Hello, I've been posting these past few weeks about a recent trip I took to visit Stockholm and Uppsala. If you'd like to keep up with these posts, please follow my page on Facebook. It will make my day!
The biggest cost in Sweden is going out to eat. A meal in Stockholm during the evening can cost ~200 SEK (almost 30 $) without even ordering drinks. Alcohol is heavily taxed, costing ~70 SEK for a beer, almost $10. Small beer (or weak beer) as they call it is not taxed as heavily since it has ~2.1 % alcohol, so this is a good option:
And the other option, potatoes and chicken with tomato sauce:
One nice thing about Sweden is that it's a very diverse place, so you can get any type of food you would like-- here's a Chinese place in inner Stockholm:
A cheaper option for food is one of the many hotdog stands throughout Sweden, known as korv. Also 7 elevens are everywhere too!
Grocery stores are a good idea if you're a super budget traveler. A friend and myself were in Norway traveling when I was younger, and we lived off of cheese and reindeer sausage for a week! Of course you may be tempted to get some of the abundant, tasty seafood, if you're not careful!
Still, ~15 $ /lbs isn't that great of a price for prawns:
But they have a lot of great seafood:
If you want to drink, it may be a good idea to go to one of the government-run liquor stores, the Systembolaget.
These stores have a good selection of beer, wine and hard alcohol from around the world:
Actually the prices aren't so insane either:
The inexpensive wine runs ~70 SEK (~10 $), and seems to be decent quality:
If you want to go to a bar, the prices are generally ~ 70 SEK per drink, so do your budget drinking at home. There's a cool place we went to in the Sodermalm (south), called the Skybar. Sorry for crappy photo; it was dark:
Well, I hope you enjoy your great Swedish treats! Here's one of our favourite that we make at home now, Salmon stew!!
Sweden is an excellent place to visit. People are friendly, it's safe, there are very few other tourists and it's got an amazing history, untouched by the world wars that destroyed most of Europe. That said it is a bit expensive, so it helps to think about ways to save money.
Another good deal for going out to eat, is the lunch menus, which much cheaper than dinner meals. For roughly ~70 SEK you can get a full meal with coffee, bread, a salad bar and a choice of a few generally tasty options. Here's one where we had pancakes and bacon (one of the options):
A cheaper option for food is one of the many hotdog stands throughout Sweden, known as korv. Also 7 elevens are everywhere too!
Grocery stores are a good idea if you're a super budget traveler. A friend and myself were in Norway traveling when I was younger, and we lived off of cheese and reindeer sausage for a week! Of course you may be tempted to get some of the abundant, tasty seafood, if you're not careful!
These stores have a good selection of beer, wine and hard alcohol from around the world:
Just be careful about drinking too much-- here Loki has gotten drunk, turned into a mare, and put a lampshade on his head:
I hope you enjoyed! If you did, and would like to keep up with these posts, please follow my page on Facebook. It will make my day!
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