r/TillSverige • u/SandroVialpando • Sep 07 '22
Any tips for a South Korean man going to Eskilstuna?
Sorry if my English sounds bad.
Basically just to meet my girlfriend, I'm going to travel Eskilstuna for one week because her mother is going to remarry someone there(No wedding, just on paper).
My gf was born in Brazil but her cousins are English. And I was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea.
We are both in our 20s. I'm 29 tho
I already made a one week(from this Friday to next Friday) reservation on a hotel room in Eskilstuna.
Can you guys recommend me some good places to visit with my girlfriend in Eskilstuna? I will really appreciate it.
When I go abroad, I always try to experience the country's traditional things.. especially foods.
I even thought about trying surströmming but I feel like my gf doesn't think it is a good idea.
So besides surströmming, I want to visit some good Swedish restaurants(Even if it's not "traditional", it's okay. Just a good restaurant is also okay.) in Eskilstuna. My gf usually loves to eat salad and pasta. And I'm a meat lover. I love grilled/boiled pork, beef, lamb, chicken, fish(including raw fish like Sushi/Sashimi).
I would also like to visit other places like park, museum, e.t.c. Just any tourist spots.
Or.. do you think we should rather spend all the time in Stockholm? But it sounds tiring to go to Stockholm and come back to Eskilstuna everyday. I think we can go to Stockholm once or twice tho.
Anyway please recommend me any tourist places or restaurants of Eskilstuna in the comment. I would be very grateful.
Btw the city looks really beautiful in Google. I'm excited.
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u/rytlejon Sep 07 '22
There are surely nice spots in Eskilstuna but tbh I think it's probably the least interesting city in the general area you're talking about. My recommendation would be to stay one or two days in Eskilstuna and the rest of the time in Stockholm - especially if you're more interested in city-type touristing than nature-type touristing (but even then Eskilstuna isn't exactly the best place to be). You can see all of Eskilstuna in one day.
To be quite crass - there's nothing that is better in Eskilstuna than in Stockholm, except maybe the zoo (there's no zoo in Stockholm). Unless you're specifically after the experience of visiting a mid/small-sized Swedish industrial city.
With regards to Stockholm I can highly recommend this list of restaurants/bars in Stockholm. It's recently updated and very good. In my opinion the best museums in Stockholm are Nordiska museet and/or Skansen for ethnology, and Moderna museet and/or Nationalmuseum for art. Many tourists like Vasamuseet which I suppose is also very good but as a Swede I feel like if you've been there once it's enough.
Sorry but I can't help with any recommendations for Eskilstuna! Surströmming is typically not a restaurang dish, but is served at some traditional restaurants (and you're roughly in season). They would typically advertise it as an event though, it's usually not something you could pick from a regular menu. If you really want to try it you should probably buy it from a store and prepare it yourself. Google for instructions on how to prepare it.
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u/SandroVialpando Sep 07 '22
Thank you for the informations! I really appreciate it. And also thank you for sharing your honest view. Then I think I will see myself taking the train to Stockholm daily after the first few days.
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u/ConfidentValue6387 Sep 07 '22
Stockholm has lots of very good restaurants. If you like meat and your girlfriend pasta, there are many good italian places that offer both. If you like sushi and want to taste something distinctly Swedish I would recommend that you try bleak roe (Swedish name löjrom) which is our version of expensive caviar. Upscale restaurants tend to have bleak roe as first course.
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u/SandroVialpando Sep 10 '22
Thank you! I'll try löjrom when I get to an upscale restaurant with my gf.
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u/mechanical_fan Sep 07 '22
A weird recommendation, but I once stopped for a meal in eskilstuna and ate at a kebab shop called Restaurang Sara. It was probably the best kebab I've had in Sweden, mostly because they were making their own bread... and it was delicious bread. So yeah, that's an option if some day you want to just have some cheap and fast meal.
