Stockholm in Winter – shopping at Drottingatan and dinner in Sodermalm area ( @ Meatball for the People restaurant)

15 January 2017 

This was a relatively relaxing day where our plan was to go shop for some essential items for the boys’ apartment before their academic term starts.

One of Stockholm's most popular streets is Drottninggatan ("Queen Street"). This pedestrian street runs north to south for almost 2 kilo-meters. There are many shops and boutiques along this street. We started near the Hotorget T-bana station.

Bridge over Kungsgatan.

Adidas Flagship store with a large video screen.

 Sunday market at Hötorget (Haymarket), a city square in the center of Stockholm.

We made our way down the Drottninggatan shopping street, had lunch at Pizza Hut and ended up in Clas Ohlson. 



Clas Ohlson at Drottninggatan is a good place to shop for household essentials. There are sections for kitchenware, electrical appliances, gardens, laundry and even bicycle accessories.

We bought a clothes stand plus a few other items and carried it to the boy’s apartment.


We ended the day with dinner at the Meatball for the People restaurant in Sodermalm (we had made reservation on our first day).  We later found out that we can actually made reservations online. The restaurant was not very big, with a couple for large tables for groups in the center and smaller tables along the sides, plus some bar seats. Hence, reservations are recommended.

Once seated, we were offered some appetisers that looked like thin cardboards!



Sweden is famous for their meatballs and definitely a must-try when visiting Sweden. This restaurant specialises in meatballs and we were offered options of lamb or pork meatballs when ordering our main dish.

CLASSIC MEATBALLS for 179 SEK. With choice of meatballs served with the classic accompaniments; cream sauce, potato purée, lingon berries and pickled cucumber.  

DELUXE MEATBALLS for 195 SEK. With choice of meatballs, served with red wine sauce, potato purée, shiitake mushrooms, bacon, spinach and lingon berries.

 

SPAGHETTI for 179 SEK. With choice of meatballs served with their homemade tomato sauce and grated parmesan cheese. 

They even offer take-aways and there was a fridge where we could actually buy the  meatballs to cook our own meals back in our apartment.

Compared to our dinner on our first night in Stockholm, this was way much better! I would not mind coming here again on my next trip.