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issue 101 6 Roadmap Gin, dark stores and urban sp
aces. 8 Icy dips Winter swimming is the cure for everything. 12 Gastrologik Fine Dining in Swedish. 18 Gastronaut The new launch Spesso. 20 Bitesize Small nuggets from the Stockholm restaurant scene. 26 Highlights Who, what where, when? Totally Stockholm Nöjesguiden Media AB Slussplan 11 111 30 Stockholm Editor in chief Peter Steen-Christensen 0708-867101 ps@hkm.se Editor and Social Media Austin Maloney 073-689 28 34 am@hkm.se Art Direction & Design Abdul Hamid Ali 076-999 14 48 aa@hkm.se Advertising Jordache Naran 073-316 14 42 jordache.naran@ ng.se The Cure While neither a rocket surgeon nor a brain scientist, I’ve picked up some knowledge about black holes. Initially presented as a theory by one John Michell in 1783, and since then researched by people way smarter than I, black holes are basically described as dead stars that have collapsed, where the gravitational force is so strong that electromagnetic radiation (like for example, light) cannot escape. I, being a simpleton and all, used to think they were empty, but of course I was wrong - the concentrated mass is just invisible due to the strong gravity (the whole light-can’t-escape-thing in action). Any particles or mass falling into the hole stay there and can never get out. 2020 has been historic and while things haven’t been that severe here in terms of lockdowns, I can understand the comparison with a black hole. The thankful difference of course, being that we’ll be able to get out. Into 2021 first of all, but hopefully also out of harm’s way. But before we reach that light, we need to kill some winter-time in a responsible and corona safe manner. So what to do? Well, our suggestion is to brave the conditions and take the plunge into something that at first probably seems worse than a black hole – the icy waters of Stockholm. A balm for your soul, experienced winter swimmers would try to convince you, but yes, we were hesitant too. But you only regret what you don’t do, and after trying it our brave writer could see the logic in cold baths curing winter depression, anxiety and almost any other problem you could think of. Peter Steen-Christensen Leopold Ericlid 073-8705066 leopold.ericlid@ng.se Dennis Karlsson 070-910 84 60 dk@hkm.se ICE ICE BABY An ice cold swim is the cure for everything #101 / JANUARY 2020 / FREE / WWW.TOTALLYSTOCKHOLM.SE PLUS HERNÖ GIN GASTROLOGIK SPESSO AND A CHRISTMAS BAR Contributors Helena Bonnevier Rio Ga Julian Hargreaves Frasse Levinsson Austin Maloney Nadja Sjöström Morgan Storesund Skarin Pelle Tamleht Sören Vilks Frida Winzell Responsible under Swedish press law Pelle Tamleht 070-633 27 63 pelle.tamleht@ng.se #totallystockholm #totallysthlm Totally Stockholm is a monthly HKM publication and is distributed from 350 selected distribution points. STOCKHOLM IN ENGLISH Always online at totallystockholm.se 4