Hello, just decided to go to Stockholm last night with a few pals courtesy of Ryan Air’s hot deals. I’ve never thought much about Stockholm, and was wondering if anyone has been there and can offer some advice.
Now, I’m not asking anyone to plan my vacation, and I’ll pick up a guidebook with the big museums and what not, I just thought perhaps someone would have the “insiders track” on things that the guidebooks may not cover or that would sound boring in a guidebook but are in actuality awesome. Also any recommended pubs, clubs, and restaurants would be nice.
I’m also interested in getting out of the city and seeing some countryside for a day. Unfortunately, our transport options will probably be limited to tour bus, which isn’t ideal but we don’t have time to plan much else. Anybody have any experience on this point?
Last, we are a group of reasonably young single guys, so if anyone has any tips on meeting the locals I’ve heard so much about, I would be all ears.
Well, remember that all the native young people will speak perfectly fine English. Accented, sure, but completely understandable. So you don’t need to brush up your Swedish skills unless you really want to throw out some catchphrases to show off.
In Stockholm, go see the record store Pet Sounds as well as the museum Cosmonova . That will satisfy your geeky needs, I hope.
Just have a walk around the waterfront, a browse around Gamla Stan, and try not to spend too much money shopping. Sushi is good, cheap and plentiful, booze is very expensive.
For a really nice chap meal pop into Backfickan around the back of the Opera House - it’s a sort of diner thing in the kitchen of the full-on five-star restaurant of the opera house. You can have a nice plateful of traditional swedish food for not much money.
Get pastry. Seriously, the Swedes do fantastic sweet pastries. We were in Malmo over Easter, and I brought back pastry to share with my officemates – it was delicious.