I as a foreigner , Western one ,grew up liking Swedish girls for their beauty ,innocence , purity , because I grew up listening to ABBA they were big where I was from. I as a young innocent boy had a huge crush on Agnetha she was my angel , the only angel I ever saw but always dreamed to know of. Now some 40+ years later , seeing the development of Western women everywhere including in Sweden , I see how stupid I was thinking that. Swedish girls have gone down the path of most Western girls being influenced by the American girls , becoming lazy, entitled , shallow , materialistic , angry , aggresive, man hating feminist , just plain GD. As a guy it makes me sad that Swedish girls have gone down the shallow , Godless , US girls' path. There are no ABBA girls around anymore ,unfortunately ! Ni gör mig besviken svenska tjejer !
08:10 The "little square" is called "The Big Square" (Stortorget) and is one of Stockholms oldest squares. Most famous as the execution square for The Stockholm Bloodbath in 1520.
Fun fact: the metro stations that look like they are inside a cave are actually excavated into the bedrock - so it's a man made cave. Same in Helsinki, you can see the natural bedrock in some tunnels and stations underneath the city.
@@jattikuukunenTo be fair, not all underground traffic networks are excavated in bedrock. Some are dug in soil where there is no rock features to expose.
So, as a Swedish I think that we are so used to the clean town, that it is, probably we don’t appreciate it as much as we should. Shame on us. But l feel it’s less clean now as it was 10 years ago, that could be a reason why we won’t appreciate it. But as a town with all islands, the water between that are connected to the sea just outside Stockholm and all greenery makes it very nice. I moved to Stockholm area around 27 years ago and I enjoy it so much more than I used to live. I’m a small town girl, living 25 km north of Stockholm now, but love going the city for a fika!
Jacob & Jenny. I worked for the Stockholm Subway and with the various Artworks. Did you know that there are art in almost all the stations of the subway, making it the longest art gallery in the world :)
I'm from northern Sweden and actually saw other big cities like Bangkok and Warsaw before Stockholm.. but now Stockholm is probably my favorite in the summer because it's beautiful, quite close and big enough to spend a few days.
And Stockholm and Copenhagen in Danmark are't overwhelming in density like Bangkok or New York so you can acualy relax even if your in a major metropol.
Fun fact: Sweden has the most islands in the worls with around 260.000 islands. Only around 1000 of those are inhabited. Stockholm is built on 14 islands with over 50 bridges connecting them all
Ok, nice fact , um , so what , I'm sure the Nazi's appreciated that when they took over most of your country even though you pleaded neutrality by Gustav to avoid invasion. Your country Sweden were a bunch of pu!sies in front of the Germans !
Most of the houses in Gamla Stan were built in the 17th and 18th centuries, with parts from the 15th century. The oldest building is the Storkyrkan from 1306.
The oldest building in Stockholm is in fact that church (Storkyrkan) which was built in 1306. Other than that the oldest still existing house is about 20-30 years younger.
Haha, love Jenny's "American entusiasm"! Glad you liked our city. Stockholm really is great a nice summer day. Old town is very touristy and expensive, but hope you had time to see other areas too. All the best!
We got to see Kiruna as well as some other little towns as we were driving all around northern Sweden :) thank you so much for your kind words and comment!🇸🇪
The clown is the company GB Glass (GB Ice cream) mascot. Initially created in 1965 to market a single ice cream called Pajaspinne, the clown eventually became a symbol for the whole company. So it’s the opposite to scary, when you see the mascot you know you can get ice cream.
The clown is the logo for ice cream, so you see that guy, and there's a kiosk selling ice cream bars and cones!! They have that clown in many places all around Europe. It's a brand of ice cream products called GB Glace/GB Glass. 🍦🍨🍧
Great vid.I switched Stockholm for land locked Tennessee.Although Nashville is an amazing city,I truly miss Stockholm and the closeness to the water.10 more years til retirement and I'll be back ❤
The red colorful building at that "little square" is "Schantzska huset" and was built in 1650 :) They also found out about 10 years ago that some of the buildings they thought were built in the 1600s and 1700s were actually built in the 1400s as well. Not at that square though. It sure is "the old town"!
13:27 The mountain right on the screen on top of that one you have a place called Mariaberget and that is the one of best places to photograph Stockholm .
The architectural style on the eastern side of that park is in Scandinavia called national romantic, but it's essentially the same thing that is called Jugend style in most of Europe.
It is called Kings Garden because some hundreds of years ago it was a garden where they grew vegetables and herbs and all kind of edible stuff for the royal palace. Old Town is the original Stockholm where the city was founded. Don´t know exact age but it it close to 1000 years old. If you can find it I recommed you to try dill stewed potatoes with gravlax. Together with a shot of aquavit.
@@mattimatkalainen Did you like it there. I love Sigtuna Foundation (old monastery). They have news papers from the 1920 and forward. I was there last year and read papers around 1936-1937, all before the WWW II. So actual to today.
@@ispbrotherwolfSigtunastiftelsen is in fact Not an old monestry, but it sure looks like it. Been there several times and had to ask the personel there. Appearently it was inspired by old italian monestries.
Fun fact: The building you’re filming at 3:11 is where the concept of “Stockholm Syndrome” originated. In the 70s, the building housed a bank. Bank robbers entered and held hostages for almost a week, the hostages ended up siding with the criminals in order to survive, etc etc. It’s a whole, very interesting, thing.
Apologies but this is not correct. The two buildings on 3:11 are Jernkontoret (grey building - actually first office i started working at when moving here) and the main office of Swedish Church (red/beige in the middle). Stockholm Syndrome comes from robbery that took place 1 block away, in Norrmalmstorget.
If you want to go by subway, tram or bus most hotels sell day tickets, 24, 48 or 72 hours, or a week I think. Don't buy single tickets, costs too much.
