Music

Going to concerts isn’t usually cheap in Stockholm! In fact, most of the times one must even decide well in advance! Well, that was until I found the Royal College of Music in Stockholm a couple of years ago.

The students from this college are among the best music students in the country. They have been practicing for many years and holding a concert is nothing new for them. In short, they are good! Concerts are held frequently and even last year examination concerts are opened for public.

I typically enjoy going to the small jazzy ones on Tuesdays in lilla salen, but check out also for the folk and classical music concerts. I always have a great time there… and it’s free!

Stureplan is meant to be very posh, and Riche is supposed to be in the middle of it but this spot still manages to stand out of the pack. It has a restaurant, a bar next to it and Lilla baren. The first two are usually inhabited by business people that drop by Riche for dinner and/or an after work drink.

Lilla baren typically hosts the alternative crowd. In fact, there are quite frequently art exhibitions that take place at Lilla Baren. The DJ’s usually play alternative music accompanied by visual effects or even the image of a movie.

The space on itself gives the feeling of being inside a Parisian bistro with lots of mirrors and white romantic details and at the bar one can get superb drinks and very interesting food. The best days to go to this spot are probably between Tuesday and Thursday as it usually gets way too crowded on Fridays and Saturdays.

Overall Riche is a sophisticated place that I love going to because of the combination of interesting and easy to talk people.

Still my favorite bar in Stockholm. Still very much a ‘mullet’ as it’s business in the front and party in the back. You get to Obaren by making your way through the very swanky, the very fancy and the very upscale Sturehof restaurant. Pass by the oysters, the stilton, the bubbly and the lobsters, walk straight to the back and what do you find? If you’re there on a Thursday night (22:00) onwards you will be greeted by some old school hiphop! Yes, while Stockholm’s elite are slurpin’ down oysters at the front, you be slurpin’ on your beer in the back. Life is good!

Obaren is all about music, soul, funk, hip hop etc.. rappin’ it different nights of the week. If that’s not your thing, make sure you check out their website and perhaps you may be lucky enough to catch a live local act play at their venue.

Definitely a hole in the wall kinda place. A fun, cool, hip bar tucked away in secret in the back of a posh restaurant. What more could you want?

You might be so lucky that your planned Stockholm weekend coincides with our Midsummer holiday. What happens is that we gather up, friends and family celebrating the summer and most of all, the long days in opposite to our winters. We eat, we drink, we dance…

There is some musts for the celebrating in order to do it traditionally, here are some basics:

- Spend it in the archipelago

- Wear a garland of flowers

- Dress up sheer

- Eat our traditional smorgasbord along with as many as possible, age not a obstacle

- Have traditional schnapps

- Dance along around the maypole

- Other musts are our delicate strawberries

Get on a boat, hang in the archipelago for a few hours and take part of all this, just be sure to be out one time since the boats are gonna be extremely crowded!

I don’t know what happened but my favourite café isn’t my favourite anymore. I still come here and enjoy the furnishing and cosy atmosphere but the sandwiches aren’t like they once used to be.. It’s still cheap though and definitely worth going to, it hasn’t lost it charm.

The atmosphere is warm, relaxed and creative. It was really hip a couple of years ago but people keep coming. Downstairs you find more seats and if it’s nice weather they have a couple of attractive tables outside.

It’s been serving us cheap sandwiches since 1992. Every sandwich comes with a tasty little salad as well. Their Soya-latte is one of the best in town and their carrot cake is excellent. They have music and theatre performances downstairs every Wednesday and the art hanging on the walls is for sale.

Oh, if you like the chair you’re sitting on you can buy it as well, all furniture is for sale.