We're Alex and Marko the Vagabrothers
and this series is about new Nordic cuisine
We'll be traveling across three Nordic capitals
exploring the culinary revolution that's turned this region into one of the most dynamic food destinations on earth
along the way we'll be meeting locals,
eating
drinking
and having a great time
hope you're hungry
in episode three we're traveling from Copenhagen to Stockholm
9:47 in the morning and we are about to leave
Who is it? Who is it with the camera in my face?
After last night, that was wild at War Pigs
lets go, lets go man
well as if we didn't have enough beer last night
we are heading to Carlsberg brewery we're going to do a brewery tour
have one last beer in Copenhagen before we head over to Stockholm
well we safely arrived to the Carlsberg brewery
and we're going to do a little sampling and a tour of the brewery
whenever I come to breweries I always kind of feel like i'm in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory
Where are the Umpa lumpas? I don't know, that's the question
they made a lot of beers in the first years
and lots of late night testing just to make sure the beer was right
but this was also the start of the industrialization in Denmark
because this was the first place where you lived on your work place and you didn't have a family
so you put everything into your job
alright so we are learning a little bit about the history of this place
and now we are going to go behind the scenes at the Jacobsen brewery
this is like that scene in Star Wars now the walls start coming together
we're now underground in the, basically in the basements, of what used the be the place where they stored all the beer
that Carlsburg made which was supplying all of Scandinavia and much of the world
it's also where they used the store the intergalactic spaceships which they used to transport all of the beer across Scandinavia
I think they need to start having house parties down here, which would be really cool
tonight we have the crazy techno party in the underground
so are we ready to do some beer tasting?
we certainly are, do you have any particular interests you want me to take into acount?
make it good
make it good? I will
what we have here are four of the Jacobsen beers
which are actually made on sight here at the brewery
we have the Jacobson velvet, an ale
we have the Extra Pilsner, Sans Blonde, and in the end the most popular one, the Brown ale
let's drink it
there he is, there he is alright
to the airport we're headed to Stockholm, Sweden
alright guys we just got to the airport, i'm stoked, we've never been to Sweden before
it's going to be new, we've heard good things about Stockholm it's supposedly really pretty
The Venice of the north is what they say, the Venice of the north
the Venice of the north, let's see
Bye Copenhagen, you're awesome, stay awesome
nap time
ladies and gentleman welcome to Stockholm
dude, Stockholms airport, it leads to the Bat Cave
this is an insanely fast train it's traveling towards Stockholm at 200 km/per hour
it's basically a bullet train
we've been super lucky with the weather it's 24 degrees, it's super beautiful
I haven'y been here long but I have a feeling I like...I like this country
welcome to Sweden
I can't sit though it's time to explore the city, we're only here for like less than 24 hours
it's time to turn and burn
hope in
say hello to our friends here, hello Amelia, Rebecca
alright so we are showered cleaned and ready to go explore Stockholm we're going to start off with the Spirits museum
my liver's already hurting from the last couple days
I think by the end of this trip our blood stream will not be blood it will just be like acohol
I think it will just be pure happiness
Stockholm is actually made up of 14 islands
and in total there are 30 thousand islands in the whole Swedish archipelago
so we just went from downtown Stockholm to another island called Djurgården
which is where the majority of the museums are found
guys this place is so pretty! My god
and we seriously scored with the weather this is just an absolutely stunning evening
super warm and just really happy to be here in Stockholm
So my buddy Nick Iverson and his girlfriend Kabi are right here, let's go say hello
yo yo yo
Welcome!
hey how are you?
alright guys we just go to the Spirit Museum and we're going to do a bit of a taste test
Yes so we have Nadia here who is a Sommelier, how would you..?
Ya i'm the drinking expert
and what are we going to try today?
you're going to have some Swedish things
that one smells nice
this one's got the horseradish smell
it's also like....pepper rod
not liking that pepper rod
I don't want it
the other one, the pink one kind of smells nice it's like rosey
how do you say cheers in Swedish? Skål?
notes of horseradish, horse manure
I like that
that's good, I feel the hair growing on my chest
it was better than i expected
alright more alcohol...
