Buzzing around Stockholm in springtime.
DJs working at the season opener party for El Taco Truck.
“What’s the best time of year to visit Stockholm?” It’s a question I get asked all the time. And I can easily say: now.
From the first of May until midsommar (June 21 this year), Stockholm buzzes.
Spring is finally arriving, of course. Just in the last two days, I’ve started to notice the cherry trees are beginning to bud. The grass is moving toward green. I even saw a dandelion the other day.
But in an even more spectacular way, the city comes back to life. People are out. The contrast is so strong: it’s literally like moving from all dark into all light. The buzz sneaks up gradually at first and you notice the changes, but then bam! It’s SPRING. In capital letters. With exclamation points, too.
On Friday night, I was invited to a pop-up restaurant – El Taco Truck sponsored an opening night bash for their food truck in Södermalm store Nitty Gritty. The place was packed with Stockholm cool by 6:30, aided no doubt by the combination of free tacos and El Sol beer. (Read more about El Taco Truck.)
James, Robert and I enjoyed the crowd. Then we moved on to a gallery opening and later to dinner with other friends. And everywhere we went, the streets, subways, cafes and bars were all jammed.
It’s the time of year when everything feels possible. When the evenings out go on from one thing to the next. Nothing could be finer.
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