Swedavia celebrates opening of Terminal 5 Marketplace at Stockholm Arlanda Airport
The Marketplace is fully functional at Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Just over five years after the groundbreaking ceremony for the largest commercial investment in Stockholm Arlanda Airport’s history, the Marketplace in Terminal 5 is now complete, with all shops and restaurants open.
Running over an area of 11,000 square meters, the Marketplace houses around 40 new shops, cafés and restaurants.
Charlotte Ljunggren, Director of Marketing and Sales at Swedavia, said, “We are so pleased and proud to have put the finishing touches to the Marketplace investment project, allowing us to present a brand-new passenger experience offering a modern range of food, drink and shopping to our passengers.”
Over the past five years, Stockholm Arlanda Airport has carried out a major investment in food, drink and shopping, replacing and broadening the offering in Terminal 5 to meet the expectations of the airport’s passengers.
The result of the investment is a Marketplace next to the airport’s security control in Terminal 5, where popular, well-known brands sit alongside new concepts. Many popular Swedish operators have moved in, and a brand-new concept with a focus on Nordic gifts has emerged since the first section of the Marketplace opened in autumn 2023.
Charlotte Ljunggren: "The Marketplace allows us to present a brand-new passenger experience offering a modern range of food, drink and shopping to our passengers”
“Our vision for the new Marketplace has been to provide a shopping, food and drink experience with an element of the unexpected that will leave an impression on passengers,” Ljunggren added. “The investment builds on Swedavia’s long-term commercial strategy, with its focus on variety, renewal and value for money. We want a wide variety of restaurants serving food from all over the world, and shops with a price range to suit all pockets. The Marketplace will offer something for all tastes and all budgets.”
Interest from commercial operators looking to establish a presence in the new Marketplace has been strong, given the highly attractive location at Arlanda, which nearly 23 million passengers in 2024. Although there has been a major focus on having a broad offering, Swedish and Nordic influences have also played a prominent role in the design of the Marketplace.
Ljunggren continued, “At Swedavia, we are proud to operate leading airports in the Nordic region and we strive to reflect the flavor and character of the region, including in the shopping and dining experiences at all our airports. At Arlanda and the Marketplace this can be seen in the form of the many local operators and locally produced goods that can be found there. We have focused on strengthening our Swedish brands in response to the strong demand for more Nordic, Swedish and local products, both to keep and to give as gifts. This is now one of many things we are pleased we can offer our passengers.”
The Marketplace runs over an area of 11,000 square meters, housing around 40 new shops, cafés and restaurants
The shops and restaurants in the Marketplace have been opening in stages since autumn 2023. In May this year the Marketplace received international recognition in the form of the ‘Commercial Space of the Year 2025’ award from Nordic Commercial Spaces & Communities (NCSC). This industry organization has recognized the Marketplace for its professional development work and creative business model that focuses on consumer benefits and competitiveness, which in turn creates an attractive, flexible and inviting environment for shopping, dining and services.
“The ‘Commercial Space of the Year 2025’ award is a ringing endorsement of our investment strategy.” Ljunggren said. “We have also received very positive feedback from our passengers and, in fact, customer satisfaction during the period March to May this year has increased by nine per cent compared with the same period two years ago when the Marketplace was under construction. This gives us confidence that we are heading in the right direction in our redesign of Arlanda and that we have succeeded in creating a completely new and unique dining and shopping experience here at the airport. We now look forward to welcoming passengers to Arlanda and the Marketplace this summer and beyond.”
Shops in the Marketplace include & Other Stories; Adlibris Pocket; Chimi; Depart.A.Mental; Fredmans; GANT; InMotion; J.Lindeberg; Kronans Pharmacy Shop; Lakritsroten; Moomin Arabia; Newhouse; RC Bon Bon Glacerie; Rituals; Stockholm Duty Free; Sweshop; Syster P; World of Toys and ÆRA Multibrand Fashion Store.
Restaurants and cafés in the Marketplace include Asia Street Cooking; Baba Grill; Bread Break; un Meat Bun; Eatery Garden; Fresh Forward; Espresso House; Gateau; Hawaii Poké; Indochine; Joe & The Juice; Jureskogs; La Girafe by Pontus Frithiof; La Neta; Little Italy by Pontus Frithiof; Nordic Kitchen & Bar; Panini Internazionale; RC Café & pâtisserie; Samla City Bar and Taste by Nordrest.
Other service offerings include 7-Eleven; Pressbyrån; Selecta vending machines; WHSmith; FOREX and Global Blue.