Public transport is expensive if you buy single tickets. 24- or 72-hour tickets is recommended. The 30-day pass that most locals use are actually reasonably priced, despite the locals whining.
We usually just take plain coffee at work. If you want something sweet to it you need to go to a coffee shop/konditori/café. Some work places have a cake or cinnamon bun on Fridays... and if you are lucky someone will bake something at home, but that is not an everyday thing. Fika - with buns/cakes - is done at home when you have guests or at a café.
@ Depends on the work place. We have people baking on Fridays but other days there is a vending machine so you can get something sweet to every fika if you want.
You can also have fika at someone's home, or your own home. with friends, or family. Or alone. We also prefer fika for a first date here, than a dinner. It makes the mood lighter and less formal.
All Subway stations have an artist asigned to them when built with the instructions to make them unique enough so people don't get confused by which station is which even if they can't read the station sign.
Glad you liked it, next time you'll need to visit and spend midsummer with some swedes. Another think you'll need to experience is the summer in stockholm archipelago, its the best.
@@JacobandJennyTravel That ship is a really funny story. It's basically an example of hubris, that you should let the expert decide, not the guy with money, and of "how not to build a ship". And a story of great excavation and preservation...
Great video❣️ You seem like a lovely couple and I just started subscribing. I just really alove that you notice everything beautiful big and small. Stockholm really is a beauty. I hope you guys come back and visit other citys too 🇸🇪 Love from sweden 🌬💞
@JacobandJennyTravel Yes Kiruna seems wonderful! I have not been that high up in the country yet doh ☺️. I live in Norrköping (on the east coast a bit below Stockholm), but I have half the family up in Jämtland and I really love that culture, activities and nature (and the dialect🥰). Born and lived in Stockholm until school started when we moved to Norrköping where my other side of the family is from. And I have to mention that Norrköping is also fantastically beautiful. Also built on/around water but instead of still water, it is around a rapid that flows through the city, many bridges, lots of green and nice parks in the city, nice buildings, working class culture, and this city really has its history. I'm out taking photos day and night 🤩 Have a great weekend 🍂❄️✨️
I was listening more than I watched as I was cooking while playing this clip. But, it was a little funny to me that you assumed there would be some history in the old town, all while you were likely treading the cobblestone that is said to have literally run red with noble blood during the Stockholm bloodbath. Also, most of the Stockholm architecture is actually german if my history class could be trusted ^^ Just a bit of trivia for ya! Seems like you enjoyed the trip, so that's sweet ✌️😁
@JacobandJennyTravel I realize that "it's funny to me" may sound like I think you're dumb, in hindsight. But I really just meant that I found it funny that there is so much more history under your feet than I think you even suspected at the time. Sorry if this came across the wrong way 🫡 Also, on a field trip with my school, we had a historian walk us through it all, like the place was an outdoors museum. I hate that I wasn't more interested in history back then 😅 Sorry for another long one 😋
You most definately need to try Smörgåstårta (be vary though; there's many different kinds). If you're only trying one, there's only one correct suggestion and that's the one with shrimps, mayo etc. Most are good though. But I only wish you the absolute best experience 🙌
Also, about the food, the amount of good restaurants is too numerous to list but a Swedish classic first course is toast Skagen (if you like shrimps). A good fish restaurant is Sturehof (lite pricier maybe?). Another good restaurant is Gondolen with a stunning view since its in a glass bridge high up (close to Gamla Stan) but its even a little pricier.
Yeah, Swedish "ostkaka" isn't something you could get at a café, at least I've never seen it there, or know anyone who would have it with a cup of coffee, like ostkaka isn't fika to me. To me it's more like breakfast food, or dessert after a meal at home.
In Gamla stan you also have Stockholm's most narrow ally, look it up it's a fun little visit. I did laugh when you said that their is a famous museum about a boat... That "boat" is a massive royal ship because I think you are referring to Wasa. It's def worth a visit because it's a wow moment.
Fact about Stocholm subway is that 90 stations of 100 are made with art and it's worlds longest art gallery. Btw you have to do a trip for few days in Stockholm arcipelago and best time is in summer mid July to mid August
Hi guys. Thank you for the nice video about our Stockholm, an old expression about Stockholm is that it is called the "Venice of the North" because of all the waterways in the city. Now you know. Tack care Lasse🫶
Something you failed to mention or don't know is that you were in the Old Town and right by the Royal Palace. Gamla stan has more expensive fika than other places.
Another great video as always! :) And i've to say you were very lucky with the weather. I'm not sure if you remember me saying it when you were discussing the travel, that autumn isn't the best period to visit. However it worked out fine in your case. :)
What you realy need to try while in sweden is what we call "Smörgåstårta" or like you say sandwich-cake. Or swedish meatballs with potatoes, brown saus and lingonberries
I hope everyone thumbs this up. You most definately need to try Smörgåstårta (be vary though; there's many different kinds). If you're only trying one, there's only one correct suggestion, and that's the one with shrimps, mayo etc. Most are good though. But I only wish you the absolute best experience 🙌
Don’t want to be picky but it’s not the sea, it’s the fresh water lake Mälaren. It pours out into the sea by the castle and the locks and eventually through the archipelago into the Baltic sea. 😊
Might be a bit late posting this but taking a chance. Ony of the best if not the best restaurant with walk in is "soldaten svejk" (no reservations) and there prices is not bad either, they serve all kinds of food but try "plankstek" if you want to try a old swedish classic. The dish went out of fashion a while but it's making a comeback. Visit Djurgården area if you can, I think you will like it.
Is coffee break in the middle of the day not a thing in America? Isn't that when you're supposed to do it? It's not a break if you do it after work. And it's not advisable to drink caffeine in the evening. I'm somewhat confused.
