I was in Copenhagen in 1986 (28 years ago!) and didn’t have the money to go to a smörgåsbord. It was one of my big regrets from that trip. Therefore I was looking for an opportunity as soon as we arrived in Stockholm and yesterday it presented itself.
We took a boat out to the Viking village of Birka and decided we were hungry enough to eat before exploring and had just over an hour before the English tour started. So we popped into the little restaurant by the boat dock and what did we see but smörgåsbord! Nobody wanted to turn that down.
For those of you who don’t know what smörgåsbord is it is a buffet style meal with a scandinavian twist typically breads, cheeses, salads, cold dishes (herring, salmon, quiche), hot dishes (pork, beef, chicken, sausages) and dessert.

Herring – 2 types

Potatoes of course

Whole shrimp (with eggs) and lightly smoked salmon (sushi more or less)

A selection of meats

Everything was delicious. The kids even ate herring although Michael didn’t realize it at first. The biggest problem was I wanted to go back for another round, but I was already full so wisdom prevailed.

My choices – well what was left when I remembered to take a picture