Nicole Kavander is a Stockholm-based travel and design writer, hotel specialist and author of Nordic Boutique Hotels.
Besides Time Out she writes for titles including ELLE Sweden, ELLE Decoration, Cabana Magazine, Travel + Leisure and Falstaff Nordics, with a focus on design-led hotels, destination restaurants, interiors, slow travel and places genuinely worth travelling for.
Before turning her hotel obsession into a full-time job, Nicole spent 15 years in advertising, which may explain her weakness for a strong concept, a beautiful lobby and a breakfast that takes scrambled eggs seriously.
She now spends much of her life on the road, checking into everything from Nordic countryside retreats and coastal spa hotels to destination restaurants, grand old classics and quietly spectacular boutique stays. Her standards are high, her suitcase is usually small, and she believes a great hotel should be judged by the details you still talk about after check-out.

