Hötorget torghandel — Local services in Stockholm

Beware the fruit-sellers' scam here. I went to buy raspberries from a fruit stall, "Isa Yalcinkaya". The price attached to the tubs said just "39,90.-" They bagged them up. They then indicated that I should hand them my credit card and they swipe it for me (they were behind the racks of fruit). As they were not wearing masks and I did not want to get close to them, I did so. I had to ask them to give me the receipt as it was not offered. When the fruit and receipt came back it said 100.- had been charged. I immediately questioned this and was told that it was the rate per 100 grams, which was neither indicated on their signs nor mentioned. They resisted many requests for a refund until I yelled out “police” quite loudly. Unfortunately there were no officers around. They then abused me as they processed a refund. When I tried to take a picture of their licence one of the employees covered it with his hand and refused to move until, again, I threatened to call the police. The manager of Hötorget, one Mr Samples, told me to report the incident to the people who manage small business, lots[at]stockholm.se but they just told me to contact the general Swedish consumer complaints organisation, which is clearly pointless. Both of the above needed multiple email prods to reply. Clearly no-one in Stockholm is interested in responding or cleaning up these sort of scams despite the cost to their...

There seems to be no farmer's markets in Stockholm so I ended up here buying some peas and cherries. Not a good experience. Every seller is yelling at you and trying their tricks to make you buy things you don't need. The stall i chose to buy my peas from tried to distract me while making the purchase by babbling all sorts of stuff, while the price on the card machine was super high. Like i know we are at the center of Stockholm, but I could already see the quality of the peas was not good so the price didn't match the product. I was able to haggle the price down but i was still left dissapointed and with a feeling of betrayal. Now eating the peas at home I can taste maybe a half of them have went bad or the pea pods are empty. So yes, 1/5 would...

If you want to find cheap fruit markets you should go to the suburbs - the Hötorget one is however as good as it gets in central Stockholm. You get the best prices around closing hours - especially on Saturdays. I actually find the flower 🌺 stands to be much better than the fruit and vegetable stands. So if you're in the search for a nice bouquet 💐 it's worth a visit. Don't forget to bargain the price. On Sundays there's a different kind of market that I don't know...