Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo

Nine nights across three capitals, joined by short flights. Copenhagen for design, food and the Danish crown jewels on a private tour of Rosenborg; Stockholm for the archipelago by private yacht and the Swedish regalia opened outside public hours; and Oslo for the polar explorers' ships and Munch.

Length: Nine nights
Pace: Three stays
Style: City, design, food, culture
Route: Copenhagen to Stockholm to Oslo

CopenhagenFour nights
StockholmThree nights
OsloTwo nights

A row of painted townhouses in yellow, blue and red above a canal with small boats.

Days 1 to 5 · four nights

Copenhagen

A private harbour cruise, Christiansborg Palace after hours, with the Throne Room and a candlelit walk through the medieval foundations beneath it and the National Museum, then a walk past Amalienborg and the Round Tower and a tasting at Torvehallerne market. A private hour at Rosenborg Castle for the crown jewels, Frederik III's marble room and Christian V's tapestries, and one evening a private menu in the Wine Room at Marchal, the hotel's MICHELIN-starred restaurant. A culinary bike ride ends in a five-course dinner. Later days bring the Louisiana Museum, Frederiksborg Castle, Tivoli Gardens and seaweed foraging on the North Zealand coast, and at Kronborg in Helsingør a private tour of the castle's hidden corners, with dinner inside its walls on request.

Where you stay

Hotel d'Angleterre

Hotel d'Angleterre has stood on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen for more than 270 years, with rooms and suites up to the Royal Suite. Marchal serves Nordic cooking with French influence, Balthazar is the Champagne bar, and Maison is the hotel's own pastry shop.

A white motor yacht crossing still water beside a rocky, wooded island veiled in mist.

Days 5 to 8 · three nights

Stockholm

A short flight to Stockholm, then City Hall and the Vasa Museum after closing time. A private tour of the Royal Palace, the Royal Apartments and the Hall of State, with the Treasury and its regalia opened outside public hours by arrangement. A full day on a private yacht among the archipelago islands, Gamla Stan on foot and the changing of the guard, with Skansen, Fotografiska or the spa as options. At Drottningholm, private access to the palace gardens and a performance in its court theatre can be arranged.

Where you stay

Grand Hôtel Stockholm

Since 1874 the Grand Hôtel has looked out from the Stockholm waterfront across the water to the Royal Palace and Gamla Stan. There are five places to eat, from the smörgåsbord at The Veranda to the Mathias Dahlgren restaurants, a spa with saunas and pools, and one of Sweden's most comprehensive wine cellars.

Days 8 to 10 · two nights

Oslo

A one-hour flight to Oslo, and the Kon-Tiki and Fram museums after hours. City Hall, Akershus Fortress with a private historian along its ramparts and royal rooms, and the Opera House, and MUNCH with one of the museum's own guides, the only ones allowed to lead tours inside, or the National Museum. The Holmenkollen ski jump, Vigeland Sculpture Park and the baths of Vestkantbadet at the hotel, before the flight home on day 10.

Where you stay

Sommerro

Sommerro stands on Solli Plass in Oslo, in the building that once held the staff canteen of the city's power company, with 242 rooms and suites and original art deco details. Vestkantbadet, a 1,400 square metre spa with pools, saunas and a cold plunge, sits alongside seven restaurants and bars and a private cinema.

Arranged on request

The Danish crown jewels

A private hour at Rosenborg Castle: the crown jewels and Christian IV's Renaissance crown in the Treasury, Frederik III's marble room and Christian V's 12 woven tapestries in the Great Hall.

The Swedish regalia after hours

A private tour of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, with the Treasury, where the regalia are kept in the cellar vaults, opened outside public hours by arrangement.

The Wine Room at Marchal

A private MICHELIN-starred menu served in the Wine Room of Marchal, at Hotel d'Angleterre.

MUNCH with its own guides

Only MUNCH's own guides may lead tours inside the museum; a guided visit is booked with the museum directly.

Kronborg by private tour

At Helsingør, a private tour of the UNESCO-listed castle associated with Hamlet, through its hidden corners, with a private dinner inside the castle walls as an option.

Drottningholm's court theatre

Private access to the gardens at Drottningholm and a performance in its court theatre, by arrangement.

Subject to availability.

Ways to make it yours

A Danish design day with visits to artisans' studios.
A night out in the Stockholm archipelago at a tented camp on a secluded island, with a private chef, foraging, a sea safari for seals and sea eagles, a massage in the spa tent and a wood-fired hot tub.
In summer, a few days on the west coast of Sweden, with a sea safari out to small car-free islands, where local restaurants serve seafood and fish caught that day.

This is a sample. The hotels, the pace and the order are where we start, not where we finish: every journey is designed around the people taking it.

Made around you

Most travel is bought. This is designed.

Before anything is booked, we talk: who is travelling, how you like to spend a morning, and the hotel preferences below the obvious, from the kind of bath you like to the time you wake and how much daylight you need in a room. You see options where options matter and clean recommendations where they don't.

The same person remains your point of contact from the first reply to the trip after next. No handovers. No team.