That's a nice cake, happy b-day!

What do you like to see when traveling? You say you want the less frequented places, but if you specify a little bit more I shure could help! I know alot about museums, art and I could tell you about my hometown (only 3-4 hours away from stockholm with alot of places to visit).

I usually spend time with the exchange students here (not watching starcraft though

), and our most common problem is that there is no typical swedish food around. When you've tried the standard meatballs and seen IKEA you've pretty much covered the basics. There are alot of traditional dishes but we seldom make them ourselves and even more seldom make them in restaurants, which usually only serve swedish variations of other countries food.

Feel free to PM if you have any specific questions!

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

June 30 2010 18:18 GMT

#25

dude ur gf is awesome!

Hittegods

Stockholm4641 Posts

June 30 2010 18:37 GMT

#26

The less frequested places in Sweden are less frquented for a reason, just stay in Stockholm

Guess Öland is kinda pretty in the summer though.

Mastermind

Canada7096 Posts

June 30 2010 18:43 GMT

#27

awesome girlfriend

Milkis

5003 Posts

June 30 2010 18:48 GMT

#28

omfg that's so amazing hahahahaha

imperator-xy

Germany1377 Posts

June 30 2010 18:55 GMT

#29

really nice gf

is that cake still alive?

iSiN

United States1075 Posts

June 30 2010 19:15 GMT

#30

If you're in sweden I require you to visit Julmust~
Also pretty ballin GF

Zoler

Sweden6339 Posts

June 30 2010 19:16 GMT

#31

You going to Sweden? I'd say Stockholm and Gothenburg is the coolest cities to visit, if you're going to Gothenburg let us know, quite a few SC gamers over here.

Julmust

Sweden4867 Posts

June 30 2010 19:18 GMT

#32

awesome cake, and as previously posted: what else are you interested in. if you're looking for hiking I'd really reccomen the far north parts of sweden. alot of hiking there and some really impressive views if you like nature.

Yttrasil

Sweden651 Posts

June 30 2010 19:34 GMT

#33

Marstrand is a must in my opinion brought many friends there and they love it there are also some other small summer cities on the west coast maybe someone knows them better. Also Gotland-Visby is supposedly amazing in the summer.

Rinrun

Canada3509 Posts

June 30 2010 19:57 GMT

#34

What is with this influx of awesome cakes... and girlfriends that make them - I must find one.

Happy belated birthday - lol.

(The detail on that cake is impeccable)

pettter

Sweden1032 Posts

June 30 2010 20:14 GMT

#35

On July 01 2010 03:37 Hittegods wrote:
The less frequested places in Sweden are less frquented for a reason, just stay in Stockholm

Guess Öland is kinda pretty in the summer though.

I am willing to bet that either a) you live in Stockholm, but didn't originally or b) used to live in Stockholm, but doesn't anymore.

Anyway, that cake is awesome, as is your girlfriend, by the sound of it.

I'm still working on getting mine to watch Hyung Joon becomes a Progamer, but I figure that once she actually sees the first episode, she'll get addicted to the awkward cuteness that is Shark.

Also, congrats!

As for places to visit in Sweden, well, there are a lot of places worth visiting for different reasons. Stockholm is a really beautiful city in many places, although Gothenburg is definitely the friendlier of the two. Both have extensive archipelagos worth seeing, though.

Proper hiking is, as others have noted, best done in the mountains in the north. Something which I would really recommend if you have the time is to travel to Sarek and do at least a few days of hiking to get into the actual national park. If you're there early enough you will probably be in time to see the midnight sun as well, which I hear really is something if you're not used to it (I am pretty used to at least very light nights, if not outright midnight sun, coming from the northern parts of Sweden myself).

Still, Sarek is pretty damn far north, and I would probably not go hiking on my own, nor without some proper planning, if I were you. If you want to go hiking in the mountains, but find Sarek a bit too out of place, well, just go to the mountains further south. Not quite as impressive, not above the polar circle, but still very beautiful.

Are there any other things in particular that interest you? History? Architecture? Religion? Museums? Partying? Sightseeing? Medieval reenactments/festivals?

Nal_rAwr

United States2611 Posts

June 30 2010 20:45 GMT

#36

reminds me of incontrol and his gf xD

538

Hungary3932 Posts

June 30 2010 20:51 GMT

#37

Looks awesome. She's a keeper

(Does she actually call you skronch too?)

mapthesoul

Trinidad/Tobago429 Posts

June 30 2010 21:19 GMT

#38

Stockholm has everything you would ever want imo. Citylife + nature.
Take the bus for 20 minutes from the city and it looks like this.

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It's not so good if you wanna hike though, you should go north for that.

sluggaslamoo

Australia4494 Posts

June 30 2010 23:17 GMT

#39

lucky bastard...

No_eL

Chile1438 Posts

July 01 2010 00:10 GMT

#40

wow, really amazing cake!! lucky to me she dont participated in the cake contest...

if you are in sweden u can contact coltrane, he is traveling in many places around stockholm and he is very nice.