Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the seat of the national government and the parliament, and the Swedish royal family resides at Drottningholm Palace right outside the city while using the Royal Palace in the heart of Stockholm as their workplace.

The larger metropolitan area of Stockholm is home to roughly 2 million people, which is over 20 percent of Sweden's population. 1.25 million people live in the Stockholm urban area, with roughly 800 000 of them being residents of the Stockholm municipality.

The city of Stockholm is spread out over 14 islands situated at the mouth of Lake Mälaren by the Stockholm archipelago, where the Swedish mainland meets the Baltic Sea. Due to the abundance of waterways, Stockholm is sometimes referred to as Venice of the North. Since Stockholm has virtually no heavy industry it is one of the world's cleanest metropolises. Roughly 85% of its residents work in the service industry.

After Copenhagen, Stockholm is the most visited city in the Nordic countries with about one million tourists arriving each year.