Nytorget 6 in the edgy Sodermalm district is a very popular bar and restaurant with modern decor. Coffee and cake (usually a cinnamon bun) combined are known as Fika and advertised at most cafes.ĭinner at three different restaurants: all excellent. Even more mysterious, and no link to Game of Thrones at all that I can see. Though how they equate with Lent I'm not quite sure. They appear every year after Christmas and are treats to be eaten up to Easter.
#Restaurant lingon uppsala full#
The windows are full of these semlor, which are Lenten buns. The speciality seems to be a bread bun filled with almond paste and lashings of whipped cream. Less healthy are the tempting cakes buns pastries and ice cream (misleadingly called glass in Swedish). Breakfast buffets are beautifully presented with seed sprinkled breads, yogurts and fruit. Venison and pork cheeks with lingonberries, (actually, everything seems to be served up with lingon berries), beef tartare, Jerusalem artichoke soup with bacon and mushrooms. There's a lot of fish, with several different varieties of my favourite pickled herring and assorted castle like edifices, created with bread and cream cheese and prettily decorated with smoked salmon and plenty of prawns. Food in Stockholmįood in Sweden is delicious and mostly nutritious. It’s now a museum and guest house combined. It was built in the mid nineteenth century but fairly quickly became superfluous. This has been a strategic point in Sweden, needing to be reinforced to keep both he Danes and the Russians out, over the years. But apparently, houses are built of wood so they can be easily demolished in the event of war. I always thought that this was because it was the most easily available construction material and intrigued to see how many cities have been destroyed by fire at some time in their history, as a result. Vaxholm is a summer town, described as charming by all the brochures. chilly breeze, which accounts for all the ice in the water, a churning mass behind us. VaxholmĪs we approach Vaxholm there's a stiff. there's a commentary delivered from here, though I can’t decipher most of it outside. You can even order lunch, for the return journey, from the pretty restaurant. We're fortified by hot drinks from the bar. It's a sunny day and warm enough, just, to sit out on deck dressed in my ski gear and wrapped in a blanket. And a very tall chimney stack signifying a waste water treatment plant. There's also the odd castle peering through the tree tops.
Most of the Swedish people I’ve heard of have owned one, including Bjorn Borg and ABBA. It seems to be de rigeur to buy a house out here when you're rich and famous. Many began as simple cottages and have been expanded over the years into magnificent affairs. Then we are chugging past forested islands that vary from long-ish to minuscule, most of which carry splendid snow dusted timber homes of red or yellow ,with ornate boathouses. We stop to admire the bridge to up and coming Sodermalm, (to the south of course), described as the most vibrant area of the city. And happily, I'm accompanied by friend Alison, who is in Stockholm at the same time.įirst of all, the boat navigates through the islands of Stockholm, with a grand stand view of Gamla Stan. And the three hour hour excursion to Vaxholm, to the north east and back is running, though it's a little like being on an ice breaker at times.
Boat Trip to VaxholmĪ boat trip round the archipelago is an excellent way to orientate. Some attractions don't even open until mid June. Or avoid slipping over on the patches that have been missed by the gravel. It's impossible to wheel a trolley case along them. In March, much of the lake is still frozen and the streets are covered in ice, snow and too much gravel. Ferries and water taxis shuttle you to the different sights (all the signs are in English) on special tourist day passes. Today, the capital has engulfed 14 islands, which require more than 50 bridges to join them. It faces out over Lake Malaren and its many inlets and bridges, that link the islands and give Stockholm its soubriquet. Stockholm was founded on a small island, now called Gamla Stan (Old Town), which is where my hotel is situated. No bridges in those days - and not so many Scandi thrillers either. That time I took a car ferry from Elsinore (Helsingore) in Denmark to Helsingborg. I'm revisiting Stockholm, the so called Venice of the North, because I don't have any surviving photos of my first trip, which was a very long time ago, and because what I do remember is that it was an exceptionally nice city.
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