Stockholm Guide for Interrailers

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An Interrailer´s Guide to Stockholm

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Sweden Country Information Sweden is a country in the north of Europe and belongs to Scandinavia. Its population is a bit more than 10 million people. The total area is 450,295 km2. Sweden became a member of the European Union on 1 January 1995, but it is not a member of the Eurozone. The Swedish currency is the Swedish krona.

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Cities: Stockholm, the capital city, was built on 14 islands, has more than 50 bridges and has the medieval Old Town Gamla Stan, royal palaces and museums such as the open-air museum Skansen. The largest cities, such as the capital Stockholm in the east and Gothenburg and Malmö in the southwest, are all located on the coast.

Language: Swedish is the official language, there are five official minority languages: Finnish, Yiddish, Sami, Meänkieli and Romani. 89% of people in Sweden speak English.

Climate: Sweden can be divided into three major regions, Götaland in the south, Svealand in the middle and Norrland in the north. Apart from the north, the climate is rather mild because of the Gulf Stream.

Landscape: The north is a mountainous region with lots of forests. In Svealand in central Sweden you will find Sweden’s largest lakes. Svealand is lowland in the east and highland in the west.

Götaland in the south includes the Småland highlands and the plains of Skåne. The archipelagos are small rocky islands which lie offshore. The Stockholm archipelago and the West Sweden /Gothenburg archipelago are probably the best-known Swedish archipelagos.

Industry: motor vehicles, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, industrial machines, precision equipment, chemical goods, home goods and appliances, forestry, iron, and steel Agriculture: Wheat, rapeseed and other oil plants, and sugar beet in southern Sweden, barley and oat further north, grown mostly for animal feed especially for pigs and poultry Sports: Swedish people are very interested and active in sports, like soccer, ice hockey, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, biathlon, athletics, watersports tennis and table tennis UNESCO World Heritage In Sweden you can find 15 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Royal Domain of Drottningholm was added to the list in 1991.

Sources; Wikipedia, http://justfunfacts.com/interesting-facts-about-sweden/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Sweden https://sweden.se/nature/swedish-climate/ https://www.sweden.org.za/sports-in-sweden.html

​TYPICAL STOCKOLM FOOD KOOTBULLAR

​They are the known swedish albondries.

They are made with minced beef mixed with the crumbs of bread soaked in milk and onions cut into small pieces. Season with white pepper or English pepper and salt.

Swedish albondries are traditionally served with meat sauce, potatoes boiled or mashed, with sweet and sour cranberry sauce, in Swedish lingonsylt. This type of albondries are very popular in Swedish cuisine and are usually served in the restaurants of the establishments as a typical Swedish dish.

“WIKIPEDIA” ​http://www.slingerbulten.com/ https://www.momskitchen.se/

​KANELBULLAR

It's a typical Swedish dessert.

The country's version of the cinnamon bun,​Many Swedish coffee breads, rolls, and buns start with a basic cardamon bread dough. Traditionally, the portions of cinnamon roll dough are formed into a unique shape, making them beautiful to look at as well as wonderful to eat. The technique, however, is a little tricky—twisting a long, thin piece of dough and then wrapping it around itself—so this recipe simply has you roll up the dough like a jelly roll and then slice into pieces, similar to the cinnamon buns here at home.

“The sprude eats” Ideal dessert to make at home, can be found in any type of restaurant.

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What to eat in

Stockholm?

If you visit Sweden there´s a lot of tasty recipes that you can´t not taste, one example is the Hjortronparfait.

The Hjortronparfait is a sweet that consist in a frozen cake of berries although sometimes blueberries or raspberries are also added.

Unfortunately, is a too spensive food.

If you are an student and you can´t afford that food you can taste the Kroppkakor, the name litterally means ¨body biscuits¨ but yo shouldn´t be worried, the recipe consists of boiled potato balls and flour with pork meat.

Peolpe really likes this food there!

Where to eat Cheap Restaurants – Stockholm Mom’s Kitchen

Nybrogatan 40, Stockholm 114 40

https://www.momskitchen.se/ https://www.momskitchen.se/bild-gallery Gunters korvar

66 Karlbergsvaegen, Stockholm 113 35 and at many other places

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Falafelbaren

39 Hornsgatan | 118 49, Stockholm 118 49

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Supermarkets – Stockholm Information: https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=grocery&find_loc=Stockholm COOP

ICA

Pictures from Google maps The main supermarkets are called ICA and Coop. There are also Lidl markets. You can also find shops with international food.

