🐪 Weekly Briefing
A thousand sausage dogs attempt a 1.5km suicide mission down Strandvägen, 200 tattoo artists on standby for 72 hours, our favorite unhinged convenience stores, and three illegal raves you're not supposed to know about.
👉 Upcoming Events
Den stora Taxparaden
A thousand sausage dogs waddling down Strandvägen. A 1.5km trek - will those stubby legs make it, or give out halfway?
📅 Date: 30 Aug: 12:00
📍 Location: Strandvägen
Stockholm Ink Bash
Get inked on the spot by one of 200 award-winning artists, or wuss out and gawk at the tattoo-related goods and merch.
📅 Date: 28 Aug - 30 Aug
📍 Location: Münchenbryggeriet
🛒 Sorry 'Amos Livs,' We Found Your Replacement
Unhinged Convenience Stores
🐉 Kina Li - Södermalm: Rummage through Stockholm's largest Asian grocery. Where ornaments, frozen goods and pig ears sit a little too close together for comfort
🐷 PolFood - Vasastan: Is Polish food good? I doubted it too, until I queued behind a Polish construction worker in this butcher-shop/deli and tried the kabanos he swore by.
💃 Supermercado - Södermalm: Your go-to Spanish grocer for tapas nights. Walked in for one jar of olives, left with a full charcuterie board — a well-documented phenomenon at this supermarket (not exactly unhinged, but certainly unique).
Beyond the city tolls…
🍉 Matköp Sundbyberg - Sundbyberg: Fruit, veg, herbs - that's it. The inside still looks half-built, and rows of crates stacked outside make you wonder why they didn't invest in a bigger store.
🕌 Kistagrossen - Kista: A dirt cheap Middle Eastern megastore with a meat counter so cheap you start questioning the animal's upbringing.
🥒 Smak Delikatesser - Skarpnäck: An Eastern European grocer with a queue consisting of Yugoslavians buying unfamiliar snacks. 60+ types of sausage, smoked fish and other goodies that taste better than they sound.
🚨 Heads Up: Upcoming (Illegal) Raves
Rave Now, Adult Later
Hidden Forest 2 | 5 September:
Hidden Forest returns for its second edition. A true illegal forest rave - approved registrations only, secret location, 22:00 - 06:00. Buy ticketsSlutstation Open-Air | 12 September:
Deep house outdoors, with custom scenography, lighting and serious production value. Secret location, 22:00 - 05:00. Buy ticketsBoris Brejcha at the Terminal x Technostate | 3 October:
Techno icon Boris Brejcha in a warehouse venue. Minimal/melodic techno, maximum lasers, questionable life choices - and a fully legit concert, at that. Doors open 15:00, Boris at 19:00, then… afterparty. Buy tickets
🎯 The Spot
Slakthuset: Pretend You're in Berlin for a Night
Why Go? Too chicken for an illegal rave? Slakthuset offers electronic music across three gritty floors, including a great outdoor and rooftop area.
The Vibe: Industrial decay aesthetics, alternative crowd and enough grime to feel thrilling without actually being dangerous. Exits are clearly marked, and everyone's fine.
Good to Know… Check the lineup before you go. This place shapeshifts depending on who's playing.
Weekend Game Plan
Friday: Get a tattoo off the wall at Stockholm Ink Bash, then let the weekend begin. If you’re not happy with it, head to Slakthuset to ease the regret with alcohol.
Saturday: Grab a bottle of Spanish wine at Systembolaget and swing by Supermercado for charcuterie supplies, before inviting the friends over. The main topic of conversation: which rave you’re hitting in September.
Sunday: Grab a coffee and watch the Dachshund Parade on Strandvägen. Then pretend you’re becoming a responsible adult and do a grocery run at Kistagrossen, stocking up on cheap groceries for the week ahead.
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Till next time,
Toppholm
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