Lidingö has been the prime choice for Stockholm's rich and famous for a century thanks to its absolute proximity to the city center in combination with easy access to the ocean, lakes and wonderful nature.
Many details, including the kitchen cabinets, wooden floors, the mosaic floors, are rare untouched 1937 originals, as cool today as then. We call the apartment The Hairdresser from its exciting history.
The apartment, built 1937 has been the well-known Lidingö hair salon, where eg. the ABBA band members have had their hair cut. Agnetha & Björn lived just blocks away at the peak of their career. Tip-to-toe renovated with love and history maintained.
You are by the ocean and play ground in 2 minutes by foot. Pristine forest just minutes away in any of 3 directions! You are in Stockholm city center by train/metro or car in 15-20 minutes, from your door. Private parking.
Lidingö
Walk down the street from the house and turn left, and you can enjoy walking past some of Sweden's best residential architecture from different decades, ranging from 1800'ds to present day.
Lidingö is a very safe and homely environment for children and adults alike. Children walk and cycle by themselves around Lidingö, much like in the old days of the world. Many playgrounds have planted berry bushes, such as "Vinbär", for the children to eat. Citizens refer to the island as simply "the Island".
A train commutes south Lidingö, with a stop just by the house. The train carriages are from 1940, still running well (though renovated) and takes you to Ropsten station in 10 minutes, from where the subway reach Stockholm central in another 8 minutes (even less to the fine East End, Östermalm). Public transport service runs 24h / 7 days.
On the way from the house towards Stockholm, you conveniently find two large grocery stores.
But the most rare quality, so close to the city, is of course the pristine nature and the water. This is what Sweden is all about. No-where else around Stockholm has so much nature been preserved. Here you get all the best of what Sweden has to offer.
Golf and other Activities
Nearby you find a wide range of activities, including two golf courses, horse riding clubs, the Royal tennis court, indoor swimming hall, ski tracks, ice skating, and sport clubs for virtually every sport and taste. Just by the house is one of Stockholm's best delicacy shops. Pricy but worth it.
Personal note
We live here with our children, and we find the area just unmatchable. The safety and location gives the family a freedom that is hard to offer anywhere else in Sweden, or in any big city nowadays. The contact with the water and nature is priceless. Still Stockholm city just around the corner.
We are happy to share further helpful tips or answer any question.
Please contact us, Anders at andelar@gmail.com or Saba at sabawallace@gmail.com or call +46 737 808 567 to book.
Photos below!
Spacious living room. Original 1937 floor. Original Beccari painting Cat.3 seater leather sofa. Turns into queen size (2p) real spring mattress bed.
Bedroom with queen size (140 cm) bed for 2 persons.
Storage above the bed.
Hallway with room for clothes display.
Original 1937 kitchen, but fully equipped with 2012 energy efficient Fridge/freezer, cooking plates, pots and pans etc.
Bar table with 4 original Harry Bertoia Wire Chairs.
Our bathroom has been featured in several Swedish design magazines.
Love the lighting. The bathroom is small but oooh so cool.
Writing desk in living room. iPad not included.
An original Acapulco lounge chair.
Own exit on separate side of the house and private parking just outside the door. It is like renting a mini-villa. The apartment is a completely separated portion of an exclusive functionalism / modernism villa built 1937.
A rare sight, private parking two meters from the door of an apartment.
If you have children, they are welcome to play in the garden.
Two minutes (250 meter) stroll to the water with playground. This is the main Stockholm inlet. Sit on the bench and watch the ships sailing by. Or take a swim from the bridge before breakfast.
Yacht club, by the playground.
The quiet dead-end street leading from the house down to the water side.
Behind the yacht club is one nature reserve, Kappsta.
The famous Swede, Raul Wallenberg was born in what is now the nature reserve Kappsta.
A few minutes in the other direction takes you to another nature reserve,
Kottla, pristine forest with blueberries, lingonberries, mushrooms,
and wild beavers in the stream. Hard to believe you'll be at Central Station
in 15-20 minutes from this spot?
Popular bathing spot from the rocks in the nature reserve.
Yet another direction, and you come to a small beach by lake Kottla,
always with children, digging in the sand or bathing in the shallow water.
This photo serves to illustrate that it is a very safe area.
Children can cycle around themselves, a rare sight in the big world cities
nowadays, also in and around Stockholm. But somehow Lidingö has remained
a safe place, a bit like it was in the old days.