The dazzling city of Stockholm will host the biggest gay party of the year this summer, when it hosts Europride 2008 for the second time in just ten years.
Stockholm has no gay enclave as such, but gay and gay-friendly establishments are scattered throughout this city, and rainbow flags fly high in most of Stockholm’s central districts. But the greatest concentration of gay bars and clubs is to be found in two areas: the Södermalm district and in Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s Old Town, where the original medieval town lives on in the cobblestone streets and the stunning buildings. Södermalm is where you’ll find, for example, the gay club Side Track, as well as the SM/leather clubs LASH (for women) and SLM (for men) – if that’s your taste …. In the Old Town, Torget is a firm favourite among gay bars, with different themes each evening.