@ 7:49 your at Stortorget, can literary be translated to either the the great square or large square and for an interesting if somewhat gruesome fact is the location where Stockholm Bloodbath took place in 1520 which was the culmen of political intrigue and hostility between Sweden and Denmark leading to Sweden leaving the Kalmar union which at that time had unified Scandinavia into one large unit. Ed: Was so focused on the historical part when answering but your quite right @altorsan. Stora could translate to great as well as large, my bad ;).
The Old Town aka Gamla Stan was very close to be teared down in the mid 1960ies (together with the rest of the central city). The plan was to turn it to a big parking lot/house from were people could simply walk to the city center. These plans were scrapped in the very last minute, which we now are very grateful for.
Your viewpoint was just a liiiiitle bit to low. You should have been on top of the hill on Södermalm just behind you. Sad you missed it, but still cool to see someone explore your own home town (of choice)! :-)
Ever heard the expression "Cities aren't loud, cars are loud", you'll notice that in alot of europe soon as the cars go the tranquility steps in unless it's giga crowded (Looking at you, Louvre)
The Old Town dates from the 13th century but most buildings are from the 1600s and 1700s. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl.
What you're eating there is American cheesecake which in no way resembles Swedish cheesecake. If you actually want to try Swedish cheesecake you'd need to go to a supermarket or a café that specifically advertises that they have the Swedish version. They are completely different. Of course this is filmed in the summer so you can't go back and fix it for your next video.
Yeah the Blue Line you used at the beginning is the last line, build deeper and using more raw rocks, sprayed with concrete in a lot of places. Were also built as bomb shelters..
@@JacobandJennyTravel You can see traces of it, where blast shields can be put up at the entrances to the platforms and sinks can be installed, with drainege holes, along the platforms.
“GB-gubben”, the company mascot. Initially created in 1965 to market a single ice cream called Pajaspinne, the clown eventually became a symbol for the whole company". So there is nothing to fear - he`s all plastic 😃
And I hope you are aware that the Vikings wasn’t a set group of people or a ethnicity, but it was a profession. Something you did, and not something you were. Dunno if you’re even a Swede or Scandinavian, but we have a saying in Norwegian: «å gå i viking…» which explains it. In the beginning they where tradesmen, but later evolved into piracy. Some would call them explorers. Norse is the correct term when talking about the people. And in Norway we had several Norse queens that was of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds: indigenous Sámi, Siberian and Mongolian, Ukrainian… slaves was one of the biggest exports during the Viking age, and they took many, especially Celts and Slavs. Hence the word «Slavs» meaning slave🤭😝😅
@@kilipaki87oritahiti yes I know about the Vikings. I thought my whole life I was half Swedish. my father said his parents were all Swede and spoke Swede but were born and raised in Kronoby Finland. I did a DNA test for fun. turns out I am half Finnish !! indeed my grandparents were Finnish blood. Guess they considered themselves Swedish. and the Vikings, well that's to support my Minnesota Vikings football team! SKOL
Stockholm was not bombed during WWII like many other European cities. But on the other hand, unfortunately, a lot of old buildings in the city were demolished during a period.
Great video of Stockholm, welcome! On that square in Gamla stan we had the "Blood bath" in 1520, when the danish king Christian I beheaded many of the nobility and others, but then we hade our new king Gustav Vasa 1521/1523, that exit the Kalmar union and we became a country of our own again since 1397..
It had the wrong dimensions and too many guns for that very thin design, it looks like it will tip over even now and it would as soon as a hard wind comes and it did in the past. A national embarrassment that they turned into a monetary success story by doing that cool museum.
@@karlbro7287 its a good lesson on what can happen when the king/boss/pressident/leader thinks he is the smartest, and dont listen to or fire the experts and proffesionals...
I like Stockholm alot. I even lived there two years as i were toddler. It is so easy to go over sea from Finland to Sweden. The trip with big ferries are nice too. At least at the summertime. Not so pleasant at winter. I used to make one or two week trips there as i had some relatives close by. The public transport is great and i used lot of the subway system "tunnelbana" going all around the city. Last time i visited Sweden last years october for my aunts funeral in Norrtälje that is not too far away from Stockholm. I still have six cousines and one uncle living all around Sweden. Nice to see places that i have seen so many times as i have wondered around the city. Even that i have visited there many times past 40 years i didn´t heard abut fika until travellers vlogs after 2020. Our coffee culture is slightly different in Finland and even that many people takes something sweet whit the coffee, most of the Finns takes just the coffee. I also like more Finnish coffee. The taste is smoother. I just hete that where i work now is only Swedish coffee (Löfberg) that is propably the most common or popular brand there. Sadly most of my relatives does not live close to Stockholm anymore so it would be more expensive to explore around the area. Maybe i could beg from youtuber "ThreeStarVagabond" if i could crash in his place some summer. He is a nice dude and makes lot of videos from Sweden.
@@JacobandJennyTravel Yea, you were very lucky with the good weather, same in finland. :) It's also why i initially said autumn isn't the best timeperiod to visit, but looks like it worked out just fine. :) Cheers!
@@JacobandJennyTravel We often get a warm spell in early October. I think you call it "indian summer"? Here it is known as "Brittsommar", after the first (and for very long only) Swedish saint, Birgitta, who is celebrated on 7th of October.
You say cheese cake is on your Swedish food list, which I am sure it is. But the cheese cake you are eating in this video is not a typical Swedish cheese cake at all, but the kind of cheese cake you can find almost anywhere in the world. A real Swedish ostkaka (cheese cake) is completely different. Sorry you missed out on it.
You would be shocked about the amount of people who at one point has woken up with that clown in their apartment after a night out with no idea how it got there :D
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Glad you enjoyed the city and had a positive experience. As a Stockholmer I find it important that tourists feel safe and welcomed. Welcome back!!!!
I as a foreigner , Western one ,grew up liking Swedish girls for their beauty ,innocence , purity , because I grew up listening to ABBA they were big where I was from.
