Day trip to Sweden
- rachelakemiko
- Feb 12
- 2 min read
After one week in CPH, I booked a train ticket to Malmö. It was an impulse buy but totally worth it. For a round trip by train, I paid $32.89. We left early in the morning and spent nine hours in Sweden. Once we arrived, to my surprise, it was like an abandoned town; no one was out this early. So, as a group, we walked around and did some sightseeing.
One of the perks of unplanned trips is that you follow your heart and go and explore. Truly the best way to do that is to walk around and let the town guide you. We walked around for an hour. Alyssa is literally the plug for food places. She picked out this small, cozy, dine-in cafe: Lilla Kafferosteriet. They had a variety of pastries. I got a Frukt Wienerbrod (Fruit-filled pastry) and a hot chai tea latte. I can't get over how delicious the pastries are here. For a pastry and a cup of chai, I paid $8.45.
Moving on, we made our way to the Disgusting Food Museum after breakfast. For students (with valid student documentation), I paid $16.06 for admission. I noticed that many European stores exhibit the Ikea store layout, where you go through a line or maze. This museum was as if you were standing in line, you go through several tables, each having a "disgusting" dish or a smelling jar. It wasn't surprising that most of the food on the tables was from the United States LOL. Spam made its way to Sweden as well as root beer. After almost an hour of looking at "disgusting food," we finally got to the exciting part. This part is included in the ticket but is also optional. It is more of a challenge. They present you with a bingo card at the beginning and when you finally get to this part, you have to eat all of the food and tick each off the list.
We started easy, we first indulged in some crickets. If you have eaten sunflower seeds, it tastes exactly like that. The aftertaste was dry; if you ever chewed on the pencil, it was like that. Anyway, there were a lot of different foods. My favorite was this salted caramel equivalent butter from Sweden. It was so good. It was light, buttery, and would go so well with ice cream. It is called Messmör. It's worth trying if you ever go to Sweden. The last challenge is a spicy one. I personally didn't make it but Noah (also from Hawai'i) and Henry (a friend from Taiwan) completed the challenge.
Finally, before deciding to return to the Central Station, we had to go and get our Swedish Candy fix. That is the only reason why I wanted to come to Sweden. We found this candy store called Sweet. They had a variety of different candies. I was mainly looking for BUBS and sour skulls. On our way back to the station, we saw this cute little winter land-themed park. There was an ice skating rink, swings, and heart-shaped structures all throughout the park.
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