Check https://www.thelocal.se/20170118/where-to-find-international-food-in-stockholm

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THINGS TO DO IN STOCKHOLM 1.- Watch the sun go down from Monteliusvägen cliff path. The best spot to do this from would be Norr Mälarstrand. https://www.visitstockholm.com/see--do/attractions/monteliusvagen/

2.- Visit the Vasa Museum. It’s a nautical museum which has ten different exhibitions around the Vasa ship to tell its history. It’s opened from ten o’clock am to eight o’clock pm on Wednesdays and from ten o’clock am to five o’clock pm the other days. https://www.vasamuseet.se/en

3.- Visit the Skansen. It’s the world’s oldest open-air museum where you can find typical country houses from all the regions of Sweden. http://www.skansen.se/en/

4.- Visit Gamla Stan. It’s the old town, a maze of alleyways with curious little shops of medieval tradition. https://youtu.be/Wv-sIyaR_QM

5.- Visit Djurgården, the city’s greenest island. It’s a very visited place because of its nature and its popular attractions, such as the Abba museum. https://www.visitstockholm.com/see--do/attractions/djurgarden/

6.- Go swimming in Långholmen island. It’s a little beach in the city. https://www.visitstockholm.com/see--do/attractions/langholmen/

Stockholm: How to get around Single journey tickets: Single journey tickets are a good idea if you sometimes use public transport during your stay in Stockholm. You can get them as mobile tickets, from ticket machines, from SL Center and ticket agents. A single journey ticket is valid for 75 minutes. Ou must make a last change before the card expires.

If you buy a ticket in advance, it costs SEK 44 for adults over20 years old and SEK 30 when you are under 20 years old.

Tickets are more expensive if you buy a ticket on a bus and cheaper if you use a prepaid SL access card.

SL means Storstockholms Lokaltrafik. It is the company which runs public transport in Stockholm.

Travel cards: If you want to use public transport more often, you can get travel cards for 24 and 72 hours Tickets are available in full price for adults, and discount price when you are under 20 years old.

24 hours: SEK 125 (adult fare); SEK 85 (discounted fare) 72 hours: SEK 250 (adult fare); SEK 165 (discounted fare) Three-day Stockholm card: 750 SEK / about 67 â‚Ź The visit to the Vasa Museum (110 SEK) Skansen Open Air Museum (140 SEK) and Drottningholm Palace (145 SEK) are included, also other sights and public transportation around the city and city sightseeing bike rides and tours.

https://www.getyourguide.com/stockholm-l50/stockholm-pass-t60518/?partner=true There are buses, trams, underground and ferries. The bus number 69 bus or the tram number 7 tram go to DjurgĂĽrden and are a good way to discover Stockholm. The tram connects you with major attractions like Skansen and the Vasa Museum. Bus number 69 go from the Sergels Torg and Centralstationen stops and run down to Kaknastornet and the Ladugardsgardet Museums.

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But you could also rent a bike. A bike for three days costs 125 SEK You can check at https://www.visitstockholm.com/guides/on-two-wheels/ and https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/stockholm-city-bikes-program.html

Metro Stations T-centralen and Stadion

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The Metro Stations in Stockholm are very famous for their art. Some which you should visit are on the Blue Line: Kungsträdgården, T-centralen, Rådhuset and Solna Centrum on the Green Line: Fridhemsplan and Thorildsplan on the Red Line: Universitetet, Tekniska Högskolan and Stadion https://www.savoredjourneys.com/self-guided-stockholm-subway-art-tour/ SL offer guided art tours all year round. The English tour is only available from June to August.

The tour is free. https://www.visitstockholm.com/art-in-the-subway/guided-tours/ Metro Map of Stockholm http://www.orangesmile.com/common/img_metro_maps/stockholm-map-metro-1.png

Stockholm Budget planning Getting Around Public transport 24h ticket 70SEK/ 6,83 €

Where to stay?

Interhostel, Kammakargatan 46 23 € a night

What to see?

