The best value cafes in Stockholm

Café culture is huge in Sweden. Many cafés will stay open until the early hours & the Swedes make Fika (coffee breaks) a regular part of their day. For Stockholm on a shoestring we have decided to focus on some of our favourite cafés – but you will find them everywhere – they offer a great alternative to expensive restaurants & encompass a large part of Swedish culture. Here are a few places that provide great value for money…as well as an excellent Fika experience!

Café Saturnus: To go or not to go?

Many Swedes love this place & it is definitely popular. Others think it is over-rated. Me? I’m undecided on this one – so you can make up your own mind…

It has to be said that there are lots of good things going for Café Saturnus:

There is plenty of

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Enjoy fika whilst Swedish history surrounds you @ Café Muren in Gamla Stan

We found this place quite by accident as it doesn’t look like anything special from the outside. Inside however, this roomy café exposes an original arch & stone wall, which combined with the brickwork gives the place a real sense of history & character.

But there are plenty of cafés …

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Fika for two for just 50kr @ Cosy Corner Café in Gamla Stan

2015 UPDATE: COSY CORNER CAFE IN GAMLA STAN HAS NOW CLOSED! :(

CLICK HERE FOR OTHER CAFES ON A SHOESTRING IN GAMLA STAN AND AROUND STOCKHOLM!

We stumbled upon this cosy cafe when ambling through Stockholm’s old town: Gamla Stan. It cost us just 50kr for a coffee & a …

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Everything is for sale @ Café String on Södermalm

We had heard about Café String from several blogs and the idea of lunch in a café where you can also buy everything from the chairs you are sitting on to the art deco on the walls really intrigued us.

And what did we think? A really nice idea! But …

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