Folkunga Godis & Tobak — Närbutik in SoFo, Stockholm

Folkunga Godis & Tobak is a kiosk on Folkungagatan in SoFo, the kind of small shop you pass on the way to somewhere else and then keep coming back to. What separates it from a plain corner kiosk is the depth of the tobacco range, which is the reason to stop in rather than an afterthought beside the till.

The drinks get the same treatment: the assortment is broad enough that you can pick something up here instead of detouring to a bigger shop. Tobacco products and the drinks selection sit together in a store that has been refurnished and reorganised under new ownership, so the shelves read more clearly than they used to.

Package collection is part of the daily rhythm here, and the counter handles it alongside the ordinary till trade. The shop has been remodelled, and the difference shows in how you move through it: the layout is easier to shop and the place feels more organised than its earlier incarnation.

Late hours are the practical draw. Monday to Thursday you have until 10 pm, Friday and Saturday until midnight, and Sunday opens at 11 am and runs to 10 pm, which covers the gap when most of SoFo has shut.

Come for the tobacco and the drinks and the late closing time.