Sweden (A) - general (Thu 22/03/13)

If you are tight for time take the express train over the bus. Its only about 20 mins.

Some stuff I got from a work colleague.


- Gamla Stan (Old Town), good for a walk, cafes and a few bars. Beware of the more touristy roads and find the little back streets. The royal castle is there too but I personally think it’s quite dull
- Catch a free ferry from Skeppsbrokajen (east side of gamla stan)/Slussen (the lock) to Djurgarden, nice view from the water. Djurgarden has the ‘Grona Lund’ amusement park and the ‘Vasa’ museum (http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/), which is well worth a visit I have been told
- Mosebacke/Sodra teatern, nice bar/restaurant/venue, often good live music and a great view from the 7th floor, which is a cocktail bar - http://whatsupsthlm.se/isthlm/sodra-teatern/200/
- Sturebadet/Centralbadet (http://www.sturebadet.se/sturebadet-...301-start-page or http://www.centralbadet.se/). Two grand old spas in the centre of town if the weather is rubbish
- Other good venues for live music that could be worth checking out are Tradgarden (http://whatsupsthlm.se/isthlm/tradgarden/203/) and Debaser (http://whatsupsthlm.se/isthlm/debaser-medis/66/) but not sure what they are like these days
- Sturecompagniet is the biggest club in town (on Stureplan) but personally I’d avoid it
- The Modern Museum is on a small Island close to Gamla Stan (annoyingly you have to double back on yourselves to get out there though) http://www.modernamuseet.se/
- Ostermalm is a pretty good area for walking around in town, especially if you are into Scandinavian design/furniture shops but I suspect there may not be much time for that
- Restaurant Tranan used to be a lovely little restaurant/bar straight up from Hard Rock Café in ‘Vasastan’. Could be pricy now though, http://www.tranan.se/

Same here. The whole ordering, paying for and delivery of the tickets went so smooth that I am in a state of shock.

Debaser - named after the Pixies song? That's good enough for me. Mrs Stuttgart and I chose that for our first dance at our wedding!

Good tune Stutts. I was thinking the same thing, is it named after the song, like Depeche Mode in Tallinn. I was also thinking the same thing sounds like a good place, on name alone.

I never knew you could dance Stutts.

There is a Debaser in Malmö too, I was thrown out of there once... Music there varies, one night it was 80s alternative which was good. Other times they play a lot of Swedish pop, like Robyn and that kind of rubbish.

I got an e-mail from the Stockholm police today reminding me that fans aren't allowed to bring teargas to the stadium. There go all my plans! :D

Aye, if it's typical Trap tactics we'll just bring our 'tears...

You're a gas man Ardee.....

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Originally Posted by paul_oshea

I never knew you could dance Stutts.

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I can pogo and mosh with the best of them.

Please NB!
http://www.facebook.com/RISSCW/posts/497027563687078

http://wikitravel.org/en/Stockholm

Spare Ryanair flight seat going direct to Sweden on Friday morning (not return) as due to business have to go via London. Not sure how much it costs to change a name on a Ryanair flight but happy to pass on to someone without charge. Might also have a couple of spare tickets (face value €50.00 each). Have my own but friend ordered me a couple as well (just in case).

Send me a private message if interested.

OwlsFan

Yard of Pace was looking for tickets.

And think costs €50 to change the name, maybe more...plus the passport details are different. Unless you can find someone with the same name...


In hindsight may be able to help?
Post up on here ASAP Fri am, how many, if any, tickets are spare and will suggest a meeting point in town, but bear in mind it's going to be fecking freezing...

Webcam at stadium which confirms the area around it is still a building site and ....well its cold :-)

http://www.webbkameror.se/byggkamero...aden_1_640.php

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...type=1&theater

http://yourlivingcity.com/lifestyle/.../#.UUj4Bjd4h0w

My mate told me that they cancelled their St. Patricks Day parade there last weekend and its suppose to be on this Saturday instead.

Correct, as some aged royal was being buried then.

St. Patrick's Day rescheduled

http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/hals...88381481237582