Stockholm!!!
polycounter lvl 18
Hi guys
im going to be in stockholm for the first time from the 18th to the 21st and id like to get some pointers on the town.
Travelling with a group and Im after good drinking spots but more importantly local viking food. Daytime stuff is also cool but i get the feeling im going to be pretty wasted quite alot, so it'll depend on the hangover.
Meeting PCers goes without saying if ya can make it and keep your drink down !!!
mucho gracias for any help in advance
im going to be in stockholm for the first time from the 18th to the 21st and id like to get some pointers on the town.
Travelling with a group and Im after good drinking spots but more importantly local viking food. Daytime stuff is also cool but i get the feeling im going to be pretty wasted quite alot, so it'll depend on the hangover.
Meeting PCers goes without saying if ya can make it and keep your drink down !!!
mucho gracias for any help in advance
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They sell meed here as well as some viking food
lol srsly??
goraaz cheers man looks interesting,not sure bout dressing up though
eh i forgot to mention that its the 18-21 of august.. i hear thats when the town gets back to party mode as people return from summer holidays.. awesome vikings with suntans
be awesome to meet some you guys!
Nice man, hit me up and we'll be rocking august.
Man i would kill for a greasy artery clogging kebab pizza. There are no good kebabb places around here that i know of, its killing me! Plus, its the ultimate hang-over food, will clear you right up.
Don't worry, you'll be drunk!
Also, I might probably be joining this stockholm PC meetup too!
Im kinda tempted to try surstromming...
kebab ehhh no how the hell did you guys end up eating that ?!?!
If I succeed to get me some kind of income I'm absolutely down for a PC meat up!
Don't, it's horrible.. I don't know why anyonw would want to eat it really
And sure, we got some local food. Not a lot of it though. It's the swedish meatballs with boiled potato and (cowberries?). And then some other stuff that ain't all that interesting, so we mainly eat asian food and kebab over here, at least when we go to restaurants that is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingonberry_jam
Probably some time in the 70s when turkish immigrants moved here and opened up kebab places
It's fast food btw and there are places in London selling these as well. It's kind of like a substitute to a cheeseburger.
I've got another one for you, this place is good if you haven't made up your mind and don't feel like traveling between places; http://www.kungshallen.nu/In%20English/in_english.htm
It's a place with several different restaurants serving different sorts of food.
Other than that Tiros mentioned a national dish. If you want to try out some there in London you could go to IKEA's restaurant if you haven't already. I think they have marinated salmont(gravad lax) there as well as swedish meatballs.
Also I think you should try the surströmming. Sure, it's disgusting, but think of all the people you can brag about it to
august is still some ways off, at the end of july i'll PM all those that potentially wanna meet and sort out the logistics.
For deserts you need to have somtehing with cloud-berries (usually vanilla ice-cream) and try a cinamon-bun.
If you're in to it, maybe you should have some snuff as well... that is very swedish.
When i think about it there one place that should eat at. A real culture heritage from the 70's. It's a wagon standing on a small square (södermals torg) just outside of the entrance of Slussen (like 50 meters from DICE's office actually).
They sell smoked herring on crispbread with onion. It's super. And it's like 2£..
hopefully august is still kinda considered to be summer :P
would be funny to eat meatballs in ikea in stockholm, but I cant stand ikea over here
music wise im pretty versatile socially more into good atmostphere and after a while any kinda music sounds good... we do have a couple of local ladies that will be showing us around a bit but im not sure how much.. i have no idea who they are, theyre friends of friends
Also, Semla is amazing (if its the season...i forget when its made)
Sorry, we only got kebab, pizza and chinese here. If you go to IKEA you might be able to grab some meatballs.
Things todo:
If you like photography the "Fotografiska" is highly recommended.
There's plenty of museums aswell. We got this huge (Vasa)museum about a boat that was an epic failure. Could be fun for a foreigner.
We also got a pretty big one called Naturhistoriska with an IMAX theatre with 3d-stuff and all. Pretty cool.
Also theres the Royal "Castle" and the "royal guard"?
Then there's the "Drottningholm" where the royal family actually lives. Pretty cool victorianish garden/architecture.
Take a boat to Waxholm on a Sunny day is also quite nice.
Theres some kind of cityview-attraction-thingy on the "Ericsson Globe" aswell. Which in itself is a sight.
For excellent drinks(and most likely food) I recommend "Gondolen".
Mosebacke for a drink with a nice view over the city.
I dunno, grab a 6pack and chill out in a park?
City geography:
Södermalm= Workerclass/chill/music/jazz/nightlife
Östermalm= Upperclass/Luxury/nightlife
Gamla Stan= Old Town, Tourists, shopping, Lovely Architecture
Kungsholmen= ???, good restaurants
http://www.visitstockholm.com/en/
Yes, lingonberry somehow sounds wrong as it's the same in Swedish. And turns out cowberry is actually a correct name for it as well.. doesn't sound as tasty that way tho
Apparently it's also called foxberry and possibly 'lowbush cranberry' as well :poly142:
How could I forget that, seeing as I do it myself
Just make sure you don't get loose snuff though, but the ones in small bags 'portion'. Or else it'll prolly be all over the place if it's your first time. And as a word of caution, most likely won't like it the first 2-3 times, could get nauseous, and it'll sting, but after that...
oh, and the taste is horrible. So just put it in under the lip and make sure it doesn't get wet.
Some people seem to get the wrong idea btw. It's not some sort of weird drug, it's just regular tobacco.
Full of people wishing they lived there, but otherwise a high-income part of town in disguise :P
By far the best one though for outdoor relaxation
I'm very sorry to tell you this, but the "semla"-period was i Mars this year, usually it's in February..
Ahh. Thats a shame. Now i think about it, i was there in Feb one year, which is when i had it. Beautiful stuff though
pity its out of season, yanno i got this italian friend she's a bit of a snob hates how italian food has changed around the world and i just cant wait to tell her about super kebab pizza, its going to be so damned amusing.. im going to try and get her to come along and get her to try some...lool
ahhh snuff coool i had a polish friend that was into that stuff.. will deffo be gettkng myself some of that.. how strict are the smoking laws over there?
No smoking in public indoor places, snuff not included in that.
damn! I knew I should have visited Stockholm while I had the chance. The kebabs in Oslo sucked
the kebab in stockholm sucks..
got to go 3 hours north to Falun in Dalarna to get the good stuff..:poly141:
if theres gonna be a hookup, I'd love to join.
met Rens some time ago and we both agreed that we hate crowds of people, but if its some good ol' penis lovin polycounters, I'm sure we'll all be happy:poly136::thumbup:
So that can be good fun to see, specialy cause it doesnt get dark and you still walk around with good lighting.
qlz, i live in kungsholmen, fancy area but alot of contruction atm. They have a nice park and the thorildsplan subway stops around the corner for me
Haha yeah, that's pretty much one of the worst döners/kebabs in the world. Fact.
Never realized that you lived in Sthlm rens. And not on a bad address neither
[Extremely unnecessary info] I've finally, with this post, turned into a REAL polycounter. Oh, where's the champagne!
"Lönehelg" is always the worst weekend to go out. But yeah, lots of people in general. You'll have to start out at 1600
Cool, then I've probably driven by your place several times
tekken >< polycount
I'm gonna need a minute ;D
Damn you've been moving around Wahlgren
As for location, please suggest something as I dont know my head from my arse when it comes to stockholm
Im pretty easy.. will be spending thursday afternoon looking for cans of sursromming! gonna open one in the lobby of the hotel xD