# Going to Stockholm this weekend, anybody got any advice? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 25, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-stockholm-this-weekend-anybody-got-any-advice/354213 "2006-04-25T22:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-stockholm-this-weekend-anybody-got-any-advice/354213/1 "2006-04-25T22:20:11Z")
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. Thanks very much. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-stockholm-this-weekend-anybody-got-any-advice/354213/2 "2006-04-25T22:55:15Z")
> [@T\_SQUARE](#): > > 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. > > Thanks very much. 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](http://www.stockholmsmuseer.com/museer_e/naturhistcosmo_e.php3) . That will satisfy your geeky needs, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-stockholm-this-weekend-anybody-got-any-advice/354213/3 "2006-04-25T22:56:53Z")
Don’t catch that syndrome they have. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-stockholm-this-weekend-anybody-got-any-advice/354213/4 "2006-04-25T23:08:49Z")
Definitely see the [Vasa museum.](http://www.internationalcircuit.com/stockholm-sweden/tourism-3.html) ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-stockholm-this-weekend-anybody-got-any-advice/354213/5 "2006-04-25T23:55:25Z")
Eat a meatball. And if you see a place that serves hot dogs with mashed potatoes in a tortilla thing, eat there. I watched Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations last night and he went to Sweden. He ate reindeer too, but that was in the more arctic area. ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-stockholm-this-weekend-anybody-got-any-advice/354213/6 "2006-04-26T12:53:26Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-stockholm-this-weekend-anybody-got-any-advice/354213/7 "2006-04-26T14:54:32Z")
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.