Herring, Coffee, and Vikings: MUNCHIES Guide to Sweden (Part 3)

In this episode of the MUNCHIES Guide to Sweden, Ivar heads to Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, to learn more about the day-to-day diets of urban Swedes. He visits a food hall for a traditional Swedish lunch, then takes fika to prepare for his big night out. Finally, Ivar hits Aifur, Sweden’s only real Viking restaurant, and meets its owner and dance music legend E-Type to discover how the Vikings informed today’s Swedish cuisine.
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[@hijackjoe]

On my 25th birthday, I randomly ended up in Aifur. I was greeted with Viking chants and old ladies kissing me. It was awesome!

[@pongodongo645]

This guy is awesome.

[@JohnL1-o2f]

He’s useless. Watch the Munchies episodes about Wales and Scotland if you wanna see a good host

[@IW4TCH]

I like this host. He takes his work seriously but no himself.

[@erakor9]

The dude at 0:23 is on some future shit

[@sapphirestorm3209]

Mmm hardy food in the winter time, and coffee 💕 I love Sweden.

[@phiro231]

Hardy? hearty**

[@anaamari5643]

Aifur looks amazing, I love the look of the place, the atmosphere must be great. A shame I probably won't get a chance to visit it, at least not any time soon. That grill mix's looks really good, I have to wonder how that sauce tastes. It all looks like great fun.

[@baker3person]

i hope this guy does more episodes for vice

[@SkurtavusGrodolfus]

I can vouch for Aifur. Everyone who visits Stockholm should go there, be aware that you need to make reservations ahead of time as it is a very popular place due to the niche that it fills. The food is excellent, the drink is great and the atmosphere is fucking sick

[@deepblue2]

I'd like to visit Sweden! The weather there kinda reminds me of here in Canada.

[@ScottMackay99]

deepblue2 same

[@deepblue2]

Scott Mackay It... it's almost as if I'm... travelling... to Canada... from Canada....

[@ScottMackay99]

deepblue2 XD

[@deepblue2]

Putinisgood y u be like that bro :(

[@VA7IIK]

Liam Neeson on the mutha-fuckin bagpipe @ 9:44

[@Yorkil]

I think he took some time off to overthink the fact of how crap Taken 3 was.

[@xavierjones4574]

royhadders1 implying taken 1 or 2 were any better...

[@mo99diunsi]

on his days off

[@snowflake2282828]

royhadders1 There's a third? How? What happened they kidnapped the kidnappers?

[@MxMxM699]

snowflake2282828 No they killed his wife

[@AhmedSalimBD]

Everyone in Sweden speaks perfect English. Now I guess I have to plan a foodie trip to Sweden

[@elgiganten6154]

you are welcome !

[@KohniXGamingYT]

This is my favourite video on Munchies besides the pizza guy from New York!

[@RaiderXD1789001]

Love Sweden

[@sinum1490]

Your username makes this comment so much better

[@RaiderXD1789001]

***** Why thank you!

[@2canines]

true Swedish potato is the almond potato. or at least it is true for northerners.

[@chris_hadj]

"If you don't have the sauce, then you lost. But you can also get lost in the sauce" -Guwop

[@JJ-ji9xx]

damn i love this guy, it really brings out the "munchies" character

[@balooc2]

THe hype i got when i saw E-type!

[@chaole1000]

I visited Stockholm last March when there was that $48 sale from LA on SAS airlines. Goddam I was not prepared for the cold weather in Sweden. My LA winter clothes were no match for the cold there. Nonetheless, I had a great time but I certainly will never visit Sweden again unless it's summer.

[@nickeh-7906]

dumbest comment ever, how hard would it have been to google the weather before you got on a plane??

[@ceruleanfish6703]

5:32 - Sitting down to have some fika. Some kokosboll and a cup of coffee with "Pimp of the Year" on it in gold. Classic...

[@itsjustme9354]

This was a great video. I'm from New Zealand 🇳🇿 I've been fascinated with the country for a while I'm slowing learning the language my heart strings is pulling me over to visit one day 🙏

[@WessCNY]

Living in Sweden would be like going on a lifelong camping trip.

[@korallex99]

Haha, that's actually true.

[@babyansel]

+Calculate Reality stop talking about the U.S.A.

[@alexanderfernestad9460]

+Calculate Reality pretty mutch in the sothern part of sweden

[@herrfriberger5]

+WessCNY Not at all :) This is largely about hipster food rather than swedish food. We usually eat more "normal stuff" (with a few exceptions), sitting at a normal dinner table. The traditional Swedish _husmanskost_ also have many things in common with other European cousines, such as the French, German, and Austrian.

