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(EDIT: this article is from 2014, for updated links and dates... click here!) It's that time of the year again! We have several big festivals in the beginning of August. Besides the
Music & Arts Festival and
Culture Festival, we have the biggest of all Scandinavian festivals:
Stockholm Gay Pride! Pride Week is all of this week (July 28th to August 3rd), but with many of the main events happening later in the week (Wed-Sat). Not only is this a time for the LGBT community to party & demonstrate, it is also an opportunity for Stockholmers in general to celebrate the tolerance in Swedish society and the fact that the city has been named the gay friendliest city on the planet... not
once, but
twice in recent years!
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| Photo by Yanan Li, Stockholm Visitors Board |
The festival runs until Sunday, August 3rd, and there are a ton of events each day... movies, seminars, workshops, concerts, performances, parties and (of course) the parade. I can't possibly list all of the happenings here, but you can check the Pride website to see the
calendar of events (Park). It is good to know that most events are to be found either in the
Pride House or the
Pride Park (Östermalms IP). There is an entrance fee to the park and you can either buy a day pass or a week pass. Tickets can be purchased at the door, online, at the
tourist information office or at a
ticnet outlet. There are also a number of nightly parties at different venues throughout the city each evening... more information can be found in the calendar. QX.se also has
a list of the parties on their website (use the calendar function).
More info here!
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| Photo by Yanan Li, Stockholm Visitors Board |
The
Pride Parade happens on Saturday, starting at 1pm at
Mariatorget/Hornsgatan and ending at approximately 3pm in Pride Park. This is a very popular event with over 500,000 spectators lining the streets in past years. The fact that it starts at Mariatorget makes it very special for the
Rival Hotel... since that is where we are located! One thing our guests should think about, however, is that the main street Hornsgatan will be closed to traffic from 8am until about 3pm. This will make traveling to and from the hotel by car or taxi a little complicated on Saturday. So stick to walking and subways on this day. If you are checking in or out on Saturday, contact us for extra help. Happy Pride!
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