Nothing like walking down the big icy hill from the Flogsta high-rises to ICA Väst. Nothing like trying to climb back up the big icy hill back to the student housing.
ICA Väst is a medium-large-sized grocery store near Flogsta. It has just about everything you need as far as food goes.
It carries the same products as the other ICAs in Uppsala, but has the advantage of being so close to Flogsta. Along with grocery shopping, I have fond memories buying snacks here for a picnic in one of the many nearby fields.
If you're from the US and are used to having folks come up and ask you if you're finding everything you need, that won't happen here. True story: I was wandering around the store, having no luck finding honey for my sore threat, when I bumped into one of the Swedes from my corridor. He used his "Swedish senses" (aka, being able to read Swedish) to find the "honung." It was the start of a beautiful relationship. read more