7/12/2023 0 Comments Ikea smalland baltimore md![]() ![]() Turns out I’m not the only one who likes IKEA’s meatballs. Good thing it was time for lunch, so we sat down to a hearty repast of meatballs, potatoes, and lingon berries for me and smoked salmon on a roll and apple cake for Peter. ![]() Before too long, the Swedish meatballs in the restaurant started calling my name. Of course, since we were vacationing, we weren’t there to buy anything, so Peter and I just wandered through, checking out the cool décor, splashy designs, and rooms full of sleek Scandinavian style. The current iteration of the Älmhult IKEA opened in 2012 and houses the largest selection of IKEA products in the world. The IKEA Hotel is Perfectly Located To Shop & Flop Try Deer Capaccio and Meatballs in the Hotel Restaurant But first we wanted to check out the local IKEA (meatballs, anyone?) and the hip IKEA Hotel. As a longtime IKEA fan, I couldn’t wait to explore the museum and learn more about this iconic brand. In Älmhult, a small city in Småland in the center of Sweden’s southern half, we found the first ever IKEA store, which in 2016 was transformed into the IKEA Museum. Instead of an elf in the forest, however, we came upon an industrial complex bearing a name that’s known around the world. Whenever I’m in the woods in Sweden, I half expect to meet an elf or a dwarf wearing a red cap and white beard and beaming a wide smile.īut not long ago Peter and I found ourselves driving through deep green forests heading south from Stockholm to the southern province of Skåne, where my brother lives. These deep forests are a beautiful natural tangle of old-growth trees, earthy smells, and-on a good day-sunlight streaming through the canopy to bring light and warmth to the forest floor below. That’s because forests cover 70 percent of Sweden’s landscape. Wherever you are in Sweden, you can’t go far without finding yourself deep in the woods.
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