hides soft-toned rooms, Murano glass, and dahlia-red accents behind a firmly Brutalist facade. The rooftop was made for evening views, there's pétanque in the courtyard, and a Nordic spa upstairs for when you've overdone it. Bikes are available to borrow, though the Michelin Guide awarded it a Key, which suggests staying put has its own argument.

    The awards



  48. A former stable-master's farm inside Royal Haga Park, Stallmästaregården sits on the banks of Brunnsviken Bay with enough pastoral atmosphere to make you forget Vasastan's bars and galleries are minutes away. The forty-nine rooms around the 17th-century farmhouse lean into pastel walls and flower-print curtains without feeling fussy, and bathrooms come stocked with Byredo. Upgrade to Deluxe and you get park views to go with it.







  49. Burl wood headboards custom-made for each room and retro radios on the nightstands set the tone at this design-forward hotel in Södermalm, which holds a Michelin Key. A roster of Stockholm designers worked on the restoration of a 19th-century landmark, and it shows. One of the two restaurants sits inside the original chapel. There's a Scandinavian sauna and cold plunge for when the weather does what Swedish weather does.

    The awards


  50. Rank 300. 2026 SOHO

    Pan-Asian


    Address
    Holmgatan 4, Skåne, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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