I mean, i'm not gunna lie horseradish is like my least favorite condiment
I have nightmares of like waking up covered in horseradish sauce
you're a weird person
now we say skål
Skål
into your skull
no
I have a question about mid summer, I used to live with some Swedish girls
and she told me that you guys dance around a large phallic object during mid summer
and you sing a song, like a drinking song about bumblebees
Can we clarify? What was she talking about?
this is the penis pole
exactly, that we dance around
but why are the balls on the top?
you never know, we're Swedes
What is this?
the funny thing is, this is from the old days
and he was putting Vodka in it and then we were going over the fields and spreading the seeds
and it's really true I mean i'm not joking now
this was used to be a good harvest
learn something new everyday
Mark's just finishing up inside at the Spirit Museum
but i've just had to come outside right now it's so nice you guys
there's something about those nice warm Scandinavian summer sunsets
Where we headed?
so now it's time for dinner we've got a beautiful sunset
looking at the Venice of the north
we're going to go hop on the other island onto this boat, let's go!
interesting fact, this right here is a fresh water lake and that's the Baltic Sea behind me
and where i'm standing right now is a lock that's actually sinking
so this whole area here is going to have to be destroyed
because they have to rebuild it
well we've only been here a few hours but i'm very fast to fall in love with Stockholm
this place is absolutely gorgeous, the people are beautiful and friendly
and now we've just walked across this bridge to Södermalm it's an island
so we're going to dinner at Woodstockholm
like Woodstock and Stockholm together
and it's supposed to be....it's a new restaurant, but there's been a lot of great things been happening there, good news so...
we're going to go check it out
we were walking through this place and we just could not just walk through it
so we've had to sit down and have a beer
how about a slow motion beer shot?
slow moo....
Cheers, Skål, Skål, Skål, Skål
they make eye contact right?
so the Swedish way of toasting is, you look someone in the eye
and then you drink, you can say Skål
then you drink
now you can break eye contact
and you look again
you look again?
ya
and this, they say, is that in Viking times
people apparently used to poison the drink of your enemy
and if you can look me in the eye twice
you wouldn't have poisoned my drink
so that was a beautiful sunset beer
and now dinnertime, you hungry?
I'm starving
is this place called Woodstock?
ya so it's Woodstock, it's called Woodstockholm
kind of like a play on words there
ya it's like Woodstock and Stockholm, Woodstockholm...Woodstockholm
ya
my name is Simon
and you're at Woodstockholm
this restaurant started out unlicensed in the head chefs' moms garage
where people didn't know what they were going to eat
they just knew how much they were going to pay
and that we would more or less guarantee that they would be satisfied
and that later on evolved into this
people walk out of here with a smile on their face and a full belly
so radishes are really important in Nordic cooking
because before the arrival of the potato
root vegetables were one of the only things they could grow up here in this climate
so we have some carrots and radishes with kimchi sauce and some red crops
we're told that double dipping is ok
that's good
that's real good
how nice is that carrot? That's a beautiful carrot
it's like all and perfect
love it
it just keeps getting better
we have poached oysters in a butter and white wine sauce
garnished with roasted almond
this is a special treat
Swedish oysters are said to be some of the best in the world because they're grown in cold waters
and there's only 15 tons harvested per year
so, this is really special and i'm excited to try this thing i've heard a lot about it
oh my god
like butter baby like butter
bye guys thank you
peace
alright next stop is the cluuuubbbb
this is regular me
this is how i started this trip
and this is how i feel now
well guys it's been another amazing day up here
I can't believe that we started the day in Denmark and now we are finishing it in Stockholm it's insane
and Stockholm is a seriously cool city
we just got here, first time here but it's got super tons of style and this club's awesome!
and so we have a little bit more to explore here tomorrow so tune in for that
episode coming out in a few days
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peace