I as a young innocent boy had a huge crush on Agnetha she was my angel , the only angel I ever saw but always dreamed to know of.
Now some 40+ years later , seeing the development of Western women everywhere including in Sweden , I see how stupid I was thinking that.
Swedish girls have gone down the path of most Western girls being influenced by the American girls , becoming lazy, entitled , shallow , materialistic , angry , aggresive, man
hating feminist , just plain GD.
As a guy it makes me sad that Swedish girls have gone down the shallow , Godless , US girls' path.
There are no ABBA girls around anymore ,unfortunately !
Ni gör mig besviken svenska tjejer !
We had a wonderful time!! Thank you so much friend :)
08:10 The "little square" is called "The Big Square" (Stortorget) and is one of Stockholms oldest squares. Most famous as the execution square for The Stockholm Bloodbath in 1520.
Wow! Thank you for that information :)
Fun fact: the metro stations that look like they are inside a cave are actually excavated into the bedrock - so it's a man made cave. Same in Helsinki, you can see the natural bedrock in some tunnels and stations underneath the city.
Wow so interesting!! Thank you for sharing :)
Yeah, I was like "what's so special about that?" The metro literally runs in a cave. Helsinki even has a station that's under the sea.
@@jattikuukunenTo be fair, not all underground traffic networks are excavated in bedrock. Some are dug in soil where there is no rock features to expose.
So, as a Swedish I think that we are so used to the clean town, that it is, probably we don’t appreciate it as much as we should. Shame on us. But l feel it’s less clean now as it was 10 years ago, that could be a reason why we won’t appreciate it. But as a town with all islands, the water between that are connected to the sea just outside Stockholm and all greenery makes it very nice. I moved to Stockholm area around 27 years ago and I enjoy it so much more than I used to live. I’m a small town girl, living 25 km north of Stockholm now, but love going the city for a fika!
@@ann-marielofberg1159"As a Swedish..."
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I am Swedish and live in Stockholm! Always fun to see tourists enjoy our country. Nice video! Thank you 🇸🇪
It is such an amazing place!! Thank you for watching 🇸🇪
@@JacobandJennyTravellike i said in the food video, you guys should have a guide.... 😊
It looks like an beautiful city. Im moving there from the USA in two weeks, thanks for this video. It just made me excited.😊😊😊😊
The winters are challenging, so be prepared mentally! However the spring and summer makes You forget about the winter in an instant! 😄
That is so exciting! I hope you have a great time!😊
Jacob & Jenny.
I worked for the Stockholm Subway and with the various Artworks.
Did you know that there are art in almost all the stations of the subway, making it the longest art gallery in the world :)
Wow that is so cool! Thank you for the information :)
I'm from northern Sweden and actually saw other big cities like Bangkok and Warsaw before Stockholm.. but now Stockholm is probably my favorite in the summer because it's beautiful, quite close and big enough to spend a few days.
And Stockholm and Copenhagen in Danmark are't overwhelming in density like Bangkok or New York so you can acualy relax even if your in a major metropol.
Yeah Stockholm and Bangkok are both amazing but for sure very different haha!! Thanks so much for your comment :)
Wonderful video on Stockholm. I have been there so many timeas and am tired of it, but it is refreshing to see your perspective.
Hahah we get that!! But glad you enjoyed seeing it from a different perspective as well :) cheers friend!
Fun fact: Sweden has the most islands in the worls with around 260.000 islands. Only around 1000 of those are inhabited.
Stockholm is built on 14 islands with over 50 bridges connecting them all
Ok, nice fact , um , so what , I'm sure the Nazi's appreciated that when they took over most of your country even though you pleaded neutrality by Gustav to avoid invasion.
Your country Sweden were a bunch of pu!sies in front of the Germans !
So incredible!! Thank you for watching :)
17 islands...😉
Most of the houses in Gamla Stan were built in the 17th and 18th centuries, with parts from the 15th century. The oldest building is the Storkyrkan from 1306.
Good to know! Thank you for watching :)
actually its older than that.... the first one was built in the 1200's..
Gorgeous place. That sky was so clear and blue. Thanks for the journey. I have to look at Stockholm on the map to see all of the islands. 😊💗
That is smart! There are so many islands. Thank you for watching Kathy ♥️
The oldest building in Stockholm is in fact that church (Storkyrkan) which was built in 1306. Other than that the oldest still existing house is about 20-30 years younger.
Wow that is amazing! Thanks for the information :)
What a lovely portrait of my hometown! Welcome back at any time!
It is such a wonderful place! Thank you for your comment :)
Haha, love Jenny's "American entusiasm"! Glad you liked our city. Stockholm really is great a nice summer day. Old town is very touristy and expensive, but hope you had time to see other areas too. All the best!
We got to see Kiruna as well as some other little towns as we were driving all around northern Sweden :) thank you so much for your kind words and comment!🇸🇪
The clown is the company GB Glass (GB Ice cream) mascot. Initially created in 1965 to market a single ice cream called Pajaspinne, the clown eventually became a symbol for the whole company. So it’s the opposite to scary, when you see the mascot you know you can get ice cream.
That is good to know!! 🍦
The clown is the logo for ice cream, so you see that guy, and there's a kiosk selling ice cream bars and cones!! They have that clown in many places all around Europe. It's a brand of ice cream products called GB Glace/GB Glass. 🍦🍨🍧
Good to know!! Thank you so much for the information 🍦
Such a beautiful city!! Hope you two are doing well!❤
It is beautiful!! Hope you are doing good as well ♥️
To hear people talk so good about the city where I'm born and raised makes me cry (good cry, not bad cry)
We are so happy to hear that! Thanks for watching :)
Great vid.I switched Stockholm for land locked Tennessee.Although Nashville is an amazing city,I truly miss Stockholm and the closeness to the water.10 more years til retirement and I'll be back ❤
Thank you so much for watching! I can definitely see why you miss Stockholm! :)
The red colorful building at that "little square" is "Schantzska huset" and was built in 1650 :)
They also found out about 10 years ago that some of the buildings they thought were built in the 1600s and 1700s were actually built in the 1400s as well. Not at that square though. It sure is "the old town"!