[@tastychiken]

Some of these foods are pretty common though. I regularly eat "strömmingsflundra" for lunch. I see co-workers eating kåldolmar atleast once a week. It's not everyday food but it's definitely eaten regularly! Also I'd say falukorv and pyttipanna are pretty common. The foods mentioned in this part is pretty spot on (except for the viking stuff) imo.

[@dunnowy123]

6:14 The whole "fika" thing is why I love travelling. These little differences in lifestyles and societies are what makes the world worth exploring. ...and yes, she's cute as fuck.

[@hotrodmercury3941]

"So basically I just find stuff I like. Then I eat them" me too man me too

[@jellyjamacain]

Lol. so cliche.

[@jaco9719]

"Swedes like to drain their food in sauce" - That IS the sole purpose of the creation of any food, to have something to put sauce on.

[@SlashCampable]

Jaco Rossouw The only reason I eat potatoes is to be able to eat Bearnaise and Cafe de Paris guilt free.

[@burtburt5607]

He meant "Drench"....

[@burtburt5607]

As it is the opposite of drain, you're welcome.

[@burtburt5607]

Eftersom du inte kunde låta bli att svara i en tråd du inte hade skapat själv så verkade du väldigt sugen på ny information. ;)

[@MoaOde]

i get to work 07.30 and i'll have a coffee, around 9.30 we have fika, at 12 there's lunch, 14.30 more fika and when i get home around 17 i have another cup of coffee haha!

[@utkuylmaz]

It's really nice to watch such kind of videos in the internet thanks to munchies ;) As a turkish person we call it ( DOLMA ) and its totally turkish but its nice that swedish people eating and liking it :) Greetings from turkey :)

[@4ndersgunn4r]

in Swedish they are called Kåldolmar (cabbage-dolmar) They are indeed great.

[@nik0laj]

Aifur is awesome! Anyone who visits Stockholm should make a trip there. Meat, mead, music, and table dancing.

[@rhainaweissehexe3899]

My Mothers Family and Fathers also was from Northern Germany, Prussia and Western Europe. These foods are very family are all familiar ♡

[@dominickd16]

Ive always known e-type as a cheesy eurodance musician never would have thought he owns a Viking restaurant!

[@Payitnov]

Without a doubt my favourite Munchies series! Ivar is the best ^^

[@mrboni5]

Munchies is better than television!!!

[@sytiwari6894]

I've been to Aifur...what a great experience and amazing mead! Sweden has amazing quality produce.

[@bnkundwa]

Fish is good for the heart and the eyes as well as for the mind.

[@aurevoiralex]

Sauce makes life worth living! :)

[@davidbenally9028]

My grandpa is Swedish, and always drowns all the food I cook in whatever sauce is at hand. I always try not to take it as an insult but hell, at least now I know its genetic lol

[@stianaslaksen5799]

I will never look at Falukorv the same way after seeing this.

[@cabinyim]

I love this Viking place!

[@MsKismuki]

It is interesting that we have the same kind of staffed cabbage in Hungary (as the host mentions it is probably originated from Turkey) but instead of potato and sauce we eat it with bread and sour cream

[@nkelly2709]

Loved the video! Saw E Type play in Russia when I was living there in my teens. Was awesome! Hope to visit Sweden one day. Greetings from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@zoqwe5]

"stockholm, venice of the north" i just died ahaa, thought the guy skiing with wheels was awesome at the beginning

[@km4n87]

if you are Italian you will laugh at the "fika" part :)

[@jimdahoyla9043]

Finally! I found a vlogger who love's and make content about vikings :) New subs. Here from philippines

[@jamesbeveridge2397]

Loving the munchies guides videos that you guys are putting up lately, only topped by fuck thats delicious imo.

[@SDOtunes]

6:38 OMG, it's Frederik! The hottest Viking reenactor from Sweden.

[@jfroobo]

THIS IS AN AWESOME SERIES

[@Anglo-Saxon9]

Why did my family have to move from Sweden? I need to move there someday.

[@ChewBacca2339]

I'm Turkish and that's exactly the same way my mum makes it. So much for swedeifying. :-D

[@Kebab_with_extra_garlic_mayo]

+Alperen Safi annen dolmaya krem sosu ve patatesmi veriyor, hiç hayatimda boyle yeme sekli duymadim, hangi yoredensiniz?

[@ChewBacca2339]

+Bilge Khan izmir

[@Manda11.11]

hehehehe

[@reallivebluescat]

so she fills the cabbage with porkmince, milk, allspice, whitepeppar, rice , lingonberry, mashed potatoes and mollasses drizzled on top? wow

[@arng111]

Wow I wonder where a Turk gets Lingonberries!

[@emwuzei4756]

damn, that stuffed cabbage seems to be very simmilar to the polish dish Gołąbki!

