I booked the Scandic Sundsvall City as it was easy to reserve a room online and seemed close to the centre of the city.

Arrival was OK, it is difficult to miss the large hotel building when approaching by car. They have a garage under the hotel for parking.

The first problem came after checking in. Our first room had a sink in the bathroom which wasn't connected to the drain pipe! In fairness the girl on reception sorted us out a change of room straight away, but it wasn't an ideal start to our stay.

The hotel in general is a little dated in feel. This seems a shame as it does have the potential to be better. The bar near reception was nice and the staff friendly. There is a cinema next door which seemed popular with locals. Unfortunately some of the other hotel's claimed features (e.g. golf simulator) seem to have long since been removed.

It is about a 10 minute walk to the centre of the city, which is a fairly small place. Another tip would be not to go to Sundsvall in the second week of July as the place is dead (apparently everyone was on holiday) and many of the restaurants didn't even open.

We used Sundsvall as a base to explore the High Coast further north but, to be honest, you would probably be better off finding a small hotel in the national park area itself as Sundsvall as a place felt somewhat lacking in character and life!

Stayed at the hotel in summer 2006. Simple hotel, rather conference oriented, with all the basics. The rooms are quite spacious, the room very clean, the front desk sells several things from fruits to shirts and the front desk ladies were very polite and helpful.
The breakfast was a usual buffet breakfast in a rather outdated hall. The overall impression the hotel gives is that of a comfortable hotel whose main target group are conference attendents and businessmen and that would benefit from a minor renovation.

All in all if I had to visit Sundsvall I would not roule out this hotel, but if you are visiting ie the High Coast region either as a part of a romantic vacation or as a part of an adventure one, better think of other choices

Note: Ask the front desk about cheap car parking

+ Clean rooms
+ Located in center
+ Free breakfast
+ Free WLAN
- No safetybox in room (IMHO not needed in sundsvall)
- No minibar

Just passing through and we needed a place to stay in Sundsvall for one night. Not bad. Actually a very nice affordable room, clean, good location (right next to the main highway). There is a restaurant and movie house attached to the hotel, and a gas station conveniently next door. You can walk to the main part of town from there, which is nice. Good restaurants and bars, pretty buildings.
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