The morning of the last full day in Stockholm was spent roaming the museums in Djurgården. Junibacken was nostalgic, Abba-museum told the story of the band without much polish and Vikingalivet was smaller than expected (but nonetheless packed with interesting objects). Lunch at the Viking-museum’s restaurant was very underwhelming, and considering the amount of walking done thus far, almost dangerously so.
On the backswing took a serious look at the Systembolaget in the NK-huset, and was once again disappointed. The glory days of shelves bursting with interesting imports are clearly gone – the selection was mainly domestic, with very occasional american entries. Nonetheless, the shelves were far from empty and bought a suitcase’s worth of interesting beer.
For dinner in Södermalm we’d picked a couple of interesting restaurants from the travel guides and magazines. However, last year’s disappointment repeated itself, as every shortlisted place was either on summer vacation or otherwise closed. After a medium-length ramble settled on Signora Vecchia, the very first Juventus-themed restaurant thus far. The food was good, but took a seriously long time arriving at the table, but the taste was worth the wait. Södermalm had a “shops open until very late”-evening, took advantage of it in Urban Deli (cheese and bread).
The way home went by Katarina Ölkafe, and there was no way to avoid dropping in. The selection was domestic and quite well established in the sour end of the spectrum. Tried out a pomegranate IPA whose taste was obliterated by Sorachi ace hopping and capped the trip with an unseasonal autumny stout.
FI: Systembolagetin valikoima kapenee (ja hajautuu myymälöiden välillä).
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