Wow that is amazing!! Thank you for sharing :)
13:27 The mountain right on the screen on top of that one you have a place called Mariaberget and that is the one of best places to photograph Stockholm .
Great to know! Thanks for the information :)
The architectural style on the eastern side of that park is in Scandinavia called national romantic, but it's essentially the same thing that is called Jugend style in most of Europe.
That is good to know!! Thank you for the information :)
It is called Kings Garden because some hundreds of years ago it was a garden where they grew vegetables and herbs and all kind of edible stuff for the royal palace. Old Town is the original Stockholm where the city was founded. Don´t know exact age but it it close to 1000 years old. If you can find it I recommed you to try dill stewed potatoes with gravlax. Together with a shot of aquavit.
Stockholm was founded 1252, Sigtuna (north-west of Stockholm) is the oldest town in Sweden, founded 980AD.
@@ispbrotherwolf Been to Sigtuna years ago. Did not know it´s that old.
@@mattimatkalainen Did you like it there. I love Sigtuna Foundation (old monastery). They have news papers from the 1920 and forward. I was there last year and read papers around 1936-1937, all before the WWW II. So actual to today.
Wow that is good to know. And we will look for that! Thanks so much for the recommendation :)
@@ispbrotherwolfSigtunastiftelsen is in fact Not an old monestry, but it sure looks like it. Been there several times and had to ask the personel there. Appearently it was inspired by old italian monestries.
Fun fact: The building you’re filming at 3:11 is where the concept of “Stockholm Syndrome” originated. In the 70s, the building housed a bank. Bank robbers entered and held hostages for almost a week, the hostages ended up siding with the criminals in order to survive, etc etc. It’s a whole, very interesting, thing.
Oh wow!! So interesting. Thanks for the information :)
Apologies but this is not correct. The two buildings on 3:11 are Jernkontoret (grey building - actually first office i started working at when moving here) and the main office of Swedish Church (red/beige in the middle). Stockholm Syndrome comes from robbery that took place 1 block away, in Norrmalmstorget.
If you want to go by subway, tram or bus most hotels sell day tickets, 24, 48 or 72 hours, or a week I think. Don't buy single tickets, costs too much.
Good to know! Thanks for the information :)
Public transport is expensive if you buy single tickets. 24- or 72-hour tickets is recommended.
The 30-day pass that most locals use are actually reasonably priced, despite the locals whining.
That makes sense!! Thanks for the information :)
10:21 No, you don’t need to go to a coffe shop to get a fika, it is done at every work place so people have a fika break at work. Every day!🥳❤️❤️❤️🇸🇪
We usually just take plain coffee at work. If you want something sweet to it you need to go to a coffee shop/konditori/café. Some work places have a cake or cinnamon bun on Fridays... and if you are lucky someone will bake something at home, but that is not an everyday thing. Fika - with buns/cakes - is done at home when you have guests or at a café.
@ Depends on the work place. We have people baking on Fridays but other days there is a vending machine so you can get something sweet to every fika if you want.
Good to know!! Thank you for your comments ♥️🇸🇪
@@JacobandJennyTravel those forenoon and afternoon coffee breaks at work are typically 15 minutes each... and paid. 😁
You can also have fika at someone's home, or your own home. with friends, or family. Or alone.
We also prefer fika for a first date here, than a dinner. It makes the mood lighter and less formal.
9:08 please tell me you enjoyed some fika at Café Kladdkakan! One of my favourite spots in Stockholm.
edit: yeah, you did! :D 12:25
It was soooo delicious! We loved it so much. Thanks for your comments :)
All Subway stations have an artist asigned to them when built with the instructions to make them unique enough so people don't get confused by which station is which even if they can't read the station sign.
11:52 Sweden is the second most coffee-drinking nation in the world after our neighbour Finland. I think it is 3,5 cups per person/day.
Hahah we love that!!!☕️
Hello old frens we meet again its great to see stockholm with you❣️🤗
It is great to have you back!! :)
Glad you liked it, next time you'll need to visit and spend midsummer with some swedes. Another think you'll need to experience is the summer in stockholm archipelago, its the best.
That sounds amazing!! Thanks for the recommendation :)
I'm Swedish but from the south of Sweden, but it's like most tourists say: Stockholm is the Venice of Scandinavia! And I agree.
That makes sense!! Thank you for your comment :)
Venice of the north* 😉
The museum with "like a boat" is definitely worth a visit.😁
Good to know!! Thank you for watching :)
@@JacobandJennyTravel That ship is a really funny story. It's basically an example of hubris, that you should let the expert decide, not the guy with money, and of "how not to build a ship".
And a story of great excavation and preservation...
The clown is just a symbol/mascot for the ice cream company!
Makes sense haha!! Thank you for watching :)
There is a horror novel where that specific clown has a central role though. So could definitely be classified as creepy.
"Glassbolaget"
But at night it become a killer clown...And....
@leifgunnarlindberg3879 😁
Great video❣️ You seem like a lovely couple and I just started subscribing.
I just really alove that you notice everything beautiful big and small. Stockholm really is a beauty. I hope you guys come back and visit other citys too 🇸🇪
Love from sweden 🌬💞
That is amazing, thank you so much for subscribing and your encouraging comment :) we enjoyed Kiruna as well🇸🇪♥️
@JacobandJennyTravel Yes Kiruna seems wonderful! I have not been that high up in the country yet doh ☺️.
I live in Norrköping (on the east coast a bit below Stockholm), but I have half the family up in Jämtland and I really love that culture, activities and nature (and the dialect🥰). Born and lived in Stockholm until school started when we moved to Norrköping where my other side of the family is from.