ABBA the Museum 175, 00 SEK/ 17,09 € The city hall Maybe also: The Vasa Museum 13 €, the Royal Castle or Drottningholm)

Food (20€ a day) Lidl, coop, ICA (supermarkets) Mom`s kitchen (restaurant)

Two days minimum 109, 92€/1125,84 SEK

A Day in Stockholm If you want something special and apart from our hostel suggestions: you could stay and sleep in the Mälardrottningen Hotell & Restaurang, a hotel with great view and comfortable rooms on a ship! You can eat some delicious breakfast on the ship or in the café Louie Louie, which is only twelve minutes away from the hotel.

As your first activity of the day you could go to the Kungsträdgården Park and enjoy a walk with the beautiful atmosphere and the interesting shops. If you are hungry spend the afternoon in the Vete-Katten, a very nice café and restaurant which is extremely popular among locals.

Every Tuesday between 3pm and 5pm they serve afternoon tea, otherwise they are open on weekdays between 7:30am and 8pm and on Saturdays between 9:30am and 6pm.

To get something more to eat than coffee and cake, visit Mom’s Kitchen, a relatively cheap restaurant for those who like authentic Swedish food.

In order to do some activities during the afternoon, you could go to the Centralbadet, a beautiful indoor bathhouse.

Here you can relax.

If you like sports, you can try many kinds: cycling, kayaking or playing golf. You can go jogging and you will even find outdoor gyms.

In the evening, if you’re not tired after activities like sightseeing and swimming, go to the Ugglan Boule & Bar, which is more like an activity center for adults.

You can play lots of games: arcade games, pinball, board games, foosball, dart, shuffleboard, boule or air hockey or just sit an relay with a drink.

Or you take part in a Moose & Wildlife Safari and go on an evening excursion into nature.

After that you can go back to the hotel and get some well-deserved sleep. And when you wake up the next morning, have a look at https://www.visitstockholm.com/ and start planning .

Pippi Longstocking Excerpt/ quoted from https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/jun/02/the-10-best-pippi-longstocking-quotes

She is the strongest girl in the world, lives by herself in a colourful house in the forest, and has a pet monkey and a horse. Who wouldn’t want to be friends with Pippi Longstocking?

We have shared our favourite quirky quotes to convince anyone who thinks otherwise.

Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmind Ephraim’s Daughter Longstocking is the invention of Swedish children’s book author Astrid Lindgren. Astrid Lindgren always believed that all you had to do was Give the children love, more love and still more love – and the common sense will come by itself.

And Pippi Longstocking, her most famous character, comes really close to being the personified proof of that… So where did Pippi come from? Well, one night, Astrid Lindgren’s daughter Karin asked her to tell her the story of “Pippi Longstocking”. And so she did.

Pippi is not like other children. First of all, she lives all by herself in a house called Villakulla Cottage. Or rather, she lives there with her monkey, Mr Nilsson, and her horse. And she has two best friends, Annika and Tommy, who sometimes come over to play. Because Pippi is not only strong and independent, she also a great friend, and always up for some fun!

What’s more, Pippi doesn’t live by anyone’s rules but her own, and she’s perfectly fine with being a little different. So instead of asking for anything on her birthday, she gives her friends presents, and she regularly sticks bullies and rude policemen in trees. She just never does things as expected. And that’s why we love her. (…)

The children came to a perfume shop. In the show window was a large jar of freckle salve, and beside the jar was a sign, which read: DO YOU SUFFER FROM FRECKLES? ‘What does the sign say?’ asked Pippi. She couldn’t read very well because she didn’t want to go to school as other children did.

It says, ‘Do you suffer from freckles?’ said Annika.

‘Does it indeed?’ said Pippi thoughtfully. ‘Well, a civil question deserves a civil answer. Let’s go in.’

She opened the door and entered the shop, closely followed by Tommy and Annika. An elderly lady stood back of the counter. Pippi went right up to her.

‘No!’ she said decidedly.

‘What is it you want?’ asked the lady.

‘No,’ said Pippi once more.

‘I don’t understand what you mean,’ said the lady.

‘No, I don’t suffer from freckles,’ said Pippi.

Then the lady understood, but she took one look at Pippi and burst out, ‘But, my dear child, your whole face is covered with freckles!’

‘I know that,’ said Pippi, ‘but I don’t suffer from them. I love them. Good morning.’

She turned to leave, but when she got to the door she looked back and cried, ‘But if you should happen to get in any salve that gives people more freckles, then you can send me seven or eight jars.’