In Stockholm the free blue and yellow bus departs Regeringsgatan 17 on the hour. I had decided I needed a “Dave” so that when I tire of working at the kitchen table, I can easily relocate to the rooms at the front of the apartment looking out over the water.
For those of you who don’t know (and that would be the Aussies, not the Swedes) Mr. Ingvar Kamprad named the company using his initials and the first letters of the name of the farm where he grew up, Elmtaryd, and his home parish Agunnaryd, in southern Sweden.
My shopping experience was testament to the fact that IKEA stores are the same the world over, but the key difference between IKEA Kungens Kurva, Stockholm and IKEA Richmond, Melbourne is the number of Swedish pensioners enjoying a cheap, traditional Swedish lunch! I dare say there are a few nostalgic Nordic pilgrims who, pining for lax and köttbullar, dine in the Melbourne store. Sadly, they won’t find a prinsesstårta for dessert in the land downunder.
"Regentinsgatan"?
ReplyDeleteDon't you mean "Regeringsgatan"?
Dave is a table?!? Nice window.. gorgeous view. I could sit there gazing leaning on dave for a very long time.
ReplyDeleteOoops,tack! Regeringsgatan it is! My spelling and pronunciation of Swedish words often needs correction!
ReplyDeleteThere is no sensation of triumph like that of wielding the allan key successfully and assembling the Dave without too many bits left over or too many unexplained cracks between melamine-coated boards. Except perhaps the sensation of triumph at getting through the checkouts with ONLY the Dave you came in for, and not a basketload of other shelves and jugs and bins and other 'useful' stuff from the vast halls of small portable stuff they keep near the exits. The meatballs, however, I can resist.
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