Foodstock at Fjäderholmarna - food festival in the archipelago

Foodstock is a food festival that was organised at Fjäderholmarna this weekend. We visited the festival on Sunday, and had a nice summer day in the sun with interesting food experiences.

Foodstock on Fjäderholmarna

Our friends Lennart and Beata invited us to Foodstock at Fjäderholmarna last Sunday. Good with friends who take fun initiatives! Food festival focused on Nordic food culture and craftsmanship, bringing several world-renowned chefs to the small Stockholm island.

The festival is described in the brochure as 'the first edition of the Foodstock gastronomy festival', which means there may be plans for more festivals in the coming years. "We like both food and festivals, and the combination with a beautiful archipelago island is perfect. It was a nice event in many ways, but we also have comments on the event that we summarise at the end of the post.

By ferry to Fjäderholmarna

We started Sunday with a lovely boat trip by archipelago ferry to Fjäderholmarna. On the way there we took the ferry from Slussen (Fjäderholmslinjen), and on the way home we took the ferry to Nybrokajen (Strömma).

Once we arrived at Fjäderholmarna, we sat down for a first beer in the summer heat. Wonderful!

Cosy on Fjäderholmarna

Fjäderholmarna is really cosy, and when you come here you wonder why you don't visit the island more often. It only takes 20 minutes by ferry and there are several nice eateries on the island, such as Rökeriet.

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Great festival atmosphere at Foodstock

Now there was also a food festival on the island. We must say that there was a really nice atmosphere at Foodstock on Fjäderholmarna. Several tents had been set up and beer and various small dishes were served all around. Chill music was playing everywhere, giving a relaxed festival feeling.

Food experiences at Foodstock

The tents were densely packed and there were plenty of different flavours to choose from, ranging from vegan dishes to Japanese quail eggs. Most dishes were priced at 48 SEK, and in most cases you had to pay with special vouchers (three were included in the ticket and more could be bought in the harbour, in booklets of three).

The best tasting portion we had was a Sami reindeer blood pancake with chanterelles. Vanishingly good indeed! Among other things, we also tried a pizza slice with root vegetables and air-dried ham at "Bistromarknaden" and a herring burger at Fjäderholmarnas krog (which also cost 48 kronor but had to be paid with money instead of a voucher).

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Arts and crafts

You could also check out Nordic crafts and art, such as knives, blacksmithing and jewellery. We talked for quite some time with a woman from the company reindeer skullwho talked about how the small Swedish family business reaches out to restaurants with its craftsmanship, but also to customers in the US and Asia, including through Instagram.

Meeting with the organiser

We accidentally bumped into the organiser Niklas Ekstedt, who is known as a chef and TV presenter. How nice!

Praise and criticism of the festival

We had a great day at Foodstock on Fjäderholmarna with our friends. We really like organising festivals and we have already told you about all the positive experiences in connection with Foodstock. Here is also feedback to the organisers about things that we did not experience as completely positive, in case the festival should be organised again:

1. Price did not feel entirely comfortable. We paid SEK 500 per person for the ticket, which included a boat trip (SEK 150) and three tasting portions (3 x SEK 48). What you got for the remaining 200 kronor was unclear to us. Probably you paid to get into the area, but it felt double, like paying to get to a stand where you can pay. Some workshops were organised "for people who are really interested in food or industry colleagues", but these required pre-booking.
2. The concept of flavour tickets was a bit tricky. They were valid in many eateries (and you couldn't pay with cash/card) while in other places you could only could buy with cash/card. It was difficult to judge how many tickets to save and when we ran out of vouchers at the end of the day and wanted to buy a final portion, it became tricky. The food place didn't take cash/card and the places that sold vouchers (only in booklets of three...) were not nearby.

Fluid check on the way home

Anyway, it was a nice Sunday outing, and on the way home the gentlemen were still so "thirsty" that they had to check their fluids in the cosy hotel bar at the Bank Hotel on Arsenalgatan. Anyone else who visited Foodstock on Fjäderholmarna this weekend? Please tell us!