Celine Chiam
Mårten Trotzigs Gränd, the narrowest street in Stockholm
1. Visit Gamla Stan
Go for free Old Town Tour
Gamla Stan is a must-visit place in Stockholm for sure. It’s known as The Old Town but is only 30 years of age. Walk along the cobbled street to find old North German architectures and buildings with some statue left by the history. If you don’t already know, Stockholm is made up of 14 archipelago islands so Gamla Stan is within 5-10 minutes walk from the T-central station only.
2. Enjoy the famous fish soup – Kajas Fisk
This bowl of fish soup costs a hefty SGD20. Yes, you did not misread this. It really is SGD20.
3. FIKA at one of the oldest confectionary café
FIKA is the Swedish word for enjoying a cup of coffee at a café. Undoubtedly, there are many cafes around Stockholm but there’s only a few that stand out.
One cafe not to be missed is one of the oldest confectionery café in Gamla Stan – Sundbergs Konditori. The interior of the café is very well furbished in royal theme. They don’t have a huge variety of desserts but they are pretty decent. I had the lemon cheesecake and it was pretty light. My friend had a cinnamon bun that he claimed to be above average. I believe the desserts here in Stockholm are all good enough for a different taste.
If you want really awesome hot chocolate, then you must not miss this café – Chokladkoppen. At first I was a little hesitant to spend SGD8 on a cup of hot chocolate but the money was indeed well spent (anyway, such a price is really common in Sweden). This hot chocolate was a little lighter than the usual thick hot chocolate, but it definitely did not compromise on the chocolaty aroma and taste. The texture was also silky smooth, probably due to the drop of whipped cream on the drink.
4. Visit their metro station art
At first I wasn’t aware of this but some metro stations in Stockholm are actually designed with different themes! I didn’t have the time to visit all the designed stations of course, but I managed to drop by a few and see how stunning and quirky some designs could be.
5. Visit the museum island and Vasa Museum
Finally, I went to the Vasa Museet and I realised many museums are all located very near to each other. It may sound surprising to you, but the Vasa Museum is all about ONE sunken ship – The Vasa Ship. It can be quite costly because you’re only looking at one history item and you are paying a student price of 100SEK (SGD20).
That’s about it!
My life-size snowman. We were freezing when we build this.
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