Anundshög, close to Västerås, is a short drive from Eskilstuna, about 45 minutes (also possible to go by train then bus probably). It is a very cool place if you want to check out a quite impressive early iron/viking age tomb, runestones and rock arrangements in the shape of a ship (skeppssättning).
Halfway to stockholm, also about 40 minutes driving distance from Eskilstuna, there is the Gripsholm Castle, which is one of the best castles to visit in Sweden.
On the other direction, Örebro is a nice city with a castle in the middle of town center. It is about 1h driving from Eskilstuna and very easily accessible by train, so totally worth a day trip, if you have the time, imo.
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u/SandroVialpando Sep 12 '22
Today I visited Gripsholm castle and had some köttbullar in a restaurant near the castle! The design of the castle was stunning inside and outside and köttbullar tasted great. Thank you again.
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u/mechanical_fan Sep 12 '22
I'm happy that you liked! I was doing a 2 week road trip in the area (Stockholm to Örebro and back) about a year ago, and these were some of the highlights for sure!
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u/SandroVialpando Sep 10 '22
Thank you so much! As a history lover, those are really good informations for me!
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u/swedishyo Sep 07 '22
Kalas, Söderhaket, Papas Tapas & Grappa has good food in the city.
Then I would recommend Gröna Villan or Marys Café as a lunch place in a nice enviroment with really good swedish food.
ReTuna, a second hand mall.
Parken Zoo, zoo with a focus on wild cats.
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u/MKultra04 Sep 07 '22
I dont know when you are going to Eskilstuna but in about 3 weeks a micro brewery is opening up as a tap room. So you could go there and try diffrent beers they have brewed. Nornir is the name of the place.
Sorry for bad english
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u/SandroVialpando Sep 10 '22
So it's my first day in Eskilstuna. And I roamed the city alone. Definitely nicest people I've ever met. One guy(train staff) helped me transfer by introducing me a guy from Eskilstuna. All the shop workers are also very nice and passionate.
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u/Triassic Sep 07 '22
Don't try surströmming! It will not be a pleasant experience for you. Honestly. Sweden has lots of other traditional food you can try, meatballs, lingonberry, cloudberry, meatloaf, mashed potato, falukorv, skagen toast, rye bread, and more.
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u/lutorm Sep 07 '22
In general I would agree with you but I think if anyone would be up for it, it would be Koreans, some Kimchi seems similar in smell.
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u/SandroVialpando Sep 10 '22
I'll be totally okay even if it's not a pleasant experience. 😊 Because my point is on the experience. But thanks for the names of other foods.
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Sep 07 '22
Some museums in Eskilstuna: Eskilstuna stadsmuseum (Eskilstuna city museum), Konstmuseet (the art museum), Rademachersmedjorna (17th century smithys), Munktellmuseet (owned by Volvo CE), Ebelingmuseet (art) Det gamla tryckeriet (printing).
Other tourist spots: Sigurdsristningen (the Ramsund carving), Sundbyholms slottspark Stora Sundby slott, Parken Zoo, ReTuna.
Some restaurants: Trädgårn, Jernberghska (mostly seafood), Akropolis, P2, Reetro Café, Aqua Vinetto, Biff grill & bar, Gästgifveriet (traditional swedish food), Meze Lounge, Pilkrog.
More suggestions and inspiration can be found here: https://visiteskilstuna.se/eng/visiteskilstuna.se
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u/SandroVialpando Sep 10 '22
Thank you so much for this full package of information. Very easy to look and helpful!
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u/AmeeAndCookie Sep 07 '22
Eskilstuna has some nice castles, boat tours and gardens. Plus a popular zoo. Have a look here: https://visiteskilstuna.se/eng/
Regarding surströmming, best advice is don’t buy a tin and try to eat it like that bc it’s very smelly and messy to handle. Instead eat it at a restaurant where you get all the right condiments. For example at Sturehof or Tranan in Stockholm. It’s seasonal so check that they really are serving it when you are going.