[@julesmpc1314]

I love the sarcasm! Viking restaurant owner wearing a hat with an american flag 🤣🤣🤣🤣 maybe it meets the genious marketing. Love authenticity

[@ilariaedera1386]

"fika", in italian written "fica" but pronounced the same, means vagina, just to say shah.

[@Antaquelas]

Ilaria Edera I want to eat your ficanelli.

[@SwedudeEPIC]

Haha!

[@SwEETTChocolatee]

Ilaria Edera "We take fika several times a day" lol xD

[@caveman861]

Ilaria Edera Fika in Hindi means bland/dull/boring. Lund means Penis. Sorry I just had to swish it in.

[@markzizzon5534]

***** Why not fuck it? Typical beta question, you want to be submissive

[@JetcannonM]

5:22 What a cool cat reaction to a "hey". Swedes work hard to seem unimpressed and uninterested.

[@muhr143]

even though this guy is annoying, this makes me want to go to sweden. Munchies wins again

[@OmgItsZippy]

How is he annoying? he's not like the 13 years old girl on this channel?

[@muhr143]

there are 13 year old girls in the channel? I just can't stand him. I know Vice are known to have arrogant hosts, most of the time i actually like that because they take no shit and take risks, but this guy is just, well, kind of impertinent :S

[@OmgItsZippy]

Vincent Fugère Her name is Fat Prince.

[@OmgItsZippy]

***** i don't care... he should stop being annoying

[@GayTruckDriver]

+Vincent Fugère (Low Hp) vice has the nerdiest hosts ever, this guy at least have some balls.

[@myggdestroyer6485]

Fucking E-type man, what has he not Done?

[@veshtitsaaudioworks8736]

i like this guy.

[@ChompChain]

Such pride in his nation and culture; I love it!

[@Thornsworks]

I love this series man.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

The dude that runs the Viking restaurant is a great character. Skol!

[@muadsmasher]

man this channel is DOPE and im not that much into food or anything !!

[@mrhairforce1]

9:43 was that liam neeson playing a bagpipe?

[@KingDennisJensen]

Man, I need to go to that viking pub asap.

[@paulthetyyppi]

I'm from Finland and these foods are the exact same we eat. Ofc we just have finnish names from them.

[@Mamamiaia-2015]

I love herring

[@ChrisJunkFood]

Gröna Lund! Team Stockholm!! Finns det fler från Stockholm här?

[@ChrisJunkFood]

HAHA här sparade man inte på krutet

[@lindagens5693]

You are awesome! Thanks for the video goid job!

[@feelcarlos]

what do i have to do to work with munchies???, thi video shows what a perfect job is, go traveling and eating good food, that's the dream you know

[@desertwolf9080]

Viking Restaurant: There needs to be more of these.

[@Manda11.11]

the viking restaurant looks awesome

[@djstubbs]

I listened to e type - when i close my eyes in 2002. great track.

[@chipcray9791]

7:16 hes swedish and talking about vikings while having a USA cap on? KEKW HAHA

[@SomeUrbanNinja]

I'm having a Fika while watching this :D.

[@sujoyjana9853]

if you guys planning to do this type of show in India I would love to host it

[@SmokeyAshesEDM]

I eat lingonberry jam a lot, it's exactly like cranberry except that it isn't as sweet.

[@baconshakes4004]

Can someone tell me what the name of that movie was.... I couldn't understand him

[@Gyokuro011]

fäbojäntan

[@Tomodachi0]

***** based swedes delivering the porn right to our doorstep

[@VadimkaMr]

ahahahhah

[@EM8844]

I have actually seen this movie. I love 70's 80's porn

[@batt3ryac1d]

Dildon Sven :D

[@sarahcaumont8257]

it's nice that he shakes everyone's hands

[@al145]

You guys love your parsley up there.

[@SeymourCake710]

All that coffee, no wonder they own in games lol. Great video.

[@williamparrish4549]

Wow i might just go to sweden just for the food that shit looks amazing

[@MotheredANiMaL]

Its ashamed this series wasn't based on Scandinavian cuisine, in Norway we share so much of the same food but this show is giving Sweden all the glory :(

[@krapfantasy]

MotheredANiMaL aw c'mon, norway is often shown in all sorts of mediums! sometimes you get shit, sometimes we do haha. you have all that dramatic nature, oil and young swedes as low wage workers! and we have uh the word "fika" and "lagom" and now this documentary

[@MotheredANiMaL]

touche my swedish friend, you make a good point

[@jamesmay1426]

MotheredANiMaL Norway... Isn't that a town in Sweden?

[@MotheredANiMaL]

Yeah it is, its a great place, you should definetly visit!

