The third largest island, west of Norrmalm, runs on neighbourhood bistros, Hantverkargatan brunches and the Hornsberg strand promenade with summer beer gardens.
Stadshuskällaren in Stockholm's City Hall on Hantverkargatan cooks the Nobel banquet menu from any year you choose; the wine cellar holds 30,000 bottles.
Signature: Nobel banquet menu by year, Wild reindeer with cloudberries
Order: Order the 2026 Nobel menu or pick a historic year off the heritage list.
Tip: Closed Sunday. The dining-room vaults are the heritage room; book lunch for the cheaper sitting.
Thelins Konditori on Sankt Eriksgatan in Stockholm's Kungsholmen has been a cafe-bistro since 1957; sandwiches, soup of the day and Swedish baking from the counter.
Signature: Open prawn sandwich, Princess cake slice
Order: The classic open prawn sandwich and a slice of princess cake.
Tip: Lunch only most days; open 07:00 to 18:00. The window tables fill by 09:00 on weekends.
IKEA Kungens Kurva south of Stockholm runs the country's cheapest meatball plate at 85 kronor; classic meatballs with brown sauce, mash, lingonberry and pickled cucumber.
Try: Meatball plate with mash and lingonberry
Tip: Open every day; cheapest plate Monday to Friday at 85 kronor. Bus from Liljeholmen takes 20 minutes.