Upscale family-run hotel with thousands of books
Located in attractive Ostermalm, a 15-minute walk from the city center
Bright rooms have mini-libraries and some open to
balconies
Extensive buffet breakfast is included in room rates
Inner courtyard with herb garden is open in the summer
Health club has a gym and saunas
Garage parking on-site (for a fee)
Free Wi-Fi throughout
Access to health club is not
free to all guests
Only some rooms
have minibars
Bathroom floors get
spray from showers
Despite its
rather drab exterior, the Mornington Hotel is a quirky property
located in the tony Ostermalm neighborhood close to Stockholm's city center
-- reached in about 15 minutes on foot. Rooms are bright and simple with mini-libraries
and free Wi-Fi, though some lack minibars. With a huge book collections, the hotel makes sure guests
are never short of something to read. There's also a real emphasis on food with
a decent free buffet breakfast with plenty of locally-sourced produce. All in all, bookworms will love the place and
by Stockholm standards, rates are generally reasonable.
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Scene
Family-run hotel with huge book collection and summer courtyard
There's certainly
little that impresses from the outside of the Mornington Hotel, considering its drab,
easily miss-able facade. Plus, there's barely much even in the way of signage to indicate
its existence. Stepping inside, however, its a very different story with a bright
and inviting lobby that has clearly been put together to feel like a large
open-plan sitting room. Rows of comfy-looking armchairs face each other across
low wooden tables, giving a sociable feel to the space, though its the solitary
activity of reading that is the real focus here. The owners clearly love
reading, and books feature heavily at the hotel. Literarily thousands (over 4,000
in the lobby library alone) of volumes line bookshelves including the guest rooms
themselves. The hotel even has a librarian that comes in to keep track of the collection.
An inner courtyard opens during the summer months. Run by the same family since
1973, the atmosphere is warm and personable attracting mostly vacationing
couples and inevitably plenty of bookworms. There are no specific rooms or facilities for families, though.
Location
Set on a relatively quiet street in upmarket Ostermalm, close to the city center
The hotel is set
on a relatively quiet street in middle of the Ostermalm district of Stockholm
-- a largely residential, tony neighborhood close to Ostermalmstorg
Square. The Ostermalmstorg T-bana metro station is a seven minutes' walk away and
connects to Central Station in five, from where the express train connects to Arlanda
International Airport. While there are plenty of eating and drinking options in
the vicinity, the main city center restaurants and bars are about 15 minutes
away on foot, or a five-minute cab journey from the hotel. The large and often bustling Humlegarden
park is three blocks away and Stockholm Olympic Stadium is a 15 minutes' walk.
Rooms
Bright and simple rooms with mini-libraries and free Wi-Fi
The hotel has 221
rooms, all of which are decorated in a smart and simple, yet homey, style with
wooden floors, modern furnishings, and plenty of shelves crammed with books. Standard
amenities include free Wi-Fi, tea/coffee facilities, and flat-screen TVs with
some international channels, while Executive-level rooms also have slippers and
bathrobes. Due to a building quirk, rooms on the first two floors don't have minibars. Traditionally-styled
bathrooms have walk-in showers with little in the way of splash guards. Eight
of the rooms extend to balconies; these cost extra during
summer months. There are no family rooms.
Features
Generous breakfast buffet and hearty weekend brunch
An extensive buffet
breakfast is included in room rates. There are hot and cold items such as scrambled eggs,
pancakes, and waffles, as well as Swedish dishes like herring. In the summer it
can be taken in the courtyard. The restaurant also
offers lunch and dinner using locally-sourced ingredients and home-grown herbs,
and there's brunch over weekends. Guests in Superior and Executive rooms have free access to
the Mornington health club, which includes a gym and separate male and female
saunas (a fee is charged for non-guests and standard room customers). The is also
a parking garage available for a fee. Note that the hotel is completely
cashless so only card payments are accepted.
