RE: Stockholm data sheet 2014
Rudebwoy Stockholm Report - September 2014
Well it had been many years since I last ventured to my fave city on earth, it was a place where I got alot of love and a place that ticked all the right buttons for me. The city is the right size and just seems to have the right mix.
However, due to my laziness, ego, overconfidence and downright stupidity.
I committed 3 cardinal sins for this weekend trip. First off I was too lazy to set up a tinder account or any online dating site ahead of time to pipeline.
Secondly, I booked a hotel on hotwire last minute which was 15 minute walk from Stureplan, one of those secret hotel deals. Lastly, I bought a wingman who I knew I would have to carry and he would be a liability to me.
We landed in Stockholm on the friday morning and made our way to the hotel, right of the bat as the bus drove through the city you could see cuties walking about with little ease. Our hotel was near a university and as we waited for our room to get ready, we sat outside and watch the parade of slim, feminine and cute girls stroll by.
A few hours later after our nap, we headed down to the Stureplan and ended up at vau du ville restaurant for a incredible meal. This place was crazy, majority of the patrons were women and most of them were all decent looking, no fatties and no visible tattoo's on any of these chicks.
Now the downside about this place and the city in general is the cost, it is expensive, very expensive. Our meal was 800Kr, which is 80 pounds sterling and about $150 usd. I am not complaining because it had been a long time since I had such a great meal.
Friday night we headed to the bars, my go to spot I got denied with some BS about locals or members etc. I felt deflated and took it like a bad blow, I had lived at this spot on my previous visits and to be denied on some flimsy excuse sucked, although I have a feeling it wasnt me.
We headed up the street to a place I had seen advertised on thelocal.se site, a bar called Oxid.
The bouncer said something to me in swedish and i replied I am english, I had to show him I.D and then my friend showed him I.D. He replied by saying I am alright to come into the bar but my friend isn't cos he looks like he has been drinking. My friend put up a futile fight because there was no way he was getting in, the bouncer said again that I am alright to enter. I could see my buddy was pissed so i declined, although I was curious to see what was inside.
We ended up at Sturehof, which was playing some amazing funk music but the calibre of people was a notch below.
I walked back to the hotel fuming cos I felt the weekend was ruined and could not be saved.
One thing that was evident was the vibe had changed, the bouncers all wear uniforms now and there was a heavy police presence. The girls are there in droves but they only give you slight glances if they look at you at all. This wasnt the same Stockholm I remembered.
Saturday, we actually got into my go to spot but it had changed. There were cougars in the bar and they looked well past it and I wasnt about to go there. I did have a drink that was pretty cool called Toyko Black, I think it is a japanese version of guiness. Again two beers cost about 150kr, the carlsberg is disgusting.
We left this spot quickly as it was easy to tell it wasn't happening. We pretty much hung out on the street and at this point of time I was thinking of other options outside the Stureplan. The eye candy was crazy, streams of girls in two's or four's walking up and down. Again, if there is a better city in the world for top level chicks then someone has to tell me. I hear Kiev beats it, but I will get there one day just to compare.
My buddy pretty much lost his mind and I was beyond defeated. I was ready to leave on the sunday and catch our connecting flight home. He booked us into the Mornington Crescent hotel right in the heart of the action. For an extra 150kr we got a nice upgrade to executive suite which was pretty cool. This hotel I have stayed before and highly recommend, since it was sunday night we got it at the cheap price of $200 per night. Again I repeat the place is expensive and now it seems you need to spend more than a weekend to make things happen.
Sunday afternoon we had a great lunch at some outdoor place near the hotel, fresh fish and chips which rivalled the same dish I had in Iceland a few years back.
At night we head out to Cafe Opera, sort of a weird setup but they call it industry night. The crowd was a bit weak, I ended up talking to some somali chick who was attractive but a bit overweight for my tastes. Due to an early flight I left the place around 1.30 while my buddy entertained the girl, he arrived back to the room half hour later to tell me the girl was talking about me.
Conclusions:
Good - the girls are top shelf, blondes, brunettes and persians who are my favourite. They are sexy and they know it. They like to go out in packs and the men like to go out in packs as well. It does seem like a odd ritual but who am I to complain.
I hardly saw any visible tattoos on girls and I didn't see any ugly skrillex haircuts or feminist nonsense.
Bad - the place is very expensive, for someone coming from UK it might be less of a hit. For someone coming from North America it is a big hit, you will be bleeding money. I anxiously await my amex bill.
The men are stylish, I had a bit of a chuckle one night. As i walking I saw four men walking towards us wearing blazers, pocket squares and coloured trousers (red, orange).
Ugly - well that would be me haha only kidding. Travelling with a weak wingman can be disatrous.
For any man on this site or in general, this place is a right of passage. Sadly the vibe has changed, the heavy security at bars and police presence leads me to believe something major has gone down over the last few years or so. I went to take a leak in the park and I saw cops hanging out in the park, later on someone had told me about girls getting raped in the same park.
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(This post was last modified: 09-13-2014 10:45 AM by rudebwoy.)
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