And I have to mention that Norrköping is also fantastically beautiful. Also built on/around water but instead of still water, it is around a rapid that flows through the city, many bridges, lots of green and nice parks in the city, nice buildings, working class culture, and this city really has its history. I'm out taking photos day and night 🤩
Have a great weekend 🍂❄️✨️
Glad you liked it! Welcome back any time :)
Thank you so much friend!! :)
I was listening more than I watched as I was cooking while playing this clip. But, it was a little funny to me that you assumed there would be some history in the old town, all while you were likely treading the cobblestone that is said to have literally run red with noble blood during the Stockholm bloodbath. Also, most of the Stockholm architecture is actually german if my history class could be trusted ^^
Just a bit of trivia for ya! Seems like you enjoyed the trip, so that's sweet ✌️😁
Haha thanks for the information :) we had a great time!
@JacobandJennyTravel I realize that "it's funny to me" may sound like I think you're dumb, in hindsight. But I really just meant that I found it funny that there is so much more history under your feet than I think you even suspected at the time. Sorry if this came across the wrong way 🫡
Also, on a field trip with my school, we had a historian walk us through it all, like the place was an outdoors museum. I hate that I wasn't more interested in history back then 😅
Sorry for another long one 😋
@@ainikih9532 No worries at all!! Thanks for sharing your story :)
You most definately need to try Smörgåstårta (be vary though; there's many different kinds). If you're only trying one, there's only one correct suggestion and that's the one with shrimps, mayo etc. Most are good though. But I only wish you the absolute best experience 🙌
That sounds delicious!! Thank you for the recommendation :)
Also, about the food, the amount of good restaurants is too numerous to list but a Swedish classic first course is toast Skagen (if you like shrimps). A good fish restaurant is Sturehof (lite pricier maybe?). Another good restaurant is Gondolen with a stunning view since its in a glass bridge high up (close to Gamla Stan) but its even a little pricier.
It is the wrong type of cheesecake. 😀 Swedish cheesecake is something completly different. I hope you get to try that to.
That is good to know!! Thank you for the information :)
Yeah, Swedish "ostkaka" isn't something you could get at a café, at least I've never seen it there, or know anyone who would have it with a cup of coffee, like ostkaka isn't fika to me. To me it's more like breakfast food, or dessert after a meal at home.
Also ostkaka (cheesecake) is just not one type of dessert here. The ostkaka in Småland differs quite a bit from the ostkaka in Hälsingland .
@@Asa...S här i Småland äter vi absolut ostkaka som fika, men jag har aldrig sett det på café. 😀
Sometimes I eat ostkaka if I'm too lazy to make dinner and don't feel like any type of fast food.
Happy you enjoyed your visit. You are most wellcome back!
We had a great time!! Thank you so much 🇸🇪
Go see the Town today, tomorrow + Thursday will be bad weather!!(cold+ snow is possible!).. Thanks for sharing !!
Wow!! ❄️ thank you for your comment!!
@@JacobandJennyTravelit’s a lot of snow in Stockholm today!
@@Milea91 not a lot, just some minor snow. But enough to make that white blanket for the ground. Watch out so you don't slip.
In Gamla stan you also have Stockholm's most narrow ally, look it up it's a fun little visit.
I did laugh when you said that their is a famous museum about a boat... That "boat" is a massive royal ship because I think you are referring to Wasa. It's def worth a visit because it's a wow moment.
That is good to know!! Thank you for the information :)
Fact about Stocholm subway is that 90 stations of 100 are made with art and it's worlds longest art gallery. Btw you have to do a trip for few days in Stockholm arcipelago and best time is in summer mid July to mid August
We for sure have to visit in the summer!! Thank you for watching :)
Hi guys. Thank you for the nice video about our Stockholm, an old expression about Stockholm is that it is called the "Venice of the North" because of all the waterways in the city. Now you know. Tack care Lasse🫶
Wow that is so cool! Good to know! Thanks for the information :)
Something you failed to mention or don't know is that you were in the Old Town and right by the Royal Palace. Gamla stan has more expensive fika than other places.
Legit a lot of tourist traps there.
That is good to know!! Thanks for the information :)
Another great video as always! :)
And i've to say you were very lucky with the weather. I'm not sure if you remember me saying it when you were discussing the travel, that autumn isn't the best period to visit. However it worked out fine in your case. :)
Yes we did remember!! We did get very lucky! Thank you for your encouraging comment friend :)
What you realy need to try while in sweden is what we call "Smörgåstårta" or like you say sandwich-cake. Or swedish meatballs with potatoes, brown saus and lingonberries
I hope everyone thumbs this up. You most definately need to try Smörgåstårta (be vary though; there's many different kinds). If you're only trying one, there's only one correct suggestion, and that's the one with shrimps, mayo etc. Most are good though. But I only wish you the absolute best experience 🙌
That sounds delicious!! Thank you for the recommendation :)
Glad you liked it. Bees are important. There are hives on some rooftops.
We agree 🐝 Thanks for watching :)
Nice summer video from my beloved home town 👍🏻🙋🏻🇸🇪
It is a great place!! 🇸🇪 Thank you for watching :)
13:28 It’s the the sea, the Baltic sea. A part of it called Mälaren.
Don’t want to be picky but it’s not the sea, it’s the fresh water lake Mälaren. It pours out into the sea by the castle and the locks and eventually through the archipelago into the Baltic sea. 😊
Good to know!! Thanks for the information :)
9,01,had to laugh,that s George Clooneys comment in Espresso commercial :-) ( Espresso ,what else)
Hahaha!! Thanks so much for your comments friend :)
When was this filmed?? Aah, the blooming roses of November??
It was filmed in October!! Thank you for watching :)
Might be a bit late posting this but taking a chance. Ony of the best if not the best restaurant with walk in is "soldaten svejk" (no reservations) and there prices is not bad either, they serve all kinds of food but try "plankstek" if you want to try a old swedish classic. The dish went out of fashion a while but it's making a comeback.
