Götgatsbacken — Supermarket in Mariatorget, Stockholm

Götgatsbacken is a supermarket on Götgatan in Mariatorget, and the first thing you notice inside is how little floor there is to cover. The premises shrank after the renovation, so what you get is a compact room of shelves rather than an aisle-by-aisle wander.

The junk corner is the reason to come in with time to spare. Cheap odds and ends collect there, and digging through it is how you turn up a bargain. Beyond that the stock is basic goods for everyday needs: the last ingredients for a meal, a snack, the sort of thing you realise you are missing on the way home.

Layout is straightforward. Two cash registers serve the shop, and the checkout area takes up a visible share of a small room. The store is clean and well-maintained, and the location is practical if you are heading toward the Slussen metro station on the decline.

Prices run a little above the big chains, and the junk corner is where the cheap finds sit. Hours are the other saving: the doors are open from 7 am on weekdays and until 11 pm every night, so a late stop for a missing ingredient is possible.

Come for a quick errand and the junk corner, not for a full week's provisions, because the assortment is too limited for that.