Nobis Hotel Stockholm is an upscale hotel in central
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, Sweden. Located on
Norrmalmstorg
Norrmalmstorg () is a town square in central Stockholm, Sweden. It connects shopping streets Hamngatan and Biblioteksgatan and is the starting point for tram travellers with the Djurgården line. Close to the southwest is the park Kungsträdgården ...
, the hotel has 201 rooms.
"A Stay At A Truly 'Captivating' Hotel"
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, 31 August, 2012 Its atrium
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is one of its notable features.
Stockholm syndrome
It was in Kreditbanken
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, which formerly occupied the ground floor of the building in which the hotel is now located, where the term "Stockholm syndrome
Stockholm syndrome is a condition in which hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors. It is supposed to result from a rather specific set of circumstances, namely the power imbalances contained in hostage-taking, kidnapping, an ...
" was coined in 1973. Four hostages were taken during a bank robbery. The hostages defended their captors after being released and would not agree to testify in court against them.[See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse]
chapter 2, "The Underground", by Jess Hill
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; published June 24, 2019 by Black Inc.
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providing an alternative reason for their unwillingness to testify. Stockholm syndrome is paradoxical because the sympathetic sentiments that captives feel towards their captors are the opposite of the fear and disdain which an onlooker might feel towards the captors.
Gallery
File:Nobis Hotel, entré, Norrmalmstorg 4, jan 2020.jpg, The hotel's entrance
File:Nobis Stockholm interior.jpg, The hotel's atrium, 2015
References
External links
* {{official, https://www.nobishotel.se/
Nobis Hotel
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Hotels in Stockholm
Hotels established in 2010
19th-century establishments in Sweden