Hotel Rival

The former Abba star, Benny Andersson and his partners, have shaped this hotel and restored a 1930's Art Deco red velvet cinema and the result is a lively new meeting complex. Situated in the trendy and bohemian district of the southern island of Stockholm, Södermalm, The Hotel Rival overlooks the beautiful tree lined square of Mariatorget.

Andersson and his group have recaptured the glamour of the hotel from when it originally opened as the Aston hotel in 1937. The hotel complex includes an Art Deco cocktail bar, bistro, café, bakery, conference rooms and a salon for 700 people. A grand circular staircase leads to the vibrant hotel restaurant.

The Art Deco feel of the interior design is a happy marriage between form and functionality. This is hardly a standard hotel, proof of which is the unique details such as: lacquered orange walls, Kasthall woven rugs and matte oak floors. Some rooms include pink chairs, orange ottomans, red leather sofas and polka dot lampshades.

Each guest room is decorated with a scene from a classic Swedish film and includes luxurious Egyptian cotton sheets and flat screen TVs.

Hotel Rival's exhaustive pillow menu features numerous natural and man made combinations; from goose down to buckwheat.