Must-see restaurants in Sweden

  • Café Kaka

    Popular Café Kaka is a funky, upbeat cafe and meeting place, serving sandwiches, wraps, and big, filling salads, with the occasional crooner or live DJ to…

  • Rost Mat & Kaffe

    Fresh, imaginative salads, dish-of-the-day lunches with a Mediterranean lean, some of the best coffee in town and scrumptious cakes await at this popular…

  • Wienerkonditoriet

    This homey cafe on the main drag serving hot coffee and home-baked cakes and pastries feels like an auntie’s living room, complete with family portraits…

  • Nya Hembageriet

    This tiny bakery in an old wooden building on a side street has a broad range of baked goodies, decadent pastries and hearty rustic breads to take away.

  • Arctic Lunch & Grill

    The only place to chow down in Karesuando, west of the tourist office and near the petrol station. Burgers or Asian-style fry-up: the choice is yours.

  • Helmers Konditori

    This popular bakery-cafe on the main pedestrian street draws a devoted local crowd with plenty of homemade bread, sandwiches and delicious pastries.

  • Tropikhuset

    Grab a slice of cake and park yourself under a palm tree inside the pyramid greenhouse, or enjoy the outdoor tables overlooking this gorgeous park.

  • Jolla Choklad & Dessert

    Head to this chocolate shop–cafe for exquisite homemade ice cream and chocolates (try the namesake Jolla with cognac, orange and lime).

  • Smyge Fiskrökeri

    Packs people like sardines into its tiny shop. The smokehouse’s salmon baguettes and crayfish cakes on brown bread are worth the crush.

  • Cafe Stadsparken

    This bright little cafe in the town park serves sandwiches, snacks, light lunches and makes a mean cup o' Joe.

  • Lilla Caféet

    You'll find decadent cakes and good coffee at this quaint cafe on Norra Storgatan.

  • ICA

    This is a conveniently central grocery store recommended for self-caterers.

  • Hemköp

    This supermarket is handy for self-caterers.

  • 7 Kryddor

    The (Mediterranean) Force is strong with this one: besides the well-conceived platters of meze, there's hummus, saksuka and grilled veg to tempt non…