I stayed here for 4 nights in September 2011 alone (23 yr old girl). I was visiting friends who had just moved to Sweden and they had left over prebooked nights from when they had first arrrived in the country, which was the sole reason for me ending up staying here to use up their remaining nights
I have mixed views on Connect Hotel Stockholm.
The hotel was amazing - dont be fooled by the exterior. It is a seemingly random building on a random street near the railway tracks, looks average. But once you step out the lift on the 3rd floor, reception is a modern, funky lounge. The rooms seem new and modern too.
There was free internet at reception.
The room was a decent size, very clean, the beds big and comfy. A desk,chair, suitcase rack, hanging space, nice open cupboard space, full length mirror with plug point nearby to allow for easy hair blowdrying with the mirror ;)
I stayed in a proper double room with windows and an ensuite - NOT one of those other windowless type rooms they offer.
The bathroom was large, nice shelf for toiletries, big shower, best part - heated towel rail! great for warm towels and to dry underwear you washed in the basin.
Breakfast good - tea, coffee, juice, yogurt, cereal, rolls, ham, cheese, crackers, nice raisin rolls, i think there was pickles and other food I wouldnt normally choose to eat on the buffet. The breakfast room is quite small, but modern and simplistic, eat at a table by the window.
One nice touch was take-away mugs- so you could make coffee to take with you. just be warned it ends pretty promptly at 10am.
So a modern, clean, fun hotel.
Cons- well Stockholm is expensive!!!! but you are paying quite a lot to Not be in Stockholm... like I say, I stayed there due to unusual circumstances, but would have tried harder to match the room rate closer to the city if I was paying myself.
which leads me to location. the hotel is in Alsvjo, south of Stockholm city.
Time to get to the city all depends on how well you take note of the commuter train schedule (that is the S train). You have to walk from the hotel to the station - its about 10 mins down the road to get to the tracks (felt safe, but at night its dark and quiet). then its an S train to T-Centralen, then walk through the station to change to the metro/ or leave for the bus/walking etc. So if you miss the S train, you have to wait 20 mins for the next one, and later at night I think they come once every 40 mins. So take serious note of the departure times from T-Centralen and from Alsjvo so that you not sitting on the tracks waiting. Sometimes it took 35 mins if i was lucky, otherwise almost an hour to get to the destination you want on the metro in the city.
You also go out for the day - you wouldnt come back to your hotel in the evening to change before going for dinner or anything like that- too far and too many logistics. I was lucky it never rained to hard, but also wouldnt want to walk from Alsvjo station to the hotel in the rain. I think there is a bus from the station, but dont know how close to the hotel it stops.
there also arent too many restaurants near the hotel. eat in stockholm, or at the hotel, you wont find much in Alsjvo.
Having said all that, I cannot fault Connect Hotel Stockholm- they were great, staff very accommodating in allowing me to change dates so many times,very efficient with communication, the accommodation was excellent. The only thing I would consider carefully would be location. if you there for long, then go for it, your days arent as precious and u can spend time on the commute (which is covered on travel perk of Stockholm Card). If you there for a short trip stay in Stockholm itself, the commute will use your precious sightseeing time! try another connect hotel branch then
- Stockholm Connect Hotel
