The interior courtyard gardens at Tessin Palace.
Last night was one of those nights where when we walked into a bar, the band stopped playing. We seemed to be just missing all the fun.
With a group of eight friends, we went to Kulturnatt or culture night. All sorts of galleries, palaces, theaters and bars stayed open late and you could listen to live music, see art, dance and movies, hear poetry and much more. It was the first time Stockholm has done a night like this and I was keen to check out the ambitious lineup.
I should have known that it was all too much to cram into one night. Our first stop was Tessin Palace on Gamla Stan. The palace is rarely open to the public and we were excited to check it out. But you had to have separate tickets for the palace itself, which we just missed out on. So we got to look at the gardens instead. Which were gorgeous at least. When we went to the Mint next door to hear music, it was not open yet. And at Kungsträgården, there was no live music to be found. We spent our evening walking from venue to venue, but never quite getting to see what we wanted. It became comical after a while.
Robert and Tracy enjoying the sun on the way into Kulturhuset.
It was a good thing the evening was warmer and we were all in a fun mood. Because we did have a good time in spite of it all. And while we got to see an interesting photo exhibition, when we walked into a place where live music was being performed, the band stopped as we walked in, after having apparently played for 2.5 hours. At that point, we noticed everyone in the room was playing Monopoly and Scrabble. So it was obviously not the liveliest of spots anyway. Robert and I ended the night with Tracy at Fasching – a legendary jazz club – listening to classic soul music and dancing until 3 am. Now that was fun.
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Too funny. I loved the postal museum – who knew they had some of the best beer selection in all of Sweden.
Kathleen: It was truly a funny thing, wasn’t it? Drinking at the Post Office. Go figure.
My kids and a group of their friends also went to culture night – they were really looking forward to climbing the tower at Stadshuset – only to have the guard place the “closed” sign right in front of their faces! Sorry to hear about the apartment…
Sharon: Oh, so they had the same experience of just missing out as we did! Very sad.
And thanks for the apartment sympathy. This place has been amazing to have had for a while, at least.
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