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The 70 Best Places to Drink in Sweden

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The best places to drink in Sweden, according to the experts: The 50, the White Guide, and Eater have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Tjoget comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Stockholm and Gothenburg.

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Röda Huset and Folii hold the next two places. The White Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Difford's Guide next.

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  1. Rank 1. Tjoget

    Cocktail Bar

    Checkered floors, exposed pipes, and white walls give Tjoget the look of a place that decided against trying too hard and never looked back. It's a cocktail bar with a wine bodega and beer café folded in, all spread across enough zones that you can usually find a corner. The bar holds a spot on the World's 50 Best Bars list, and the team bartends like they know it, which is mostly a compliment.


  2. Rank 2. Röda Huset

    Nordic Cocktail Bar

    Röda Huset, or The Red House, is a Nordic cocktail bar spread across three floors of a genuinely red building in central Stockholm. The drinks are built around Swedish produce, elderberries, local plums, cold-pressed carrots, and foraged herbs, with the menu laid out as a map of where everything came from. It holds a spot on the World's 50 Best Bars, and the whole operation has the quiet confidence of somewhere that doesn't need to explain itself.


    Address
    Malmskillnadsgatan 9, 111 47 Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–1 AM, 4 PM–1 AM

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  3. Rank 3. Folii

    Wine Bar


    Address
    Erstagatan 21, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  4. Address
    Götabergsgatan 28, Göteborg, Gothenburg · Göteborg
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  5. Address
    Karlbergsvägen 14, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  6. Address
    Hornsgatan 82, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 AM

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  7. Rank 5. Julie

    Natural Wine Bar


    Address
    Tegelegårdsgatan 9, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–10 PM

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  8. Address
    Hökens gata 1A, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–1 AM

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  9. Address
    Magasinsgatan 3, Göteborg, Gothenburg, Sweden · Göteborg
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Friday Noon–4 PM, 4 PM–Midnight

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  10. Address
    Brunkebergstorg 2-4, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  11. Address
    Brahegatan 4, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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  12. Address
    Tegnergatan 4, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
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    Closed now, opens 2 PM

    Friday 2 PM–Midnight

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  13. Address
    Åsögatan 171, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  14. Rank 19. 20hundra5

    Cocktail Bar


    Address
    Sankt Eriksgatan 102, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
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    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  15. Address
    Tomtebogatan 22, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
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    Closed now, opens 2 PM

    Friday 2 PM–Midnight

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  16. Address
    Sankt eriksplan 5, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–12:30 AM

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  17. Address
    Nybrogatan 48, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–Midnight

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  18. Address
    Rosenlundsgatan 4, Göteborg, Gothenburg, Sweden · Göteborg
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 AM

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  19. Rank 19. Barski

    Japanese



  20. Rank 19. Care/of

    Cocktail Bar


    Address
    Fiskehamnsgatan 11, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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  21. Address
    Swedenborgsgatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  22. Rank 19. El Duderino

    Cocktail Bar






  23. Address
    Västergatan 6c, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–Midnight

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  24. Address
    Bergsgatan 33, Malmö, Sweden · Malmö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–3 AM

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  25. Address
    Kyrkogatan 17, Skåne, Lund, Sweden · Lund
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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  26. Address
    Kungsgatan 30, Södermanland, Nyköping, Sweden · Nyköping
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  27. Rank 19. PM Bar

    Wine Bar



  28. Address
    St Eriksplan 3, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–11:59 PM

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  29. Address
    Nybrogatan 3, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 AM

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  30. Rank 19. Var Fru

    Cocktail Bar





  31. Address
    Kungsgatan 1, Skåne, Helsingborg, Sweden · Helsingborg
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  32. Rank 46. Basque

    Basque


    Address
    Magasinsgatan 3, Göteborg, Gothenburg, Sweden · Göteborg
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–1 AM

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    Website

  33. Address
    Helsingörskajen 2, Skåne, Helsingborg, Sweden · Helsingborg
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    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  34. Address
    Fleminggatan 62, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–11 PM

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  35. Address
    Kyrkogatan 5, Skåne, Lund, Sweden · Lund
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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  36. Address
    Gävlegatan 18, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 9 AM–Midnight

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  37. Rank 46. The Bar på The Barn

    Crazy Midwestern


    Address
    Kyrkogatan 11, Göteborg, Gothenburg, Sweden · Göteborg
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  38. Rank 46. Verovin

