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Luke Pearson

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2,262 posts

281 months

Tuesday 26th August 2008
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Im off to stockholm wit work for 3 days in a couple of weeks.

Whats it like? Ive heard rumours is £4 for half a pint of the local stuff? but with expenses that dont really matter!

Any where recommended?

randlemarcus

13,646 posts

260 months

Tuesday 26th August 2008
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Pelikan on Sodermalm. Akkurat on Hornsgaten. Huge thumbs up for those pair, the rest are not hugely memorable. Make timeto explore the city a little - absolutely worth it. And yes, even on expenses, its fricking expensive.

tomtom

4,265 posts

259 months

Tuesday 26th August 2008
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Café Opera and Stureplan in general for the beautiful people.

Not Ideal

3,055 posts

217 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Get yourself off to Cafe Opera - rammed with fitties

Finlandia

7,818 posts

260 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Stay far from Tensta, Rinkeby, Alby, Fittja, Vällingby. Better yet, only stay in the city centre, but avoid Plattan.

Other than that, enjoy biggrin

Nuclearsquash

1,329 posts

291 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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i used to live in Spånga just outside of Vällingby when i was a kid. Wasn't that bad at all, barring all the drunks queuing up outside the System Boulaget (or however you spell it) the state off licence. Jebus just relaised that was 19 years ago, i guess things may have changed a little bit since then. Must go back some time.

Edited by Nuclearsquash on Wednesday 27th August 10:47

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

271 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Sodermalm a lot of fun.

Slightly naff, but in the centrum I always liked The Dubliner.

Nuclearsquash

1,329 posts

291 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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if my memory serves me right, my parents knew the guy that used to run that place (could be wrong). My mum used to help run the kindergarten at the British Primary school in Stockholm and used to teach Bjorn from ABBA's daughter.

Henk911

94 posts

217 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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It depends on what you are looking for.
If its cheap beer ang mingers, head to Södermalm, the whole island is packed with unfit girls and other questionably arty farty people.

If you want fit girls I'd head for Stureplan, depending on where you go and how you look, it could be difficult getting into the clubs though... Try Cafe Opera or Sturecompagniet, they are both huge places which tends to let more people in...

Comparing to anywhere in UK apart from a few square kilometers of central London there is gonna be more fit people there than the whole Island you live on... wink

Good Luck!

Finlandia

7,818 posts

260 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Nuclearsquash said:
Spånga Must go back some time.
Trust me, don't go back wink

Not Ideal

3,055 posts

217 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Henk911 said:
It depends on what you are looking for.
If its cheap beer ang mingers, head to Södermalm, the whole island is packed with unfit girls and other questionably arty farty people.

If you want fit girls I'd head for Stureplan, depending on where you go and how you look, it could be difficult getting into the clubs though... Try Cafe Opera or Sturecompagniet, they are both huge places which tends to let more people in...

Comparing to anywhere in UK apart from a few square kilometers of central London there is gonna be more fit people there than the whole Island you live on... wink

Good Luck!
haha - so true!

Puggit

49,789 posts

277 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Take the Arlanda Express in to town - 200+kmph thumbup

jollygreengiant

17 posts

217 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Went there a couple of years ago on a football jaunt. Nothing special but good place to go once. Don't tangle with the local law though, they have their own form of summary justice.

Justayellowbadge

37,057 posts

271 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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jollygreengiant said:
Went there a couple of years ago on a football jaunt. Nothing special but good place to go once. Don't tangle with the local law though, they have their own form of summary justice.
Good people, the Swedes.

Not Ideal

3,055 posts

217 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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jollygreengiant said:
Went there a couple of years ago on a football jaunt. Nothing special but good place to go once. Don't tangle with the local law though, they have their own form of summary justice.
Agreed - Swedish cops are pretty hard and dont take kindly to drunks roaming around english styleeee

Ahonen

5,032 posts

308 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Justayellowbadge said:
Sodermalm a lot of fun.
Yep. Went to a couple of great clubs there last Winter. And the womenfolk are just fabulous.

It's a great city to explore in the daytime, too. I'd recommend a trip to the Vasa museum, which houses the ship that was the pride of the Swedish navy in the 17th century. It sank on its maiden voyage - still in the harbour(!) - because they hadn't put enough ballast in the hull and the first time it unfurled its sails it fell over. The entire ship was pulled out of the water in the '60s and a huge 6 or 7 floor museum built around it. Truly fascinating.




jollygreengiant

17 posts

217 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Justayellowbadge said:
jollygreengiant said:
Went there a couple of years ago on a football jaunt. Nothing special but good place to go once. Don't tangle with the local law though, they have their own form of summary justice.
Good people, the Swedes.
Wasn't complaining actually, our lot were well behaved (honestly) but another group went well OTT. 2 of them got a slap, no sympathy for them.

Finlandia

7,818 posts

260 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Not Ideal said:
jollygreengiant said:
Went there a couple of years ago on a football jaunt. Nothing special but good place to go once. Don't tangle with the local law though, they have their own form of summary justice.
Agreed - Swedish cops are pretty hard and dont take kindly to drunks roaming around english styleeee
And keep in mind, they are armed.

Luke Pearson

Original Poster:

2,262 posts

281 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Puggit said:
Take the Arlanda Express in to town - 200+kmph thumbup
Yeah the boss did mention that we will be on a quick train at some point so that must be it!

Chrispy Porker

17,695 posts

257 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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'state run off licence' conjures up some peculiar images.
WTF is that all about?