[SWEDEN] Evening in Stockholm

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Stockholm is a lively city and there’s plenty to do in the evening. This is how I spent the evening in Stockholm. First, I had dinner at Meatballs for the People. After dinner, I went to the view point at Fjallgatan and walked about the city. Then my beau went to the popular Icebar before calling it a night.

Meatballs For The People is a restaurant and bar serving Swedish meat balls as its name suggest.

They serve at least 5 different meatballs every day.

Location: Nytorgsgatan 30, 116 40 Stockholm. Their website: http://meatball.se/en-se

Opening hours is 11.00 – 22.00 (Sun – Thu) and 11.00 – 24.00 (Fri – Sat)

Bread is complimentary with the meatballs.

I ordered a Meatball Tasting (4 different meatballs can be chosen). The meatballs are all very juicy and tender. My son enjoyed them very much.

For the main course, I ordered the Classic Meatballs (With cream sauce, potato purée, lingonberries and pickled cucumber) and Spaghetti Bowl. I preferred the spaghetti though.

The restaurant was fully packed. So come early or book a place. There’s also a take away section where you can buy frozen meatballs to take back home.

Overall, the food was delicious. I would recommend this place if you like to try some authentic Swedish meatballs.

After dinner, we walked to the viewpoint at Fjallgatan to see the panoramic view of the city.

Gamla Stan (old town) area.

Grona Lund Tivoli amusement park.

The viewpoint as viewed across the road. It’s one of the best free view points in Stockholm.

Directly below are the docks for the Finland ferries/cruise.

View from Fjallgatan.

It’s just a short walk from there to Katarinavägen and Slussen metro station.

This is Katarinavägen (Katarina Elevator). While the elevator is not currently in operation (it’s set to open again in 2019), you can still get a great view from the platform that houses the elevator.

A stall selling Stromming outside Slussen metro station.

We took the metro from Slussen station to Ostermalmstorg station and walked back to our hotel.

Stockholm city has many staircase like this that lead to different platform. It’s quite a unique sight.

This is the Concert Hall. It’s a little surprising to see that the square in front of it is littered with rubbish.

There are plenty of shops in the Kungsgatan area.

Ahlens City is Sweden’s largest department store. There’s a large grocery store at the basement.

The hotel that we’re staying, Comfort Hotel is located inside the World Trade Center.

The best way to round the night in Stockholm is to visit the Ice Bar.

Icebar at Nordic C Hotel is the world’s first permanent ice bar, built in 2002. It has a constant temperature of -5 degrees Celsius. You can visit it all year.

Reception area of Icebar. The entry fee is 210 SEK per adult including an alcoholic drink / 170 SEK with alcohol-free drink. Children age 3 – 17 are welcomed when accompanied by an adult with an entry fee of 99 SEK with a colourful kids' drink.
You can make your booking at their website: https://www.icebarstockholm.com/

Opening hours during peak season:
Sunday–Thursday: 11.15 am–midnight
Friday–Saturday: 11.15 am–1 am
Non-peak season:
Sunday–Thursday: 4.30 pm–midnight
Friday–Saturday: 3.45 pm–1 am

You can borrow the overcoat and gloves for free before entering the bar.

Here is Karl-Arne, a 23 year old reindeer from Northern Sweden.

You can take a picture with him and tag #Icebarstockholm.

Torne River is one of the longest rivers in Sweden. It runs about 520 km. The same water that is used for river rafting in summer is used as building material in the winter.