    Wine Bar


    Address
    Norra Kungsgatan 11, Gästrikland, Gävle, Sweden · Gävle
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  39. Rank 46. Vina

    Wine Bar



  40. Address
    Strandgatan 20, Gotland, Visby, Sweden · Visby
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

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  41. Rank 60. Bar Afterglow

    Cocktail Bar

    The sign in the window says "Cancel your plans," which turns out to be less a warning than a preview. This compact cocktail bar in Södermalm's quieter eastern end is the kind of place where good intentions dissolve around the second round. The bartender's Tomato Coffee, a smoky, somehow-balanced thing that sounds like a mistake, has become a calling card. Carbonated, clarified riffs on classics round out a list that rewards the curious.

    The awards


  42. Rank 60. Ciccio's

    Italian Cocktail Bar

    The bar runs the length of the room, and the dining room noise behind it is part of the deal. Tucked inside an Italian restaurant on Östermalm and nodding to New York's Little Italy, this aperitivo bar lines the walls with old black-and-white photographs and fills the stools with people who came in for one drink and stayed for three. The bartenders dress the part and pour accordingly.

    The awards


  43. Rank 60. Gaji

    Korean Cocktail Bar

    Bare pine, grey banquettes, and thin crystal glassware are about all Gaji offers by way of decoration, which leaves the cocktails nowhere to hide. It's a Korean-Swedish cocktail bar, a combination that sounds like a creative writing prompt but makes a certain sense in Malmö, one of Europe's more genuinely mixed cities. The bar is a sibling to the Namu restaurant next door, and the same cross-cultural logic runs through both.

    The awards


    Address
    Engelbrektsgatan 2, Malmö, 211 33, Sweden · Malmö
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 4 PM–Midnight

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  44. You walk through what appears to be a flower shop, find the basement door, and descend into a purple-lit cocktail bar that takes its botanical theme more seriously than most. The menu runs to nine drinks, each one built around naturalistic technique without making a fuss about it. A Difford's Guide five-star rating and a White Guide Exceptional Level nod confirm the crowd already knows the way down.


    Address
    Birger Jarlsgatan 20, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 5 PM–1 AM

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  45. Rank 63. Pharmarium

    Cocktail Bar


    Address
    Stortorget 7, Stockholm, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Friday 3 PM–1 AM

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  46. Rank 65. Cadierbaren

    Cocktail Bar


  47. Rank 65. Le Hibou at Bank

    Cocktail Bar

    Floor-to-ceiling windows open onto a rooftop terrace on both sides, which makes Le Hibou feel less like a hotel bar and more like a very well-appointed penthouse you've somehow talked your way into. White marble bar, low leather sofas, chrome ceiling, the whole aesthetic. It has its own street entrance, mercifully separate from the hotel below. Capacity is tight, so on weekends the early arrivals win.


  48. Mahogany panelling and wall-to-wall carpet nod to the bank director's office that once occupied this building, which tells you everything about the mood at this intimate cocktail bar tucked off the Bank Hotel lobby. The room is small enough that the bartenders clock your preferences after a round or two and start steering accordingly. The signature list leans classic, with Old Fashioned riffs doing the heavy lifting.


  49. Rank 65. Tweed

    Cocktail Bar

    Tartan, not tweed, lines the walls and bar front here, a detail that sets the tone for the rest of the room. Tucked inside the Victory Hotel, this cocktail bar leans into a cosy, old-school gentlemen's club feel, with nautical odds and ends, model ships, and figureheads filling the cases and corners. The drinks follow the theme, folding in smoked sea salt and sea-foward flourishes. The kind of place where you settle in rather than pass through.


  50. Rank 69. Black Milk Gastro Bar

    Creative Cocktail Bar

    Moody lighting and a pumping soundtrack set the tone at this intimate gastro bar on Engelbrektsgatan, where the cocktail bar gets as much attention as the kitchen. The creative menu skips around South America, Asia, and Europe without apology, leaning on modern technique and bold spicing, with Oscietra caviar and Périgord truffles appearing when the mood calls for a little drama. A fun night out that also happens to be serious cooking.


    Address
    Engelbrektsgatan 3, Stockholm, Stockholm 114 32, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5:30 PM–1 AM

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    WebsiteInstagram
  51. The awards


    Address
    Luntmakargatan 98, Stockholm, 113 51, Sweden · Stockholm
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–11 PM

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