Neat and friendly, very watery, beautiful not only with sights, but also with people, Stockholm is gaining popularity at a furious pace today. Anna Delianidi invites you to go to the Swedish capital for a weekend.
A weekend in the Swedish capital attracts more and more people who have already managed to tan on the warm sea and now want new sensations, northern dishes and the opportunity to just walk around the city, which is like a sleeping stone giant lying in the middle of the water. Here the bridges cut through the space with rays and from all sides you can see the proud northern country, which has always known that the winters are long, so the products of the summer were treated with great respect. All the buildings in Stockholm — music. Slim and formal, with a touch of the breeze in her hair, the gleaming helmets of the Royal Guard, bicycles, and children at every turn.
In a peaceful neighborhood live in the capital, those who have chosen small cafes that serve only coffee and ice cream as their life’s work, and those who have decided that large restaurants with a mandatory reference to the Middle Ages correspond to Stockholm. Noisy Italians have opened a lot of cute cafes with basil on every table, the Spaniards by force of habit call their restaurants the word “Tapas”, the Turks traditionally sell kebabs, and the Danes build a menu on the freshest fish.
In a city where bridges are the essence of the street, and instead of a bus you often wait for a boat, fish dishes are the basis of the basics. No feast will begin without traditional herring snacks, which are not only salted, but also marinated in wine, and baked in the oven or on the grill. Sometimes you can try quite unusual dishes, in which meat steak is mixed with herring minced meat. Salmon gets into the soup, mackerel and herring are marinated, and shrimp is considered a side dish for fish dishes.
From meat, the Swedes, in addition to the well-known pork and beef, also eat venison. Roast moose, venison in pots and broth, dried venison as an appetizer for beer — for those who do not see their own dinner without meat, Stockholm has prepared a great program. Cold cuts, spicy sausages, rolls, meat meatballs and all sorts of sandwiches as snacks-the buffet is truly not easy.
Both meat and fish are mainly served with boiled vegetables as a side dish. Swedes love the combination of sweet berry jam with meat dishes, so lingonberry jam often serves as an addition to the side dish of the main dish.
You can’t leave Sweden without tasting the famous beer soup, even if you’re not a fan of this drink. You can also order oyster soup, and if your hunger is particularly strong, ask for a portion of bean soup with lard. However, after it you need to take a break, this soup is very satisfying.
There are no problems with desserts in Stockholm in principle. All kinds of the sweetest, most delicious and flavorful buns, waffles, sweets and cakes, plus cinnamon buns-we leave all diets for later, and in Stockholm we enjoy food as a process!
Scandinavia as such today is a trendsetter of gastronomic fashion. If you have time, be sure to pay attention to Gothenburg, the gastronomic capital of Sweden. It is there that the creative reinterpretation of the Swedish culinary traditions is best felt.
To prolong the pleasure of the trip, you can prepare the most popular Swedish dish at home — Köttbullar meatballs, they will appeal to both adults and children!