A day in Stockholm (Throwback)

Today I'm taking you back in time, to January, when me and my best friend spent a day in Stockholm. It was a cold day, but the sun lit our way for the entire time. If you'd like to see a little collage video that I did on my Youtube-channel about this trip, I will link it to the end of the post.

First stop: Old Town aka Gamla Stan

If you're ever planning to visit Stockholm, do not miss this! The Old Town is filled with small alleys, cute cafes and beautiful old buildings, which take your breath away. There is a certain feeling in this kind of place, something you can't quite explain. Calmness and coziness. Something you just need to experience yourself to fully understand.

We wandered and wandered on the little streets, bought postcards and took endless amount of pictures. What I love about Stockholm is that everything is near to each other. We never really planned where we were going, we just found everything by accident. That's what made it so exciting. A new, strange city, enough time and a love for adventure.

Next stop: Stockholm Center

Me, the ultimate Christmas lover, couldn't feel more happy about the still remaining holiday decorations which hanged right above the shopping boulevards. 

Yeah, this candy store actually exists. 

Can we just take a moment to appreciate and marvel the incredible architecture that lies within this city. I mean, I could have watched those buildings for the rest of the day.

Okay, so one of our biggest missions was to find the perfect coffee house, for enjoying a cup of hot cocoa. It was harder then we thought. And not because there wouldn't have been enough cafes in this city, because I assure you, there was. But I guess we were just really determined to find the perfect place with the perfect hot cocoa, that we got a little demanding. Eventually, we did find the perfect place with the perfect hot cocoa. This one.

I've always had a weird passion for whipped cream. So, when I go to cafes, I always expect to have the best whipped cream in town, or nothing. And this cafe served that first one.
If you ever travel to any big city, make sure to have a breathing break. Whether you're in a huge, pompous city like New York, or in a bit smaller one, like Stockholm, it's never a bad idea to just rest your feet and chill before you go on. Visiting this mall, called Galleri, was that break for us. And it was surely needed.

We spent the rest of the day shopping. Neither of us felt like going crazy with clothes or waste a lot of time in line to the register, so instead, we just enjoyed everything else and left the shopping to the minimal. Obviously we did visit some stores and do some good finds, but we realized from the beginning that spending money wasn't why we came here. So, after buying our souvenirs and something nice for ourselves too, we decided to end the day there.

Visiting this city was one of my best experiences from 2016 (so far) and I recommend it to all of y'all. Cities like this have loads to offer and you can get so much out of them even with a limited time. 

My favorite thing about Stockholm was the fact that you never knew what you would find behind each corner. Every street was a new experience, every building had a story to tell and even the people in this city, had warm and kind hearts. And what I loved the most, were the moments when we got lost. See, when you are lost, you never know what to find.

See my Stockholm video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdZEqhO5dXY

xoxo
Isabella 🌼