a sneak peek at my new Stockholm guidebook

Alert readers (hi Karl!) may already know that I have a new guidebook out -- well, a few of them, actually, but the subject of today's post is Stockholm Pocket Precincts, a very cute and practical guide to Stockholm's neighborhoods.

Is it not adorable?

This is the first book I've written in a while that was mine from scratch, rather than an update of an existing work. So I used it as an excuse to talk about ALL the good stuff: 

• the little cafe in the back corner of the underground food market where I used to go eat fish stew with Mormor (and still go with Mom and Dad whenever possible); 

Yes, you do want the blob of aioli on top

• my favorite art museum, where I go to visit old friends I first met through my grandfather; 

Öyvind Fahlström is my friend

• all the good beer halls (obviously) but more importantly, the best pinball bar in town;
• the only place to get these incredible little almond-cardamom cake-bomb things in Gamla Stan;
• a veggie restaurant with the world's most addictive dark-brown bread (free! all you want);
• the stylishly cylindrical library;
• a handful of other museums I really like, including Ethnographic and Mediterranean;
• even shopping!

Plus: day trips to the archipelago (tiny red cabins!), the royal palace (by boat!) and Uppsala (for SCIENCE!), and all the usual travel tips (for example, how to pay for public toilets in a city that doesn't use cash -- although I'm still kinda figuring that one out tbh). 

You can get an idea of what the book is like in this Newsweek article, which is also the buried lede of this glob post.

And if you like that, check out the book at indie bookstores or online (or, if you're in Portland, talk me into hand-delivering a signed copy).

Actual Stockholm travel is recommended but not required for purchase. 

:)