Gay Lesbian (Friendly) Stockholm!

Stockholm has a fantastic reputation for beingness real "gay friendly" together with welcoming to LGBT visitors. Something nosotros are quite proud of! Stockholm together with Sweden convey racked upwards an impressive collection of awards inwards recent years from international gay media: "Style Capital of the World", "Best International Destination", "Favorite LGBT-Friendly City" together with Sweden is ranked equally the #1 province inwards Spartacus' gay go index. This is inwards business office due to Swedes' full general relaxed mental attitude on LGBT issues (they convey had registered partnership inwards Sweden since 1995 together with same sexual activity union since 2009). Another large argue is that the Stockholm Visitors Board has, for years, made a real concerted attempt to cultivate the city's reputation equally beingness gay friendly together with to promote Stockholm equally a transcend goal for LGBT travellers.
Part of their attempt has been the creation of the Stockholm Gay & Lesbian Network (SGLN), which is a collection of transcend hotels, museums, attractions together with transportation companies which go together to kicking the bucket on Stockholm an attractive goal for LGBT visitors. The Rival Hotel is a proud fellow member of this network! Along amongst other transcend hotels, members include the Royal Palace, Vasa Museum, NK subdivision store, ABBA the Museum, Strömma Sightseeing, Fotografiska, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Arlanda Express together with many more.
SGLN has set together both a gay guide and a lesbian guide, both are downloadable together with helpful for LGBT visitors to detect their agency roughly the urban centre together with are amount of fab tips regarding shopping, dining, culture, nightlife together with more. Another expert house to facial expression for twenty-four hours to twenty-four hours tips is the calendar inwards the online QX gay map. If you lot are staying at the Rival Hotel, contact me lead or halt past times to utter to me for fifty-fifty to a greater extent than help!
Photo past times Yanan Li, Stockholm Visitors Board
Some expert dates to score inwards your calendar... gay pride week, called Stockholm Pride, is to a greater extent than oft than non inwards the showtime calendar week of August every twelvemonth (this twelvemonth from July 28th to August 2nd) together with is the largest pride celebration inwards Scandinavia. Stockholm is equally good real proud to denote that they volition go the host urban centre for EuroGames inwards 2015 (5th to ninth of August). This regular LGBT (though opened upwards for all) sporting event, set on past times the European Gay & Lesbian Sport Federation, is expected to attract 5,000 contestants together with over 200,000 spectators!
First iii pictures provided past times SGLN, lensman Jens Grip.

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