[@Drmagoo5]

Translating Voila the french word into Wallah the Arabic word for I swear made me chuckle :D at 9:40 ish

[@AnthonyValli]

This Ivar guy is a great host.

[@lancelogan]

"Venice of the north, as we say..." - Words never spoken before...

[@painttheworldgrey]

Great episode!

[@Mixedswedishandgambian1979]

Fan vad jag längtar hem till stockholm..😝

[@gabbyh3979]

Looks amazing.

[@PiccoliVirtuosi]

it couldn´t be better :))

[@nicolekjellberg1923]

Hahahah E-Type? I'm going to Stockholm nu. Närfan böt man sångkarriären mot resturangbranshen?

[@ardazekeriyakoyluoglu4291]

For Aifur do you need a reservation or do you just come to the restaurant and order

[@Bingusginghs]

Ivar is so goddamn funny

[@Silvestrov]

Mead has its origins from old Rus. We call honey "myod" here actually. Back in old times vikings and russians were quite close friends

[@doedasvennar]

Yury Silvestrov vikings brought it to what is now ukraine and they brought it to russian actually

[@Silvestrov]

FE NG no, first contacts were in Novgorod. Vikings even helped Novgorodians to capture Kiev and settle it. "Ukraine" just means "on the edge" from russian words "u kraya", it wasnt a state, just a border line.

[@doedasvennar]

i am well aware, i was just speaking of that general area

[@Silvestrov]

FE NG you said, that vikings brought mead to some people in Ukraine and they passed it to russians. Well, there were no "ukranians" before polaks invented this term to artificially devide people in that area in 17 century. When vikings came, there were russians only :) No matter where they lived. And mead was russian originally. Its not a big deal, its just a tasty drink. Vikings set up our first monarchy when we asked them to unite our principalities.

[@axvic]

Jesus f****** christ I can't believe this.. Chrome removed all of the text in my comment TWICE now. So.. TLDR 2.0: Mead has probably been around for over 20,000 years. First evidence of mead production in Europe traces back to circa 3,000 B.C, so long before the Rus and Vikings. First mention of mead in literature is in the proto-hindu Rigveda. Mead was also common in ancient Greece. Medovukha isn't actually mead even though it means mead, if that's what you are talking about. But I guess that's up for debate, but here (Sweden) it wouldn't pass as mead. I think :p Medovukha (honeydrink?) < Myod/Mjöd < Meddhe which is proto-indo-european for Honey. {trivia: Medd is also archaic Old-English for honey, and Meodu means mead which is pronounced remarkably a lot like Mjöd in Swedish which also hints at the possibility that Germanic was more influenced by old-norse than once thought, along with words like Window (Vindauga/Vindöga) and irk > work (yrkja, yrke = profession) etc } So who invented mead? Probably some Africans thousands of years ago. Good thing they brought it with them to Europe and the rest of the world :D /rant ps: I'm by no means an expert or historian, so I might just be full of shit :p

[@ChrisHell420]

Falukorv is fucking great! I get mine from my local butcher here in Kr.sand Norway!

[@Nockspielt]

Fika, Fika, hehe.

[@Zonnymaka]

Let me guess...you're italian :)

[@Nockspielt]

No, German. And in German called Ficken =Fucking=Fika sounds like Ficken in German, hehe.

[@xcruell]

Ich wusste es :DD Musste auch direkt lachen..

[@xcruell]

Zonnymaka lol.. is sweden doing that on purpose?

[@beybslifeintheus494]

great vedio my friend

[@sampeters3126]

Sauces are pretty great!!!,

[@liIdecky]

Sweds pretend like they are the only once eating those dishes. In Hamburg, germany we have the same cuisine. Maybe because Altona-Hamburg was part of Denmark once :P And Hamburg is Venice of the North. We have more Bridgs then Venice and Amsterdam combined :P

[@PassagesMusic_]

The host is great.

[@octoberward3243]

I'm in love with his mouth....is that weird?

[@Hampen555]

6:44 ahahaha E-Type, såklart han är!

[@Greendioblo]

I must visit the viking restaurant. My viking blood needs it.

[@Calimbandil87]

The food is quite nice but not spectacular. Their drinks sortiment, the interior and the general mood of the place however is magical. Also I got some tips on how to sew viking age clothes from one of the servers.

[@geomichael1]

Did u say u drink 8-10 cups of coffee damnnnnnnn u are a beast my man

[@okejbara3541]

Stockholm!!

[@ObiWanCannoli]

Looks like Drew Barrymore got a job at a swedish market.

[@dellort]

Crazy how different the portion sizes are in Sweden compared to the USA.

[@viikmaqic]

+nmp lol We dont want to get superamericanfat ;D