Visit Djurgården area if you can, I think you will like it.
We will have to visit it next time!! Thank you so much for the recommendation :)
2:51 It’s a symbol of a big icecream company, GB. They are put out as advotizing! Nothing scary.❤️❤️❤️🇸🇪
Makes sense!! Thanks for the information♥️
11:57 I've never in my life seen anyone tie their jacket like that. Amazing!
Hahaha!! Thank you for watching :)
Happy you found kladdkakan. One of the best
It was so amazing!! Thanks for your comment :)
Is coffee break in the middle of the day not a thing in America? Isn't that when you're supposed to do it? It's not a break if you do it after work. And it's not advisable to drink caffeine in the evening. I'm somewhat confused.
We typically don't go out to a cafe in the middle of the work day so it is kind of special :) thanks for watching!
@@JacobandJennyTravel Ahaa, I see. Not really the case here in Europe. :)
Glad you enjoyed our capital. 😁👍🇸🇪
It is wonderful!! Thank you for watching :)
@ 7:49 your at Stortorget, can literary be translated to either the the great square or large square and for an interesting if somewhat gruesome fact is the location where Stockholm Bloodbath took place in 1520 which was the culmen of political intrigue and hostility between Sweden and Denmark leading to Sweden leaving the Kalmar union which at that time had unified Scandinavia into one large unit.
Ed: Was so focused on the historical part when answering but your quite right @altorsan. Stora could translate to great as well as large, my bad ;).
i would suggest calling it "the great square" or "The great plaza" instead. Rolls of the tongue a bit better.
It used to be named "stora torghit", so...
Wow that is wild, thank you so much for the information :)
The Old Town aka Gamla Stan was very close to be teared down in the mid 1960ies (together with the rest of the central city). The plan was to turn it to a big parking lot/house from were people could simply walk to the city center. These plans were scrapped in the very last minute, which we now are very grateful for.
Thank you so much for the information :)
Great review of Stockholm
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :)
Your viewpoint was just a liiiiitle bit to low. You should have been on top of the hill on Södermalm just behind you. Sad you missed it, but still cool to see someone explore your own home town (of choice)! :-)
You are right!! It is a great city 🇸🇪 thanks for watching!
Ever heard the expression "Cities aren't loud, cars are loud", you'll notice that in alot of europe soon as the cars go the tranquility steps in unless it's giga crowded (Looking at you, Louvre)
Hahahah "looking at you, Louvre" 😂 that makes sense! Thanks for your comment :)
Should go on a boat tour and see the islands around Stockholm
The boat tours did look so fun!! Thank you for the advice :)
The Old Town dates from the 13th century but most buildings are from the 1600s and 1700s. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl.
Wow that is amazing!! Thank you for watching :)
What you're eating there is American cheesecake which in no way resembles Swedish cheesecake.
If you actually want to try Swedish cheesecake you'd need to go to a supermarket or a café that specifically advertises that they have the Swedish version.
They are completely different.
Of course this is filmed in the summer so you can't go back and fix it for your next video.
That is good to know! Thanks for the information :)
hi Jenny and Jacob you guys are amazing 😀😃
Thank you Sam!! So are you :)
Yeah the Blue Line you used at the beginning is the last line, build deeper and using more raw rocks, sprayed with concrete in a lot of places. Were also built as bomb shelters..
and art galleries...
Wow so interesting!! Thank you for the information :)
@@JacobandJennyTravel You can see traces of it, where blast shields can be put up at the entrances to the platforms and sinks can be installed, with drainege holes, along the platforms.
Läs gärna på om Stockholms blodbad. Väldigt intressant.
We will! Thank you for the recommendation :)
Stockholm is a very nice city, yep! I am actually not surprised that you were so fascinated :)
It is so beautiful!! Hope you're doing well friend :)
@JacobandJennyTravel I am well thanks. I came to Imatra for the weekend to see my mom and sister. They live here about 5min from each other.
4:10 You don't see everything though, far from it.
Large parts of Stockholm are pretty "inland".
That makes sense!! Thanks for your comment :)
Don't forget to visit the regal ship Wasa.
Thanks for the tip :)
Stortorget is a tiny square… yup!
Thanks for the information :)
@ it was more of a joke than info, since Stortorget translates into The large square. And it got called tiny in the video.
“GB-gubben”, the company mascot. Initially created in 1965 to market a single ice cream called Pajaspinne, the clown eventually became a symbol for the whole company".
So there is nothing to fear - he`s all plastic 😃
Hahaha all plastic!! Thank you for the information :)
Stockholm old town is aboit 800 year old.... give or take a few.
Get the transport pass for metro, buses, and trains. With that, transportation is quite reasonable. To pay per trip is a very unwise way to get about.
That makes sense!! Thanks for the information :)
That clown makes alot of people happy, if that clown is near than you know there's icecream. It's the GB Glass clown. Glass = Icecream.😉
Hahaha it's the ice cream clown! Love it. Thanks for your comments :)
I love that you call Stortorget "a very tiny square, like it's not a big square" when Stortorget literally means Big Square or Big Market. XD
Hahah oops!! Thanks for watching :)
You are such a nice charming couple. Great video.
That is so kind!! Thank you so much :)
lovely video. but I can't believe you were in Stockholm and didn't go to the ABBA Museum!!!!
