Cruising From Stockholm

One of America’s top travel journalists was in Stockholm recently.

We (Josefin Haraldsson of the Stockholm Visitors Board, left, and Ralph Grizzle, a contributor to this blog, right) took Rick Steves (center) to Vapiano, with two locations in Stockholm: in Gamla Stan and in Stureplan. We took Rick to the Gamla Stan location, which he enjoyed and said he would recommend to his readers and television viewers.

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Each year, the international restaurant trade magazine Restaurant lists the world’s top 50 restaurants. Among them are two Swedish restaurants, both in Stockholm: Oaxen Skärgårdskrog (ranking 32nd) in the Stockholm Archipelago and Mathias Dahlgren (ranking 50th), at the Grand Hotel.

Restaurang 1900's bar is popular with the "after work" crowd. The bar won a competition for its cocktails. Recommended: Honey, with three types of rum, fresh lemon juice and fresh grape juice. Delicious.

I had dinner last night — okay, it was actually only a beer and bar snacks — at Niklas Ekstedt’s fine Restaurang 1900. One of Sweden’s most popular chefs, Niklas was away for filming of his cooking show, but whoever had a hand on the skillet — or carving knife — did a great job substituting for Niklas last night.

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