Gamla Stan in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo by Janna Graber

Spectacular Stockholm

Published in Alaska Beyond Magazine
Reprinted in Go World Travel 

The morning air is still cool, but customers are already seated at Kafekoppen’s wooden outdoor tables. I can’t decide where to sit, so I stand at the doorway of the tiny café in Stockholm’s Old Town and watch as waitresses scurry in and out, their hands laden with pastries and huge cups of coffee.

Tantalizing aromas fill the room’s 13th Century interior, and the soft sounds of Swedish echo off the walls. The café is warm and cozy, but it is almost summer in Stockholm, so I head back outside to grab a table of my own.   

Although I pull my jacket close, the hearty customers outside ignore the chill. After long months of cold weather and short hours of sunlight, Swedes relish every minute of the light-filled summer months. 

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