Next time!! And thank you friend :)
As a Norwegian I went to Stockholm several times and never went there as I hate museums and Abba🤣🤣🤣
And I hope you are aware that the Vikings wasn’t a set group of people or a ethnicity, but it was a profession. Something you did, and not something you were. Dunno if you’re even a Swede or Scandinavian, but we have a saying in Norwegian: «å gå i viking…» which explains it. In the beginning they where tradesmen, but later evolved into piracy. Some would call them explorers. Norse is the correct term when talking about the people. And in Norway we had several Norse queens that was of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds: indigenous Sámi, Siberian and Mongolian, Ukrainian… slaves was one of the biggest exports during the Viking age, and they took many, especially Celts and Slavs. Hence the word «Slavs» meaning slave🤭😝😅
@@kilipaki87oritahiti yes I know about the Vikings. I thought my whole life I was half Swedish. my father said his parents were all Swede and spoke Swede but were born and raised in Kronoby Finland. I did a DNA test for fun. turns out I am half Finnish !! indeed my grandparents were Finnish blood. Guess they considered themselves Swedish. and the Vikings, well that's to support my Minnesota Vikings football team! SKOL
@@kilipaki87oritahiti and how can you not like ABBA! wow
Stockholm was not bombed during WWII like many other European cities. But on the other hand, unfortunately, a lot of old buildings in the city were demolished during a period.
That makes sense! Thank you for watching :)
Im happy you like my town🙏🏼
It is so beautiful!! Thank you for watching :)
So beautiful ❤❤❤ Amazing ❤❤❤ Again super video 📸😊❤❤❤
Thank you so much!! We truly appreciate it ♥️
The Nobel Prize ceremony is in the city hall in Stockholm so not in any concert hall
you are thinking of the banquet that takes place after the prize ceremony, the prize ceremony is at the Stockholm Concert Hall
The Nobel Prize ceremony is in the Concert Hall and the banquet in the City Hall.
Thank you for the information :)
I Highly recommand to buy some Pick N Mix Swedish candy!.
An dude from Sweden!
Sounds great!! Thanks for the recommendation :)
Great video of Stockholm, welcome! On that square in Gamla stan we had the "Blood bath" in 1520, when the danish king Christian I beheaded many of the nobility and others, but then we hade our new king Gustav Vasa 1521/1523, that exit the Kalmar union and we became a country of our own again since 1397..
Wow that is crazy. Thank you for the information!
It was the inspiration for the bloody wedding in Game of thrones. Killing the guests of the party.
Boat? It's a war ship - that sunk on maiden voyage. So not a great war ship, but sunk 1628.
It had the wrong dimensions and too many guns for that very thin design, it looks like it will tip over even now and it would as soon as a hard wind comes and it did in the past. A national embarrassment that they turned into a monetary success story by doing that cool museum.
@@karlbro7287 its a good lesson on what can happen when the king/boss/pressident/leader thinks he is the smartest, and dont listen to or fire the experts and proffesionals...
Thank you for the information :)
You missed the canon ball in the wall at Stortorget, oldtown. It got a good story about it.
Oh man! We will look it up. Thanks for watching :)
As a swede, you two are VERY loud xD
Not as loud as Americans can be. I think they are a very nice very respectful couple. First time watcher though.
@karlbro7287 thank you for your kind words :)
I like Stockholm alot. I even lived there two years as i were toddler. It is so easy to go over sea from Finland to Sweden. The trip with big ferries are nice too. At least at the summertime. Not so pleasant at winter. I used to make one or two week trips there as i had some relatives close by. The public transport is great and i used lot of the subway system "tunnelbana" going all around the city. Last time i visited Sweden last years october for my aunts funeral in Norrtälje that is not too far away from Stockholm. I still have six cousines and one uncle living all around Sweden.
Nice to see places that i have seen so many times as i have wondered around the city. Even that i have visited there many times past 40 years i didn´t heard abut fika until travellers vlogs after 2020. Our coffee culture is slightly different in Finland and even that many people takes something sweet whit the coffee, most of the Finns takes just the coffee. I also like more Finnish coffee. The taste is smoother. I just hete that where i work now is only Swedish coffee (Löfberg) that is propably the most common or popular brand there.
Sadly most of my relatives does not live close to Stockholm anymore so it would be more expensive to explore around the area. Maybe i could beg from youtuber "ThreeStarVagabond" if i could crash in his place some summer. He is a nice dude and makes lot of videos from Sweden.
That is so cool!! We definitely need to take the ferry sometime. Thanks so much for the recommendation :)
Instead of going on a water tour by boat rent two kayaks or a canoe and just paddle around the islands. It's a wonderful tour to make.
That sounds amazing! Thank you so much for the information :)
I love Sweden ❤
It is amazing ♥️ Thank you for watching :)
You guys are funny,you just posted a video from this summer..when it s november :-)
Hahaha it is actually from early October :) that is why we were so shocked it was so warm lol!!
@@JacobandJennyTravel Yea, you were very lucky with the good weather, same in finland. :) It's also why i initially said autumn isn't the best timeperiod to visit, but looks like it worked out just fine. :)
Cheers!
@@JacobandJennyTravel We often get a warm spell in early October. I think you call it "indian summer"? Here it is known as "Brittsommar", after the first (and for very long only) Swedish saint, Birgitta, who is celebrated on 7th of October.
It's snowing today! @@JacobandJennyTravel
267,000 islands in Sweden... Sweden has the most islands of all countries in the world. The Stockholm archipelago consists of 30,000 islands 😊
That is so amazing!! Thank you for watching :)
You say cheese cake is on your Swedish food list, which I am sure it is. But the cheese cake you are eating in this video is not a typical Swedish cheese cake at all, but the kind of cheese cake you can find almost anywhere in the world. A real Swedish ostkaka (cheese cake) is completely different. Sorry you missed out on it.
SVERIGE❣️🤗
You would be shocked about the amount of people who at one point has woken up with that clown in their apartment after a night out with no idea how it got there :D
Hahahaha I bet those are some great stories!! Thanks for watching :)
You can make as many trips as you want for 75 minutes for those $4, don't miss out!
Should have gotten the 24 hour pass for $17,5, 72 hour pass for $35 etc.
So good to know! Thank you for the information :)