My men and I are heading to Stockholm in June to visit family and the boys (22 & 19) have been wondering what there will be to see and do.

I had already started a list for myself from some recommendations from Facebook friends:

• A restaurant called Olssons Garlic and Shots.
  
• The Museum of Ethnography.

Plus one of my own must-sees, the Stockholm Public Library designed by Gunnar Asplund.

Yesterday, I tweeted a couple of questions at the curated account for Sweden.

Hi @sweden! My family is visiting Stockholm in June. What do you recommend for young adult males in the way of things to do and see?

— Janet Berkman (@jannie_b) May 6, 2014

Apart from the “strip-clubs” response that I got (I probably walked in to that one), here are some of the helpful suggestions (suggesters in brackets):

• The new Tele2 Arena – concert and soccer stadium (@Sweden / Emma) – also bowling alley inside.
• The BIke! exhibit coming to the Architecture-Design Centre (their other exhibits look good too.) (@ArkDesC)
• The Game On 2.0 exhibit at the Technical Museum (@zethian)
• Great views of the city from the restaurants and bars at the Södra Teatern, a theatre venue. (@IngridAmy) (ooh…just noticed they have a jazz brunch on Sundays!)
• An amusement park, Gröna Lund. (@roomie)
• The Skyview gondolas on the Globe Arena (@IngridAmy)
• “A picnic (with lots of beer, presumably) at Skinnarviksberget.” It’s the highest natural point in the city and has great views. (@Sofia_Alexandra)
• A science-fiction bookstore in the Old Town. (@milk0matic)

Then I posed a question mainly for myself:

My second question for @sweden and Swedes: suggest some good novels by Swedish authors/set in Sweden to read before and during visit.

— Janet Berkman (@jannie_b) May 6, 2014

Responses:

• Millennium Trilogy (3 eBook set) – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (I have copies but haven’t read them yet.) There is a Millenium walking tour that covers some of the sites in the novels.
• Crime fiction by Liza Marklund
• Crime fiction by Asa Larsson
• Life is Swede by Claire Duffy (recommended by the author, with a LOL!)
• The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg
• The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden and The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
  both by Jonas Jonasson
• John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Let the Right One In (vampires among us)

And then Trip Fiction piped up (@TripFiction) to tell me about their curated book site that helps you choose books by destination! How did I not know about this site before?

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